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My husband and I have received the CoPR paper (Confirmation of Permanent Residence). Because we have a baby to take care, we are unable to go to a Canadian border to do flag-poling. We are still waiting for the local immigration office to respond to our appointment request, but it is taking...

Did anyone recently schedule to meet an immigration officer in Kitchener/Waterloo to finish the PR landing process? Any information about the current wait time? I have been waiting for more than 2 weeks. No news at all. I sincerely do not understand why Canada makes the very last step of...

I applied Permanent Residence for both me and my husband. I'm the primary applicant, coming from a visa-exempt country. My husband is a dependent, coming from a country that requires visa. When I look at the online status update, I find that they update a new number that starts with letter "T"...

My PR application has come to the stage of PPR. And I'm looking forward to receive my Confirmation with Permanent Residence (CoPR) document. The next step is then to look for an immigration officer and sign the CoPR in front of them. There are two options: Book an appointment with a local...

Hi all, I just obtained my PNP certificate (non-express-entry type) and encounter a problem about police certificates from Singapore. I hope someone who has the experiences on this could comment on my questions. Thanks so much in advance! 1. Must we submit PR application with police...

Hi, I have a valid work permit and just applied a temporary resident visa. I get approved and requested to mail my passport to Ottawa. Since my departure time is in 2 weeks, I'm quite afraid of not getting back my passport in time. Can I leave Canada and go to an overseas Canadian visa center...

Hi, I applied my work permit renewal in Canada and obtained the new work permit. The CIC does not mention anything about the visitor visa so I was assuming that I can enter Canada with visitor visa. Recently I made a plan to have an overseas trip and I suddenly remember that my visitor visa...

I applied my post-graduation work permit online. Quite a few days ago, I've been notified that there is an update on my application. When I went inside, it says: Application/profile status Closed Review of medical results Review of submitted documents No additional documents are needed at...

I looked at the wrong row of processing time at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/temp.asp and thought that post graduation work permit takes about 1 month to complete. Now I realize that that it is actually 96 days! My study permit expires at the end of August. So does my...

I recently completed a master's degree in a Canadian university. Soon I'm going to start my new job; the job is in NOC category A. When I am looking at the Ontario provincial nomination program for international students. I realize that I am qualified for both categories: 1. International...

I recently graduated from a university and become eligible to apply the Post-graduation Work Permit (PGWP). Previously I was holding a study permit and my husband was holding an open work permit that is dependent on mine. Both our permits expire this August. I am holding a job offer which falls...

Hi, I am expecting to graduate 2 months before my study permit expires. My husband is currently holding an open work permit dependent on my study permit and he is working as a full-time professional. In addition, I already have a job offer which I think falls into the NOC category A. But I'll...

I am a graduate student. Right now, I have a decent job offer which is supposed to start in mid-June. The criteria determining whether I can graduate or not, is whether my thesis defense gets a positive response from the review committee. The problem is that, my thesis defense might ends up to...

Hi I expect myself to graduate in early May of 2015. And I have already received a good job offer that's going to start in the middle of June in 2015. My study permit is scheduled to expire in September 2015 (That means I graduate earlier than what's expected for my program). I am wondering if...

Just want to know if anyone has experience (or know about) converting an Open Work Permit into a regular Work Permit. Is it hard? My husband is currently working on a skilled job of NOC A category. He's currently holding a open work permit for spouse of international students---that is, I am...

I am doing a Master degree at a public university and my husband has come over to Canada on "open work permit for spouse of international student". He has successfully secured a skilled job in NOC A and has started working now. Both of our visas (my study permit, his open work permit) has the...

Hi all, I am a girl going to Canada to study. I applied a study permit, together with my boyfriend's open work permit last time. Since two of us are living together for nearly two years (we rent a room in Singapore but unfortunately we kept moving places so couldn't keep a full, complete and...

I took one half-day leave today to go to the High Commission of Canada today to submit my Study Permit Application. Since I enclose my husband's work permit application inside the same envelope, I was thinking of submitting it at the reception so that the officers could help me verify. But aft 1...