Dear Supporters,

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Your continued support is deeply appreciated — it ensures your voice is counted in the correct campaign.

Thank you for your understanding and commitment.

Sincerely,
Hong Kong Pathway Alliance (HKPA)

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Dear Honorable Minister of IRCC,

Congratulations on your appointment as Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. We were encouraged by your Canada Day statement highlighting how, as the daughter of immigrants, you understand the courage it takes to build a new life in a new home.

Since 2021, the Hong Kong Pathway has provided safety to those facing deteriorating freedoms in Hong Kong. Yet what began as protection has too often become a humanitarian burden. Processing times that once took months now extend well beyond a year, leaving families without certainty and children without stable schooling.

In the face of the deteriorating freedoms in Hong Kong under the shadow of the National Security Law, we were deeply grateful that Canada offered a hand through the Hong Kong Pathway, providing safety and the promise of a fresh start. Launched in 2021, the Hong Kong Pathway has allowed over 30,000 Hongkongers to apply for permanent residence after studying or working in Canada. Yet four years later, that hope is fading. Processing times have stretched from months to over two years, leaving more than 20,000 of them stuck in limbo. What was meant to be a lifeline has become a struggle for survival.

One real case shows the human cost. After submitting her permanent residence application, the mother has waited more than six months for her work permit to be processed. Without permanent status or a valid permit, her son is unable to attend school, spending his days at home or wandering a nearby mall, confused and heartbroken. His mother, unable to work while caring for him, faces mounting financial stress and deep guilt over circumstances beyond her control.

To address these challenges, we propose the following measures:

1. Prioritize the Hong Kong Pathway — use remaining admission targets and refugee quotas, allocate additional economic-category quotas to clear the backlog. We also urge IRCC to raise the annual Humanitarian and Compassionate target to 20,000 to expedite processing. 
2. Maintain Permanent Resident admission at 2025 levels — with population growth at 0% in Q1 2025, sustaining current levels is vital to uphold population stability and Canada’s economic and social strength.
3. Clarify and uniformly recognize “maintained status” across jurisdictions — issue a standard federal attestation of legal status and work/study/coverage entitlements, require acceptance by Service Canada (SIN), CBSA, and federal programs, and coordinate with provinces and territories so health plans, schools, regulators, and licensing authorities treat it as valid for enrollment, coverage, licensing, and employment verification.
4. Automatic renewal of open work permits — eliminate periods of precarious maintained status and provide greater security while waiting for permanent residence.
5. Faster Approval in Principle (AIP) — ensure access to employment, healthcare, and domestic tuition eligibility.
6. Exempt the CNCC requirement — given the worsening human rights situation in Hong Kong, requiring a CNCC is contradictory and unreasonable when many applicants face real risks of persecution.

We respectfully urge the government to expedite the processing of the Hong Kong Pathway. Doing so is a win-win: it provides certainty and stability for the Hong Kong community while enabling Canadians to benefit from newcomers’ skills and contributions. Many applicants have substantial savings locked in Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF), a compulsory retirement scheme blocked until permanent residence is granted. Among the 700 applicants who shared their MPF balances, the combined total reached approximately CAD 39.5 million. Across 20,000 applicants, these frozen funds represent a significant economic resource that could support entrepreneurship, community initiatives, and broader contributions to Canadian society.

We hope you will continue to support the Hong Kong Pathway, so that families who trusted Canada’s promise can proudly call it home and contribute to building a stronger, more vibrant, and prosperous nation together.

All the best,

Hong Kong Pathway Alliance (HKPA) & Hong Kong Pathway Applicants

*MPF Data Source:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iT524WGdcuILnb21yqBc-aUzlshoeZq-/view?usp=sharing