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Maybe also when all the restrictions are lifted they won't be many NEW applicants because of all the centers being closed. So for a while they would have less applicants and less work. Let's hope it would be to our advantage.
Exactly. This was what I meant earlier.
 
hello, which number to call to get these updates: Eligibility Criminality Security?
And have u got the PPR? if so, on which date?
Hello,

I've not received PPR yet. I called the following number +1 888 242 2100

Thanks,
Neeraj
 
I wonder if this refers to existing applications as well? Sigh.

Canada hits pause button on immigration during pandemicBY BRIAN LILLEY

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: MAR 28, 2020

Immigration is on hold in Canada, for the time being, due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

A federal government official confirms the immigration program is suspended while travel restrictions remain in place, but some wonder whether we might need to keep the program on pause a little longer.

The Trudeau government had set targets of 341,000 permanent residents in 2020 followed by increases to 351,000 in 2021 and 361,000 in 2022.

“Currently, only Canadian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family are allowed to board flights to Canada or to enter through the Canada-US border,” said Kevin Lemkay, press secretary for Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino.

“Despite the current travel restrictions, IRCC continues to accept and process applications,” Lemkay said.

During the period where travel is restricted the department says that no application in progress will be closed or refused due to a lack of documentation. Those applications will remain open even if normal timelines for submitting biometrics or a medical exam are not met.

The question now is how quickly immigration will resume after travel restrictions are lifted.

Conservative Immigration Critic Peter Kent, himself a naturalized Canadian, supports the government’s current move but wonders if immigration should be kept on pause if unemployment levels rise as high as expected.

In the last two weeks more than one million Canadians have applied for employment insurance and the government expects as many as 4 million people to apply for emergency benefits in coming weeks. A report from the Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates unemployment could hit 15% this year, triple what it was before the crisis.

“We don’t know what we will be able to do to redirect the unemployed coming out of the crisis,” Kent said.

Kent emphasized that he fully supports immigration as an economic benefit for Canada but said we will be dealing with a crippled economy and much higher than normal unemployment for some time after the crisis.

“We need a lot more people but right now, we need to pause,” Kent said.

blilley@postmedia.com

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Little confused. Is it that there wont be FRESH draws or is it that the processing of the already submitted applications will also be put on hold..
 
Hopefully its fresh processing. Probably that's why the last 2 EE Draws were for PNP then CEC applicants only
 
Hopefully its fresh processing. Probably that's why the last 2 EE Draws were for PNP then CEC applicants only
I got the same response in webform request with only difference that criminality is valid in my case with security not started.
 
My AOR is jan 19, 2020. Med and biometric passed on feb5th & 11th. Havent receievd any update after that. I have not even recieved RPRF request yet. I raised webform 2 weeks ago and they said its still under regular processing time, and didnt provide me with anything like not even visa office details. Is this normal?
 
My AOR is jan 19, 2020. Med and biometric passed on feb5th & 11th. Havent receievd any update after that. I have not even recieved RPRF request yet. I raised webform 2 weeks ago and they said its still under regular processing time, and didnt provide me with anything like not even visa office details. Is this normal?
They won’t provide unless you ask. You need to mention explicitly all the items along with Processing center details
 
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My AOR is jan 19, 2020. Med and biometric passed on feb5th & 11th. Havent receievd any update after that. I have not even recieved RPRF request yet. I raised webform 2 weeks ago and they said its still under regular processing time, and didnt provide me with anything like not even visa office details. Is this normal?
Did not you pay RPRF when submitting the application..