I applied for PR card renewal under H&C (paper application) since RO not met, in mid Aug 2023 [processing start on IRCC tool mid Sep]
Now the IRCC tool shows status 'Decision made' for past 2 weeks
Based on what i have come across on forums is that some times it take much longer [6m-1Y]
I wanted to inquire if anyone recently went through similar situation? Was the card mailed directly or had to go through interview process in local IRCC office
Any guidance will be much appreciated.
It is NOT likely anyone here can reliably forecast what will happen next, let alone when.
Reminder: what will happen, and how that goes, will depend a lot on YOUR particular situation. Is it clear that the PR card application has been "
approved?"
In regards to your particular situation, in other posts you report being the mother of children applying for citizenship, which does not fit a PR needing H&C relief for being inadmissible due to a breach of the Residency Obligation. Hard to add things up when, well, they don't add up.
Observations Assuming "Decision Made" means a PR card is Being Issued:
First, a caveat: even though generally, almost always, "
Decision Made" indicates the application has been approved and a PR card is being issued, it does NOT necessarily mean that. I do not know what "
Decision Made" means for you, here in this situation.
Assuming it means the application has been approved and a new card is being issued, the next step is
delivery of the card. Will it be mailed, or will an in-person pick-up be required.
That is, as you apprehend, if the application has been approved and a new PR card is issued, then the new PR card might be mailed directly to the PR's residential address in Canada, or the PR may be required to appear at the local IRCC office for an in-person pick-up. No one here can reliably predict which it will be except to note that the likelihood of an in-person pick-up being required is probably (we do not for sure) higher for someone relying on H&C relief. (There are a couple other factors we are quite sure increase the risk an in-person pick-up will be required: circumstances indicating the PR may be living outside Canada, or reasons to perceive the PR is not otherwise well settled permanently in Canada.)
In-Person Pick-Up Procedure: This varies some. Most often the PR is sent notice of place, date, and time, that is an appointment; but in some cases the PRs have been given a range in time during which they can go to the local office for the in-person pick-up. Almost always this will involve at least a counter-interview: PR required to present proper identification and answer some questions, mostly to verify identification but sometimes the questions can be about verifying the facts and circumstances underlying the decision to issue a new card.
Some Further Observations:
Since the underlying facts in individual cases vary so widely, any particular individual's account about how things went for them is NOT a good source of information other than it shows how things MIGHT go . . . unless the account squarely maps into commonly reported experience consistent with known policies and practices, in which case it is how common such experiences are and how well they square with known rules, known practices, that is the real source of information, and the particular anecdotal report is merely further affirmation. That is, individual examples only show what can (might) happen, NOT what should happen, NOT what will happen.
This is more true, how things go will vary even more widely, in non-routine application processing. And especially more so for PRs relying on H&C relief, a waiver of their inadmissibility for a breach of the Residency Obligation.
As you note, for example, the anecdotal reports about processing timelines for PR card applications involving inadmissible PRs relying on H&C relief generally indicate processing for at least six months, often much longer, varying widely from individual to individual.
Likewise in regards to whether a new PR card will be delivered, once approved, by mail or requiring in-person pick-up. Most are mailed, but there has not been enough anecdotal reporting from PRs relying on H&C credit to discern whether this is true for them, or whether more are required to pick-up the new card in person. (Actually the anecdotal reporting about H&C cases is so sparse we have rather little information about how successful such PR card applications are; noting, after all, the vast majority of PRs IN Canada in breach of the RO will simply stay and wait until they meet the RO before making a PR card application, avoiding the risk that H&C relief is not given resulting in a 44(1) Report followed by being issued a Removal Order.)
