 Hi everyone. Welcome back to our YouTube channel. My name is Jolie Greenbaum. I'm the executive assistant at Keurig Immigration Law and today we're going to be discussing what happens after you receive first stage approval for your humanitarian and compassionate application. So if you've received correspondence from Immigration stating that you have been given first stage approval for your agency application, this is great news because unless you're proven inadmissible it's most likely that your application will be approved and you'll be granted permanent resident status. However it is important to note that this first stage approval is not the ultimate decision and that the application has not been approved just yet. So what this means is that the officer may have additional requests before a final decision is made. So these additional requests might involve submitting updated forms or updated documents, potentially documents concerning your financial capability in Canada. The officer would want to confirm how you intend to financially support yourself in Canada because if the officer feels that you know you might end up on welfare or social security it would be less likely that permanent resident status would be granted to you therefore jeopardizing the approval of your application. Something else that would happen after you receive this first stage approval would be that you would be well if you were residing in Quebec and if you submitted this application within the province of Quebec would be that you would now be given the opportunity to submit your CSQ application which is the Certificate Selection Quebec. This is essentially just a parallel application stating that you're currently residing in Quebec with a residential address within the province. At this point for after receiving first stage approval if you are out of status this would be the point where you would receive an open work permit which is great news for our applicants who may either have not been able to work legally or have not been able to work at all. This will be a source of income for them and you will be able to find a job with any employer with this open work permit. And something else that would happen at this first stage approval period would be that medical examinations would need to be done and additionally immigration be conducting their own security and background checks on their part. So while it's really exciting to receive that first stage approval because it means that you are one step closer to becoming a permanent resident and not to discredit that one bit but it's important to expect the unexpected as there could still be a few more hurdles in the way before this application is ultimately approved. So if you have any other questions regarding humanitarian and compassionate applications don't hesitate to contact our office and we'll be more than happy to assist you. Thanks for watching and we'll see you guys next time.