I sent in my PR card renewal application in September 2014.
After waiting for 4 months, I received an email from CIC today informing me that the preliminary review has been completed for my application and they have now referred my file for a secondary review and this will cause additional delay in processing time.
CIC call center was not able to give me revised time frame for issue of new PR card.
Does any one know how long it takes to get the card in a ‘secondary review’ situation.
Thanks
RS
Hello RS,
Thank you for sharing your situation and question with us. We can appreciate that you would be concerned after waiting for 4 months already.
Unfortunately, we do not have any information regarding how long this process will take. We hope that others can share their experiences and comments with you.
We hope that someone will share their own timeline or ideas with you.
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.
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Anna
Settlement.Org Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS
Settlement.Org
Hi
I am in the similar situation, my application is sent for secondary review, based on what people are posting online, once the review is completed you will receive your card automatically, one user mentioned that his PR card arrived after 6weeks from the day he received this notice, so wait 4-6weeks, you should get yours unless CIC wants to play with our application
Ram
I wish I had an answer for you. Our situation is identical to yours. My wife applied in Sept 2014 for renewal. We received a notice that a letter had been sent January 23rd. Upon calling it was indicated that a second review will take place. No time frame provided. After querying several times as to its status the best we got out of CIC today was there is some doubt. Fine, tell us what that means. It has been over a month since the notification already. We are not able to travel and live in this world of unknown and uncertainty. What happened to the human factor of immigration? Very frustrating at how long this takes.
Hi,i just got the "secondary review"things.just wondering if you got your PR card already?
thanks!
Anyone got their renewed PR cards already (ie. those who are in this situation)?
No, I am still awaiting my PR card. No idea how long more it will take.
RS
Hello All,
I checked with CIC call center today and was informed my file has been reviewed and it is complete and no additional documents are required but they cannot give any time frame within which I will receive my card. I wonder why CIC is not able to give any time frame after the file has been reviewed and no additional documents are required. Has anyone, participating in this discussion, received their card?
RS
We are in the similar situation. My dad sent in his PR card renewal application in December 2014. In February 2015 my dad sent CIC additional documents and they were received (according to Canada Post). But in the file there is no any notes about that and Call Centre is not able to give any information what’s going on with my dad’s application except that is ‘in Process’.
It looks like this ‘secondary reviewing team’ is a Black Hole in CIC:
No one knows what’s going on there and even more, everyone is afraid to bother this team. Perhaps, ‘secondary reviewing team’ has some special secret mission and CIC should post some notes on their website, something like that:
“If your application has been taken for the secondary review, please do not bother us!”
Hello All,
After waiting for 13 months and several follow-up calls, I finally received my PR card yesterday. Hope you all get yours fast…Goodluck
RS
Hello RS,
Thank you very much for the update.
This is helpful to us and to others in the forum.
We are glad to hear that you finally got your PR card!
I hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have further questions and if there is any follow up to your question/situation.
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Anna
Settlement.Org Content and Information/Referral Specialist, CIRS
Settlement.Org
Hi,
It looks like i am facing your case—13 months wait time to get PR renewed. Very frustrating. Thanks for sharing your experience, i just join the group to get such kind of info.
Regards
Tadesse
Hi
I and my family are PR in canada since 3/2013 and we could not send enough time in canada since then ony one week in last April.
I planned to come to settle in Canada in March 2016 but for some out of hand reasons we could not. and by the end of April I had medical situation that stops every thing as I could not move and travel till now by the doctors order.
I am now waiting to get back on my feet and then go for my plan to settle in Canada with my family but this will be by August 2016 I hope and as my PR will expire 0n 5/2018 I think there will be a problem with my case when I enter Canada as I wont be able to fullfell the residency requirments(730 days).
Is there any thing I can do now or should I wait to be in canada?
Thanks
hi
I send my PR for renew on june 2015 , they replied asking for review on 4 November 2015 …
I replied with the required documents on 4 Feb 2016 ,… still waiting for review team reply , I think I am the longest waiting time 7 months with review team till now , till now 15 months , I think it is the longest time
Hi everyone,
Just want to share my situation regarding secondary review. I sent my application for renewal last year Nov.06, 2015. On Feb. 23, 2016 I received a correspondence letter from them saying they got my application. Feb.24, 2016 they started processing my application. On Mar.3, 2016 my application has been moved to secondary delay. I called them last month of September, but they advised me to just wait. It’s going to be 1 year next month that I sent my application. Does anybody had the same situation like me, 11months and counting? I hope it wouldn’t reach 13months processing.
yes I reached 14 months till now , I called CIC who told me that It may take a year with the review team (second review) and they may ask for an interview 
, no way we have to wait
Hello,
I had been waiting for 14 months from the time i submit my application.
I am very worried because my non Canadian passport expiring June 30, 2017. I need to go back to my country by end of December to renew my passport ( passport must be valid 6 months at time of travel).
Can someone tell me how do you know that your application is in secondary review? To date, my online application status is still showing “In Process”
Jul 8, 2015 CIC received my PR renewal application.
Dec 11, 2015 They sent me a correspondence acknowledging receipt of my application and started processing my application.
They also sent me correspondence requesting photocopy of my passport, boarding passes and airline tickets - to support the
number of days I had been in Canada and out of the country.
Dec 22, 2015 Supporting documents were courier and received by the Sydney Processing Centre.
Thanks.
I think my application has been delayed the most. CIC received my application in September 2015 and started processing it in February 2016. In may 2016 I sent them an email enquiring about the status of my application to which they replied that my file has been sent to the Client Service Unit for review which will result in an additional delay. Last month I sent them another email expressing concerns so as to why I still haven’t received my pr card to which they replied that the processing times are just an approximation. I really hope that I get my pr card by Christmas coz I was planning on meeting my gf’s family.
I am also in a situation - I had applied for my PR Card renewal in July 2015. On December 15th, 2015 they told me that they had received it, and the website status said IN PROCESS. I called again in June after waiting several months, and was told that it was still in process. I was told today that it had been sent for secondary review. It has been 16 months now, since I have applied! This is a crazy amount of time to have passed, and I have not received any correspondence regarding any additional documentation that was needed, or anything like that. I am not sure what to do - the calls to CIC yeild no information, and I feel stuck. Travel is so much more difficult, and this uncertainty is horrible.
Finally I received my PR
1- I applied to renew PR in june 2015
2-they asked for more documents and secondary review Nov 2015
3-I replied with the required documents Feb 2016
4-I received the PR Nov 2016