I am sorry
@kanishshret, but I cannot say your situation evokes much sympathy. All families would like to "reunite sooner". Can all be given priority?
In another thread you said:
Being a student, I understand that I may not be entirely financially established. It has been two years since I last lived with them, and considering their age, they often fall ill. I am determined to be by their side.
Nothing there to distinguish your case from the ordinary. But, I must say I am a bit startled by your comment "considering their age, they often fall ill." Really? Just how old are they? You are a student. You referred to being included in their application at age 18, so maybe now you are around 20. Did your mother give birth to you at about age 60? I doubt your parents are all that elderly and, as well, I know of no rule that says older folks "often fall ill". Presumably they embarked on the PR process knowing their ages and health status and proceeded accordingly.
As for contacting MP, as others here have said, forget that notion. I have a bit of experience in that regard. In 2003 I married a woman who came to Canada with me in 2002 on a personal service visa (a type long since lapsed into history) and, through misadventure, she was unable to return home and was granted an extension on compassionate grounds. I was totally ignorant about these things and thought that our marriage and submission of a PR application would obviate any need to seek a further extension. Wrong. So, she was told she would have to leave Canada and apply from outside. To me, that seemed unnecessarily bureaucratic, even though we had a home in her country to which to return and my work was online, so we could have gone back together. Our strong preference was to remain in Canada.
So, I headed off to see my MP - Hedy Fry - at her Vancouver Quadra office on Denman St. She sat down with me and explained the reality. She said, in essence, the IRCC is a law unto itself and has to listen to no one, including MPs. She did have one of her assistants make some inquiries but, in the end, my wife was told to get out of Dodge, go home and wait it out there. We were poised to go, when my sister called me from Toronto to say that she had just seen a Globe and Mail newspaper article that suggested that out-of-status types like my wife would now be permitted to stay in Canada for the duration of PR processing. That saved the day for us. Just in time. The MP was quite clear that the IRCC would not be swayed by her asking for mercy.
My next MP experience is more recent. Although I maintain a residence in a larger city in BC, my principal residence is in a somewhat remote location. We have a very small, close-knit community there. A couple of months ago, our local MP attended a "town hall" type of meeting in that community. One of those in attendance, and his wife, know both me and the MP, quite well. At that time, I was not at all happy about the fact that my wife's sister had applied for PR (with me as her rep) and, although her application was submitted last year 3 weeks after my wife's, she had been approved and was arranging her ticket to Canada, while it looked like my wife would be left behind, wondering about her application. So, these 2 locals, being aware of the situation, asked the MP if she could do anything to have my wife's application finalized sooner. The answer was a plain "no". If within normal processing times, forget it. We were then about 10 months into a posted 13-month processing time. The MP suggested coming back to her after 13 months and, even then, all she could do would be to inquire as to status, not influence anything.
On this forum, I see the "contact your MP" advice regularly. There is little room for doubt that all that leads to is MPs being barraged with requests for assistance about which they have little to offer in response.
Contrary to appearances, I am not really trying to be hard-nosed and unsympathetic to your situation. The whole process for most applications is something of a trial and in no way a cakewalk. But then, I suppose, it's something we choose, so we have to put up with things as they are. So yes, I understand your longing for family. Like you, my wife and I also tried the TRV route. Three times in the last 3 years, with the most recent being sent in this past March (4 months after submitting PR application) and denied for the third time. Very disappointing and frustrating. Finally, she got PR, about 10 months and a bit after submission. Her sister's was done in 9 months plus a day. Her sister will arrive in BC in late November. I am going to accompany my wife here, arriving a week before Christmas. We had wanted her here for summer for first introduction to Canada, hence the driving force for the TRV applications. That was not to be and we have to accept. Anyway, her getting here, even in a snowstorm, will be worth the effort.
Wait it out. The time will pass. You will make it.
