Citizenship and Immigration committee  It goes without saying that it's impossible to access the site to verify the status of your application online without an acknowledgement of receipt. IRCC can't confirm whether the application is complete. Consider the example of a man who got his CSQ in July 2018 and submitted h

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. Thank you, Ms. Normandin.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In our investigation of our situation, we learned that, in Quebec, files are apparently forwarded and processed in paper format. We don't have access to electronic versions to submit our applications for permanent residence. When COVID-19 hit and IRCC employees couldn't work, ou

Citizenship and Immigration committee  To obtain Canadian citizenship, you must absolutely hold permanent resident status for two years. Consider my own case as an example. According to the IRCC site, I should have received permanent residence in October 2020. The period between October 2020 and the moment I received

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Armelle is a living example of that.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm going to turn the floor over to Ms. Mara because she will be starting our presentation. We will share speaking time.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Ms. Mara, you have to unmute the microphone.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Following on from Ms. Mara's explanations, I plan to cite some examples to illustrate the vulnerable position we find ourselves in today as permanent residence applicants in Quebec. Waiting times have increased from 16 to 26 months, and even 50 months for investors. We have to p