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Just a quick update, My partner and I drove down to the Peace Arch border crossing today, and he landed!! The whole process was fairly uneventful, we got to the border, and there wasn't too much of a wait, and went through the turn around before the US customs side (we were supposed to...

Definitely your instructions are the final word here, but if you are just sending the passport back regular mail, do you need to send a self-addressed stamped envelope?? My instructions said that if a courier/xpresspost envelope was not provided, then the passport would be returned to the...

thanks!! yeah, I figured, but I'd love to call and find out for sure before driving down there. I mean, we're in Vancouver, it's really not that far, but if it *could* be avoided that would be nice... and yeah, he can go without me, but I wanna be there to take pictures of my new canadian...

my partner's passport arrived back this morning with a shiny new PR visa. woohoo!!!!!

well of course, follow whatever instructions you've been given. both robsluv and I stated that outright in our reply. you can buy prepaid courier envelopes to have your passport returned to you, if that is something that you want to do. My instructions told me specifically to use a Canada...

Hi All, Hopefully this will be my last question regarding immigration procedures on this forum!!! Wow - I never thought this day would come!!! So, my partner received his visa and CoPR today (woohoo!!). In the instructions for landing it mentions that since he is already in legally in canada...

Yes, it still applies if you sent in your application outland. Follow the directions in the email/letter you have received. Your PPR *should* have an address to use if you are already in Canada. We received our PPR about two weeks ago. We sent my partner's passport to the Fort Eerie, ON...

My partner got his Passport back today with a nice shiny new PR visa in it!!! We only sent his passport in last wednesday, so they must have turned it around within a day or two, instead of the 2 weeks they mention in the PPR. Now we just have to choose how and where to land. WOOHOO!!!!

Kelkel - yes, my partner was requested to send in a Statutory Declaration of Common Law as well, despite the instructions in the application guides. I was upset that this might mean a huge delay in finalizing the application, as we were given 90 days to send it in, and I was concerned that the...

The cost will vary depending on what kind of car you have, how old it is etc -- basically, the total price will depend on what they need to fix/change to bring it into compliance with Canadian regulations. The RIV fee is about $200 cdn. You can pay that at the border when you cross or you can...

Yes!! Definitely!! Especially because for some reason, unlike everyone else on this board, our e-cas updated before we got the PPR and we got our PPR by mail, instead of by email.... even though we'd emailed buffalo. Just goes to show - you never know.

We got our PPR today!!! Woohoo!!! So glad to have this all wrapped up before the holiday season, and before our baby is born!

Double-check your PPR, mine clearly states that the Ft. Erie address will NOT accept courier deliveries. You must send your passport via Canada Post if sending to the Ft Erie Immigration Program Centre. If you sent it Canada Post Xpresspost, and are still having problems, then I wouldn't...

WE GOT OUR PPR TODAY!! We are asked to mail the passport in by December 20th, and the letter indicates that my partner must land before our child is born (although our baby will be born in Canada to a Canadian parent, and the application will not need to be re-filed to include her, just to...

Congratulations, RobsLuv!!!! I'm so happy for you and your family!! Hey - welcome to Canada!!!

our mailing address updated just fine, I'm just wondering about the email address - but maybe I have a IO processing the case that does things differently -- updates e-CAS every step of the way, and sends physical letters instead of emails. Who knows??? I'm hoping to see a brown envelope in the...

e-CAS updated to "Decision Made" today!! No PPR in my partner's email inbox, though. Of course, now I'm paranoid, because my partner's email address has changed since we started this process. We've updated buffalo with the new email address when he came up to Canada with me, and his mailing...

E-cas updated to "Decision Made" this morning. It's a little odd that we haven't received a single email communication from Buffalo at this point, we've only gotten letters from Buffalo. But e-cas has updated at most steps along the way. Fingers crossed that we get something in mail real soon!!

no, they won't call your relatives - at least not in the course of processing a straightforward case. I suppose they *could* but, I've never heard of that happening - perhaps other members might have a more informed comment. One of the requirements for common-law sponsorship is that you have...

The procedure for common-law sponsorship and spousal sponsorship GENERALLY is not any different. Most of the steps are the same. Some of the forms have separate sections or questions for common-law partners to answer, and/or sections that are just for married people to answer. It's pretty...