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[Deleted member 1006777]

Fake London and NA car dependency? Feels like I'm in an episode of NotJustBikes.

NotJustBikes is a great channel. North American urban planning is a fucking joke.

 

[Deleted member 994371]

Of course they don't have liability. But it doesn't hurt to spend a more than 50 bucks and a weekend to design your flagship immigration website, especially when they have shown previously that they are willing to give unlimited chances for corrections to TR2PR applicants.

NotJustBikes is a great channel. North American urban planning is a fucking joke.

It seems like Kangaroo passed the baton to you.

 

[Jazzpanag]

Hi,

Urgent query

FSW-outland
Aor- Jan'21
COR-India

I have been to thailand for 1 week around 2015, do I need to declare that in address history in schedule A form.

I don't remember whether i have declared it while lodging file

Any suggestions would be of highly appreciable

Thanks in advance

 

[ElvisRamaj]

Minister Fraser says processing standards could return to normal by 2023


Immigration Minister Sean Fraser appeared today before the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to participate in the committee’s new study on IRCC’s application backlogs and processing times.
The parliamentary committee is comprised of elected federal government officials. Their mandate is to monitor federal policy relating to immigration and multiculturalism, as well as oversee the immigration department and refugee board. They conduct studies and make recommendations to guide immigration policy. Minister Fraser was invited on behalf of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to participate in the committee’s backlog study, which began last Thursday.

As of April 29, IRCC’s inventory had more than 2.1 million applicants waiting on decisions for citizenship, immigration, and temporary residence. The temporary residence inventory has doubled since April 2021, in part due to the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET), a measure put in place to support people fleeing from Ukraine.


Processing standards to be met by 2023
Fraser also told the committee that IRCC will aim to return processing times to their standard for the majority of business lines by the end of the calendar year. He said that all processing standards are expected to return to normal by 2023.

Processing standards refer to the goal IRCC sets to process an application. Standards do not always reflect actual processing times.

IRCC’s efforts to improve wait times for applicants include adding more staff to its 11,000 employees, as well as modernizing the immigration system. Fraser said the $827 million budget to digitize the current system will transform immigration in Canada. Already, efforts to modernize have helped IRCC make 156,000 permanent residency applications in the first quarter of 2022.

IRCC also has $85 million to speed up processing for certain lines of business, such as PR card renewals. IRCC Assistant Deputy Minister of Operations Daniel Mills said these PR card renewals were being processed in an average of 120 days in December, but by now it has been reduced to 65 days.


Changes to Express Entry
During the two-hour meeting, Fraser hinted that further changes were coming to the Express Entry system.

“I’m very excited about new flexibilities we’re going to be pursuing in the Express Entry system which will allow us, with more precision, to target workers to fill gaps in key sectors as soon as possible under the current system,” Fraser said before being cut off due to a shortage of time. The minister did not elaborate further throughout the rest of the meeting.

One of Fraser’s mandates as minister is to expand pathways to permanent residence for international students and temporary foreign workers through Express Entry. The minister had previously suggested that occupation-specific Express Entry drawscould be a possibility for the future.

“I’m very excited about new flexibilities we’re going to be pursuing in the Express Entry system which will allow us, with more precision, to target workers to fill gaps in key sectors as soon as possible under the current system,” Fraser said before being cut off due to a shortage of time. The minister did not elaborate further throughout the rest of the meeting.

That is already being done by the Provinces.

If they conduct NOC specific draws, what will the provinces do then, conduct All Program draws ?

They better stick to fixing the processing times, everything else is in freaking order.

 

[Jazzpanag]

Hi, If anyone gone through the same situation, please reply, its urgent

FSW-outland
Aor- Jan'21
COR-India

I have been to thailand for 1 week around 2015, do I need to declare that in address history in schedule A form.

I don't remember whether i have declared it while lodging file

Any suggestions would be of highly appreciable

Thanks in advance

@legalfalcon please guide

 

[muspal]

Hi, If anyone gone through the same situation, please reply, its urgent

FSW-outland
Aor- Jan'21
COR-India

I have been to thailand for 1 week around 2015, do I need to declare that in address history in schedule A form.

I don't remember whether i have declared it while lodging file

Any suggestions would be of highly appreciable

Thanks in advance

@legalfalcon please guide

No, you don't have to declare that in address history, as you weren't living there, just visiting. Where you stayed during vacations doesn't need to be included in address history. Cover it in your personal history.

 

[dankboi]

dankyyyy any updates?

medical passed a month ago

 

[dankboi]

It seems like Kangaroo passed the baton to you.

damn where kangaroo

 

[Jazzpanag]

No, you don't have to declare that in address history, as you weren't living there, just visiting. Where you stayed during vacations doesn't need to be included in address history. Cover it in your personal history.

ok
thanks @ muspal

 

[cemivac]

No, you don't have to declare that in address history, as you weren't living there, just visiting. Where you stayed during vacations doesn't need to be included in address history. Cover it in your personal history.

This is something I don't get and would like to discuss. Doesn't personal history pertain to what you were doing as an occupation at the time? That is, if you were unemployed and travelling you MUST put it there, but if you were otherwise employed and took a weekend trip, that shouldn't be included, should it? They would've surely asked for a Travel History form alongside a Schedule A?

 

[nemo123]

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This is something I don't get and would like to discuss. Doesn't personal history pertain to what you were doing as an occupation at the time? That is, if you were unemployed and travelling you MUST put it there, but if you were otherwise employed and took a weekend trip, that shouldn't be included, should it? They would've surely asked for a Travel History form alongside a Schedule A?

That's correct. It is part of your travel history which you would have provided in post-ITA questionnaire. You only show it in address history if you left you residence in your home country and made Thailand your residence for some time. You would mention it in personal history if you started working/studying/doing business/internship or other things related to education/career/business. So don't mention it

 

[muspal]

This is something I don't get and would like to discuss. Doesn't personal history pertain to what you were doing as an occupation at the time? That is, if you were unemployed and travelling you MUST put it there, but if you were otherwise employed and took a weekend trip, that shouldn't be included, should it? They would've surely asked for a Travel History form alongside a Schedule A?

To be on the safe side, I included all trips in the personal history of Schedule A. There was an overlap, e.g. working June 2019 - May 2021, the next entry on top was any travel during the below period, like travel Dec 2019 - Dec 2019, then travel Feb 2020 - Feb 2020 etc.

 

[cemivac]

To be on the safe side, I included all trips in the personal history of Schedule A. There was an overlap, e.g. working June 2019 - May 2021, the next entry on top was any travel during the below period, like travel Dec 2019 - Dec 2019, then travel Feb 2020 - Feb 2020 etc.

I did not, let's see what happens. Hopefully if they have any doubts they can ask me for a Travel History form, which I'll then gladly provide. Fingers crossed!

 

[RSub]

“I’m very excited about new flexibilities we’re going to be pursuing in the Express Entry system which will allow us, with more precision, to target workers to fill gaps in key sectors as soon as possible under the current system,” Fraser said before being cut off due to a shortage of time. The minister did not elaborate further throughout the rest of the meeting.

That is already being done by the Provinces.

If they conduct NOC specific draws, what will the provinces do then, conduct All Program draws ?

They better stick to fixing the processing times, everything else is in freaking order.

Actually, it makes a huge difference for both candidates and the federal government. First, Canadian government will look at the overall market across provinces and fill in the talent gaps. Second, Permanent Residents via NOC draws don't need to get stuck in one province as there is no commitment to the Province as opposed to PNP. The second point is a deal breaker for many who want flexibility. Also, the PNP's actual score are as low as 200 (deducting 600 Provincial points) while NOC draws will get candidates who have high scores, are young, and not boomers. I do believe NOC based codes should be the way forward as it will stop people like the Navinballs and Dkabs who are sitting at home living on Social security.

 

[RSub]

damn where kangaroo

He is in hiding in shame given most of us got PPR before him.