Sponsoring Parents in 2015

[craving_soul]

CC charged on Jan 16th, documents sent by Fedex.
i have updated the sheet.

 

[craving_soul]

Agree with you, Request to everyone sign the sheet who use Purplator service and found wrong delivery timing. thanks for your effort helloray

My supplicating receivedex by fed, CC charged. I guess it is not the courier company specific.

 

[WE LOVE CANADA]

It is really frustrating to know that our applications reached on Jan2nd and still CC is not charged.

I am one of the applicants whose application reached ( per UPS) CIC at 10.47AM. Nothing done. No CC charged or CC limit decreased.

As somebody mentioned, UPS is lying about the timing.

What else we can do other than sending it on the first day. But I will give one more week's time - after that my hope to make it this year will wane.

Last year we missed it by a week. We knew that time it was tight. But this time - first day 10.47AM is also no guarantee.

NOBODY with 10.47AM UPS delivery had their CC charged yet. O Canada..... Do I have to change my user name to something else???????????????

 

[OP_POP]

It is really frustrating to know that our applications reached on Jan2nd and still CC is not charged.

I am one of the applicants whose application reached ( per UPS) CIC at 10.47AM. Nothing done. No CC charged or CC limit decreased.

As somebody mentioned, UPS is lying about the timing.

What else we can do other than sending it on the first day. But I will give one more week's time - after that my hope to make it this year will wane.

Last year we missed it by a week. We knew that time it was tight. But this time - first day 10.47AM is also no guarantee.

NOBODY with 10.47AM UPS delivery had their CC charged yet. O Canada..... Do I have to change my user name to something else???????????????

Calm down, what we have observed so far is that CIC charges CC based on courier stacks (not based on exact received time). They started with FedEx, then Canada Post, now Purolator. They have not reached to processing UPS applications.

 

[rhonaleen17]

We have to be patient. Negativity on your minds will not help. We don't know how they work inside right? The thing that you're applications were received was a big chance. Patience people. Congrats on the people got their cc charged.

 

[karamba]

Calm down, what we have observed so far is that CIC charges CC based on courier stacks (not based on exact received time). They started with FedEx, then Canada Post, now Purolator. They have not reached to processing UPS applications.

That makes sense. CIC cannot process applications by received time because of the apps that are sent by regular mail to the PO box. It really is a lottery as someone said before.

 

[OP_POP]

That makes sense. CIC cannot process applications by received time because of the apps that are sent by regular mail to the PO box. It really is a lottery as someone said before.

It is not completely like a lottery. I think this is what they did:

1-They give a certain number to courier deliveries (let's say 4000 here)
2-They count received applications by couriers
3-For example they find out they received 4000 courier applications by Jan 5th 3 PM
4-They start processing applications that are in this 4000 cap by courier (i.e. FedEx 9:41 delivery stack first, then Canada Post, then Purolator 8:45, etc.)

 

[karamba]

It is not completely like a lottery. I think this is what they did:

1-They give a certain number to courier deliveries (let's say 4000 here)
2-They count received applications by couriers
3-For example they find out they received 4000 courier applications by Jan 5th 3 PM
4-They start processing applications that are in this 4000 cap by courier (i.e. FedEx 9:41 delivery stack first, then Canada Post, then Purolator 8:45, etc.)

You're right. It might be an exaggeration to call it a "lottery". However luck still plays a big role here.

Scenario 1:

CIC receives 6000 fully completed, perfect applications on day 1. Let's say 3000 by courier + 3000 by regular mail. How will they pick the first 5000? Will they accept all non-courier applications even though they have no delivery time?

Scenario 2:

After 2 or 3 days CIC has processed 4950 applications. When they start on the next courier batch it happens to have 100 applications. How do they pick the lucky 50 out of the 100?

One could come up with endless scenarios such as these ones. I'd really like to know how CIC handles these cases. There should be more transparency because there are too few spots on this program. It's time-consuming and stressful to go through the process and missing a spot is a year lost. In addition, it takes several years to complete the whole process. This is way too long if you ask me and our parents are not getting any younger. The truth is they don't want to process these any faster because it's not in the government's interest. If this was some sort of an "investor" program, I'm sure the turnaround would be counted in months, not years.

 

[OP_POP]

You're right. It might be an exaggeration to call it a "lottery". However luck still plays a big role here.

Scenario 1:

CIC receives 6000 fully completed, perfect applications on day 1. Let's say 3000 by courier + 3000 by regular mail. How will they pick the first 5000? Will they accept all non-courier applications even though they have no delivery time?

Scenario 2:

After 2 or 3 days CIC has processed 4950 applications. When they start on the next courier batch it happens to have 100 applications. How do they pick the lucky 50 out of the 100?

One could come up with endless scenarios such as these ones. I'd really like to know how CIC handles these cases. There should be more transparency because there are too few spots on this program. It's time-consuming and stressful to go through the process and missing a spot is a year lost. In addition, it takes several years to complete the whole process. This is way too long if you ask me and our parents are not getting any younger. The truth is they don't want to process these any faster because it's not in the government's interest. If this was some sort of an "investor" program, I'm sure the turnaround would be counted in months, not years.

Absolutely, there are many scenarios that can be unclear about how CIC will proceed with them. I think until they do the process online, you will see these issues.

And I also agree that they are processing the applications slowly on purpose. But you should also realize bringing all parents at once will be an expensive task that they can't justify it easily to tax payers.

 

[unaseem]

Notice – Parent and Grandparent program update
Ottawa, January 16, 2015 — Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has received 5,000 new, complete Parent and Grandparent program (PGP) applications for 2015. Intake is now paused and any applications received before intake reopens will be returned to the applicant.

CIC’s backlog elimination efforts remain on track, and our efforts to reunite families faster continue.

Parents and grandparents who wish to visit their family in Canada can continue to apply for the Parent and Grandparent Super Visa. The Super Visa remains a fast, convenient option for parents and grandparents wanting to spend an extended period of time in Canada with their families. To date, more than 45,000 Super Visas have been issued.

Canada has one of the most generous family reunification programs in the world. Since 2012, Canada has welcomed more than 70,000 parents, grandparents and their dependents through the PGP program. This year, Canada will welcome an additional 20,000 as part of the Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification.

 

[billinky]

Notice – Parent and Grandparent program update
Ottawa, January 16, 2015 — Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has received 5,000 new, complete Parent and Grandparent program (PGP) applications for 2015. Intake is now paused and any applications received before intake reopens will be returned to the applicant.

CIC's backlog elimination efforts remain on track, and our efforts to reunite families faster continue.

Parents and grandparents who wish to visit their family in Canada can continue to apply for the Parent and Grandparent Super Visa. The Super Visa remains a fast, convenient option for parents and grandparents wanting to spend an extended period of time in Canada with their families. To date, more than 45,000 Super Visas have been issued.

Canada has one of the most generous family reunification programs in the world. Since 2012, Canada has welcomed more than 70,000 parents, grandparents and their dependents through the PGP program. This year, Canada will welcome an additional 20,000 as part of the Action Plan for Faster Family Reunification.

Thanks for the update. 8)

 

[Rossei]

CC charged on Jan 16th, documents sent by Fedex.
i have updated the sheet.

Congrats! But I don't see any user named craving_soul.

 

[AndreyU]

Congrats! But I don't see any user named craving_soul.

I guess craving_soul put it on purolator sheet...

 

[Rossei]

I guess craving_soul put it on purolator sheet...

But he said:

CC charged on Jan 16th, documents sent by Fedex.
i have updated the sheet.

Oh well, I will update it myself. The more CC charged, the more hope for others!

 

[isha94]

Any idea how much back log of applications still left as of today. I guess in coming years when there is no backlog, CIC would be more generous about PGP Program unlike this 5000 cap thing.