Anyone who encountered this PR card problem?

[pelipeli]

Hi everyone, my brother has this PR card problem. We landed in January 2011 (mom, dad, me and brother). We only stayed for a month because we have not yet wrapped up our affairs in the Philippines. My cousin, with whom we stayed with in Canada, sent our PR cards to us when it came in the mail, sans my brother's PR card. Instead, a letter from CIC is requiring him to re-submit his immigrant photos on the basis that they are not clear (but they accepted it during the PR process) . It also requires that the photos have the DATE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN PRINTED AT THE BACK.

Since my brother is in the Phils. already and is planning to go back only after a year or so, his plan was to have his photo taken here in the Phils and send it to CIC. We scoured all professional photographers that has the technology to have the date the photo was taken be printed at the back, but none of them can do it. So we thought that maybe "PRINTED" accdng to the instructions does not necessarily mean Printed as in Computerized. Printed could also mean Printed by hand, right? And this is also the way we do it during application , (with name, dob and signature labeled at the back by hand). So he had his photos re-taken and he wrote on the back the date it was taken and sent it to CIC. Then CIC again rejected the photos. So my mom called up the call center to ask exactly what they wanted, and they said that they want the date the photo was taken PRINTED IN COMPUTERIZED FORM at the back, and said that my brother should come back to Canada to have these photos taken when we explained that the technology to do that is not available in the Philippines.

Anybody else who encountered this? Don't you think its rather unfair that my brother should go travel to Canada just for these photos? it is not yet in his plans yet to go back permanently this soon because of his job here.

Hope somebody can help out. Good day! 

[wilson]

Hi everyone, my brother has this PR card problem........... It also requires that the photos have the DATE THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN PRINTED AT THE BACK.

Since my brother is in the Phils. already and is planning to go back only after a year or so....

Don't you think its rather unfair that my brother should go travel to Canada just for these photos? it is not yet in his plans yet to go back ......

 

There are so many incidents of similar problem about CIC holding the issuance of PR Card for photo specification problem.
As it is a policy of CIC, your brother cannot do any thing unless a new set of photo is submitted as required in the letter. Mostly CIC used to ask the landed immigrant to call on a particular date to their office for photography.  However, your brother should take new photo. Ask the studio to put their seal (rubber stamp) on the back of the photo with date.If no date stamp write the date or use date stamp.It does not require computer or machine printed date on the back of photo.

If no PR Card received after sending the new photos, he will be able to travel back to Canada with a  travel document obtained from Canadian Embassy Manila.

[Leon]

He does not have to travel to Canada just to get the pictures taken.  If you all want to go back in a year, apply for a PR travel document for him to travel and once you have arrived, he can get his pictures taken although as more than 6 months will have passed since his landing, he will have to fill out a PR card application and pay $50.  Still way cheaper than flying to Canada just for the photos.

[pelipeli]

He does not have to travel to Canada just to get the pictures taken.  If you all want to go back in a year, apply for a PR travel document for him to travel and once you have arrived, he can get his pictures taken although as more than 6 months will have passed since his landing, he will have to fill out a PR card application and pay $50.  Still way cheaper than flying to Canada just for the photos.

Thank you Leon,  So meaning he can just wait out the "problem" until he decides to go (using a travel document) ?

[pelipeli]

Ask the studio to put their seal (rubber stamp) on the back of the photo with date.If no date stamp write the date or use date stamp.It does not require computer or machine printed date on the back of photo.

Yes i think he has re-taken the photo twice already and he dated them by writing at the back, but CIC still did not accept coz they want a machine printed or computer printed date at the back. 

[Leon]

Thank you Leon,  So meaning he can just wait out the "problem" until he decides to go (using a travel document) ?

Yes, exactly.

[wilson]

Yes i think he has re-taken the photo twice already and he dated them by writing at the back, but CIC still did not accept coz they want a machine printed or computer printed date at the back. 

Hi

Ridiculas!!. When I submitted our photos I put date stamp myself from my office using red ink pad. No problem that time. It was in 2007.
Try,  you may find few studios who make digital printing at the back of photos.

[pelipeli]

Thank you so much guys. Will update you as to the resolution of this, may be useful for future cases like ours