FSW 2014 - CPC OTTAWA - Visa Office - Let's Connect Here

[zorroo]

Congratsssssss, the journey is finally over. Wish you a happy life in Canada as a PR ;D

Thanks buddy! Yours is also in the corner. Hopefully, 2 years later we all together apply for citizenship.

 

[Viva2014]

Guys, I received my PR card today. Here it is my timeline:
Landed: January 19, 2016 at Vancouver
PRC received on March 8, 2016
No photo re-submission request


Good luck for everybody who is waiting!
I am here to help anybody who needs it. Thanks again for all your supports and helps.


Cheers

congrats

 

[zorroo]

congrats

Thanks bro and +1 for you!

 

[Renozzz]

Hi All,

I just want to share my experience with everyone. It might help those who lives in Edmonton and planning to go at border for landing. I received my CoPR on 26th Feb (Friday evening) and i called CIC call centre on 29th Feb (Monday Morning) to get the appointment for landing. I was told that currently wait time is 6 to 8 weeks to get call from CIC office to book an appointment and if it is ok with you, we can send your appointment request to your local CIC office in Edmonton. I was not in hurry so i said please send the request to Edmonton office for appointment. Very next day on 1st Mar I got call from CIC office Edmonton and they booked me on 8th March for landing appointment. It hardly took 45 mins (35 mins wait time and 10 mins with officer) there to complete all the process.

I would suggest to call CIC office for appointment instead of going to border for landing.

 

[Roozic]

Hi All,

I just want to share my experience with everyone. It might help those who lives in Edmonton and planning to go at border for landing. I received my CoPR on 26th Feb (Friday evening) and i called CIC call centre on 29th Feb (Monday Morning) to get the appointment for landing. I was told that currently wait time is 6 to 8 weeks to get call from CIC office to book an appointment and if it is ok with you, we can send your appointment request to your local CIC office in Edmonton. I was not in hurry so i said please send the request to Edmonton office for appointment. Very next day on 1st Mar I got call from CIC office Edmonton and they booked me on 8th March for landing appointment. It hardly took 45 mins (35 mins wait time and 10 mins with officer) there to complete all the process.

I would suggest to call CIC office for appointment instead of going to border for landing.

Good for you. May be it has slowed down a bit when I called, I was gettin an appointment for March first week and I landed via border on 24 jan

 

[Alialiali]

congrats to everyone who has received PRC

I have a silly question: I know that ecas is not important but it just came to my attention that I cannot log in using my COPR Number. is it just me? could it be because of the nice officer hasn't processed my application yet? maybe that's why it takes forever for some people to receive their cards?

 

[uwaterloo]

congrats to everyone who has received PRC

I have a silly question: I know that ecas is not important but it just came to my attention that I cannot log in using my COPR Number. is it just me? could it be because of the nice officer hasn't processed my application yet? maybe that's why it takes forever for some people to receive their cards?

No worries, I cannot log in with my COPR #. But I got the cards for my wife and me yesterday 8) No photo request

Here is my timeline:
Landed at Niagara Falls on Jan 21, 2016
Cards issued on Mar. 8, 2016
Rcvd on Mar. 15, 2016 (@Kitchener, ON)

Hope everyone good luck!

 

[Miss P]

Hi All,

Just to let you know, I got my PR card on 12th of March, I landed at Carway, Jan 22nd. I did not give a passport and I just updated my address on my ECA after landing.

Good luck to all.

 

[Alialiali]

No worries, I cannot log in with my COPR #. But I got the cards for my wife and me yesterday 8) No photo request

Here is my timeline:
Landed at Niagara Falls on Jan 21, 2016
Cards issued on Mar. 8, 2016
Rcvd on Mar. 15, 2016 (@Kitchener, ON)

Hope everyone good luck!

Thanks boss +1.
I called cic and i asked the agent if everything is fine and he answered me by saying "why do you think it shouldn't be fine?" I was like, i am just asking!

 

[zorroo]

No worries, I cannot log in with my COPR #. But I got the cards for my wife and me yesterday 8) No photo request

Here is my timeline:
Landed at Niagara Falls on Jan 21, 2016
Cards issued on Mar. 8, 2016
Rcvd on Mar. 15, 2016 (@Kitchener, ON)

Hope everyone good luck!

Congrats buddy! Finally, your journey is over too. Good luck with your life in Canada

 

[kwyatt75]

Well, now that I have been issued COPR and will be landing in the near future, I am thinking about the parent sponsor path. It's good to see that the current government is making that easier in that they are going to be increasing the number of allowed applications per year. However, in beginning to look into this matter it appears from what I am seeing that there is some requirement to demonstrate 3 years of income at the minimum level based on family size. From what I am seeing it seems that to prove that you have to submit the past 3 years of Canadian tax returns. That seems to me then by proxy that this is adding 3 years to the whole process. Am I seeing this right? Do you have to be living in the country for 3 years (and have tax filings) before you can even apply to sponsor your parent? Is there any other way to do this sooner? It is such a long process I was hoping to do it ASAP after I land. Any thoughts/ideas?

Thanks!

 

[Diplomatru]

Well, now that I have been issued COPR and will be landing in the near future, I am thinking about the parent sponsor path. It's good to see that the current government is making that easier in that they are going to be increasing the number of allowed applications per year. However, in beginning to look into this matter it appears from what I am seeing that there is some requirement to demonstrate 3 years of income at the minimum level based on family size. From what I am seeing it seems that to prove that you have to submit the past 3 years of Canadian tax returns. That seems to me then by proxy that this is adding 3 years to the whole process. Am I seeing this right? Do you have to be living in the country for 3 years (and have tax filings) before you can even apply to sponsor your parent? Is there any other way to do this sooner? It is such a long process I was hoping to do it ASAP after I land. Any thoughts/ideas?

Thanks!

Not really,
It's 3 years to meet LICO eligibility (either for you or your co-signer aka spouse) + 5 years processing time. Also the process of application submission is luck-based and dependant on when the courier makes it to CPC-M because of cap.

 

[kwyatt75]

Not really,
It's 3 years to meet LICO eligibility (either for you or your co-signer aka spouse) + 5 years processing time. Also the process of application submission is luck-based and dependant on when the courier makes it to CPC-M because of cap.

Wow. So, in reality it is 4 years to because you have to have filed for 3 years. Then with the 5 years processing time that means it's more like a 9 year period. That's such a long time. Especially for a parent/grandparent who may be older already. I don't suppose you can use US, IRS filings from previous years to show you meet the income. It almost seems it would be better for them to use another quicker stream for them to immigrate to Canada...express entry, or enroll in classes and come as a student...or even as a temporary worker. I know there is the Super Visa, but then they don't qualify for healthcare. I wish there was some sort of immigration stream for retired persons who already have a pension and could move and support themselves with their retirement.

 

[Diplomatru]

Wow. So, in reality it is 4 years to because you have to have filed for 3 years. Then with the 5 years processing time that means it's more like a 9 year period. That's such a long time. Especially for a parent/grandparent who may be older already. I don't suppose you can use US, IRS filings from previous years to show you meet the income. It almost seems it would be better for them to use another quicker stream for them to immigrate to Canada...express entry, or enroll in classes and come as a student...or even as a temporary worker. I know there is the Super Visa, but then they don't qualify for healthcare. I wish there was some sort of immigration stream for retired persons who already have a pension and could move and support themselves with their retirement.

I hear you, but it is what it is :-(

 

[Roozic]

PRC received yesterday. Landed Jan 24, 2016.