Permanent Residence pathway for Colombian, Haitian and Venezuelan nationals

[Kay JG]

So your request for Biometrics and Medical Exam was before you received your AOR? That is very odd

No it was not, I got my AOR first, then Medical Exams and Biometrics, and then, I got the request for additional information about the Background certificate.

 

[Catarome]

No it was not, I got my AOR first, then Medical Exams and Biometrics, and then, I got the request for additional information about the Background certificate.

Ohh ok, now I get it, I'm in the waiting game too.=( Good luck!

 

[Kay JG]

Ohh ok, now I get it, I'm in the waiting game too.=( Good luck!

Thanks, How long Have you been waiting for?

 

[Catarome]

Thanks, How long Have you been waiting for?

Almost a month too.

 

[Jay13M]

None announced at this time. Which country are you looking for?

2 countries are Palastines and Sudan

 

[Kay JG]

Almost a month too.

What is the reason for your waiting? Why is your application delayed?

 

[faithey]

No it was not, I got my AOR first, then Medical Exams and Biometrics, and then, I got the request for additional information about the Background certificate.

What country is your application with? My father in law is Haiti, and he is in the same position. Did medical, biometrics, received pre-arrival services, but couldn't get the requested police clearance. Just waiting to see what will happen next.

 

[jesusdgch]

My timeline

2023-11-20 6:40 PM (UTC): Application (submission) date
2023-12-30: Date AOR received
2023-12-05: Request of Biometrics and Medical Exams
2023-12-06: IMM5801E received: -You now qualified to receive pre-arrival services at no costs
2023-12-07: Date of biometrics and medical exams taken
2023-12-19: Background Certificate Request. "Before I have attached an email as a proof that we requested it to g4s"
2023-12-21: I have attached g4s' confirmation of payment receipt and their response confirming that the certificate is in progress. This email has been translated and sent via email provided by IRCC.

Application response: Still waiting
Passport(s) request date:
Passport(s) received date:


Anyone on the same situation?

Hi Kay JG,

I am a similar situation, everything has been done and additional documentation was requested (January 16), including the Colombian police certificates, which we had already requested from G4S (November 30).

We submitted the same email and payment confirmation from G4S on January 17 and haven’t heard back anything yet.

Please, keep us posted on your application

 

[Kay JG]

Hi Kay JG,

I am a similar situation, everything has been done and additional documentation was requested (January 16), including the Colombian police certificates, which we had already requested from G4S (November 30).

We submitted the same email and payment confirmation from G4S on January 17 and haven’t heard back anything yet.

Please, keep us posted on your application

I sent the additional info on Dec 21, and we applied on Nov 19, very close to your dates. Thankfully we are not the only ones. The bright side of it is that we got everything else completed. So at this point we are still on the pool.

I hope it wont take more than 2 months of waiting after we sent the additional info.

 

[Kay JG]

What country is your application with? My father in law is Haiti, and he is in the same position. Did medical, biometrics, received pre-arrival services, but couldn't get the requested police clearance. Just waiting to see what will happen next.

Colombia.
In your case you should send an explanatory letter of why you can not get it. Would you mind sharing your timeline?

 

[BC1989]

Has anyone heard about anyone getting full approval for this program?
How long after approval do you have to activate your visa?
What financial supports have the government put in place for the applicant?

 

[espg_007]

What happens when the biometrics letter arrives but no AOR yet? So weird (but happy that it implicitly means AOR).

Also, biometrics should not required as they did them 3 years ago for their visitor visa so those should still be valid. I guess I should call CIC?

 

[Laplaguita]

What happens when the biometrics letter arrives but no AOR yet? So weird (but happy that it implicitly means AOR).

Also, biometrics should not required as they did them 3 years ago for their visitor visa so those should still be valid. I guess I should call CIC?

I’d say the AOR was missed to be sent, but it’s still an application in the queue to be processed.
When is a permanent residency application you need to redo them even if they are still valid.

 

[Laplaguita]

Has anyone heard about anyone getting full approval for this program?
How long after approval do you have to activate your visa?
What financial supports have the government put in place for the applicant?

Check this thread a few pages back, I can’t find it but someone got their visa and they posted the processing times here

 

[Dani_y28]

Wanted to give an update since it's been rather quiet lately.

We received request for Biometrics last night. They were able to get them done today. I submitted 2 applications (1 for both parents and 1 for brother).

They did used to live in Canada 10 years ago and refugee claim was denied so we are thankful to have this opportunity to hopefully reunite our family again.