Dear Prabhjot Chhabra:
Thank you for your correspondence addressed to Mr. Chris Alexander, Canada’s Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, concerning your application for permanent residence under the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP).
We appreciate your wish to have your application finalized as soon as possible. As you are aware, the LCP is a unique program under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. It allows a foreign national to enter Canada on a temporary work permit, and then apply from within Canada to become a permanent resident. Live-in caregivers may apply for permanent residence in Canada after having completed two years of authorized full-time employment as a live-in caregiver within the four years since being admitted to Canada as a live-in caregiver. They may also request concurrent processing for some or all of their family members living in or outside Canada.
Our records confirm that your application is being actively processed at the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville (CPC-V). While I cannot give you a timeframe for the completion of your application, please rest assured that you will be contacted should additional information or documentation be required.
I can further confirm that CPC officials will be in contact with officers at the Canadian Embassy in Manila, with regard to your dependant family members who have been included for concurrent processing. Visa officials will be in contact with your family members in the near future. Permanent resident visas may be issued for the family members after the visa office is notified by CPC-V officers that the principle applicant has been granted permanent residence.
I hope that this information is of assistance.
Sincerely,
C. Saumier
Ministerial Enquiries Division
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