Just received "Permanent residence - Call in Notice" email

[55way]

My wife just received the"Permanent residence - Call in Notice" email notifying her that she will be getting interviewed next month and that the decision will be finalized at that interview:

I am pleased to advise you that the processing of your application for permanent residence will be finalized at an interview that has been scheduled for....

Can anyone advise what the process is after this? If the interview is successful do they add a temporary stamp in her passport to reflect this until she receives her PR card? Do we need to apply for this separately or will it simply arrive on its own?

Also, to anyone who has gone through the interview is the process rather simple?





Also, I would imagine that she should not leave the country until after the interview (she has a family matter to attend to before that time in her home country). She has not left Canada once during the 2 years of waiting so I don't think it would be wise to do so, despite the family requirement, so close to the finish line.

 

[scylla]

She should not leave the country until after the interview.

No - they won't stamp anything in her passport to reflect that the interview has been successful.

No - you don't need to apply for the PR card separately. The process is automatic.

 

[55way]

Thank you. A few more question if I may:

1. Is the interview generally quite intensive with many questions or simple? I guess it is case by case.

2. After the interview the only remaining thing is to get the actual PR card? How long does it generally take to arrive, a few weeks or months?

 

[scylla]

1) Different answer depending on how you applied. Inland? Outland?
2) Times regularly fluctuate. Most up to date info can always be found on the CIC web site: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-card.asp

 

[Ponga]

Receiving the PR Card in the mail will be the last step. As soon as she has her CoPR document and attends a landing interview/appointment, or flagpoles at a land border (if she applied Outland), she will become a PR of Canada. The PR Card will simply allow her to travel via a commercial carrier, but she'll have been a PR several weeks before it arrives.

 

[55way]

1) Different answer depending on how you applied. Inland? Outland?
2) Times regularly fluctuate. Most up to date info can always be found on the CIC web site: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-card.asp

1) Our application is inland.

2) Thanks. I see it says ~45 days. We will need to leave the country before then and be out of the country for a year or more. Can we still have it sent to our address and the sent directly to her by family?

 

[55way]

Receiving the PR Card in the mail will be the last step. As soon as she has her CoPR document and attends a landing interview/appointment, or flagpoles at a land border (if she applied Outland), she will become a PR of Canada. The PR Card will simply allow her to travel via a commercial carrier, but she'll have been a PR several weeks before it arrives.

So would we be safe to assume that this interview will be the final step and if approved she will get her CoPR?
It says the below in the email we received:

I am pleased to advise you that the processing of your application for permanent residence will be finalized at an interview that has been scheduled for:

They never stamp anything in the passport regarding the visa? Just the CoPR and eventually the PR card?

As I mentioned in my previously reply above, we will need to leave the country likely before her PR card arrives in the mail. Is it an issue to leave without it and once it arrives have my family member send it to us via mail so she can eventually return to Canada with it?