Thread for Outland LONDON, UK Applications!

[imran 901]

london office asked my personal history and residentional history thx hsboluch i will contact with my wife my case is pretty straight

[AnnaMcG]

...tum te tum...still waiting patiently...reading everyones posts daily to keep me sane....

hope everyone's well and waiting patiently (ish) haha

 

[Jeri27]

My wife received her COPR and Visa on Valentine's Day She also booked her flight on March 9! Finally We are done! Thanks to all for you help! I will try to get on here as much as possible to help others! CHEERS!

[pinklady]

My wife received her COPR and Visa on Valentine's Day She also booked her flight on March 9! Finally We are done! Thanks to all for you help! I will try to get on here as much as possible to help others! CHEERS!

Thats great news, congratulations!!!!

[Jeri27]

Thats great news, congratulations!!!!

Thanks for the spreadsheet. It helped a lot!

[bonitanita]

Yay Bonitanita you've found us!  The outlanders! COPR=Confirmation of Permanent Residency.  It is what I am hoping is going to drop into my letterbox tomorrow morning.  Get Pinklady to add you to the spreadsheet once you have posted your application off (send everything inc. police certs, medicals etc to missisauga.  Oh and one other tip....pay the Right of Permanent Residency Fee up front.  It will save you probably a couple of months if you do this.  Total fees including the RPRF is $1040.

Thank you!!!

A few questions:

1. I have been in Canada since July 2011. I applied for a visa extension but was rejected because I did not send an original stamp of entry into them. So, I then applied to have my visa restored until Sep 2012...
 - if I am refused again, can I stay here once I have mailed my application until I hear word back?
 - if I they approve my visa restoration and I apply outland, what will I do when Sep comes around and have not yet heard from them?

2. The generic forms ask country of residence, current address and mailing address. What would I put down for these 3 things?

3. If and when I land, will I have to go back to the UK? Could I go across to the US and come back for landing?

Thanks in advance. This thread is great.

[pinklady]

Once you apply to extend your stay, you will be on implied status until you get a response. Send the extension application by mail, as it takes longer to process then you will be on implied status for longer in case it is refused again.

If you have a UK address, use that as your residential address (I used my parents) and mailing address is your address in Canada.

When you receive the COPR in the mail you do not need to return to the UK. You can cross into the US and return, or even flagpole in order to land.

If you apply soon, you are likely to have the process completed by September anyway.

Good luck!

[bonitanita]

Once you apply to extend your stay, you will be on implied status until you get a response. Send the extension application by mail, as it takes longer to process then you will be on implied status for longer in case it is refused again.

If you have a UK address, use that as your residential address (I used my parents) and mailing address is your address in Canada.

When you receive the COPR in the mail you do not need to return to the UK. You can cross into the US and return, or even flagpole in order to land.

If you apply soon, you are likely to have the process completed by September anyway.

Good luck!

Thanks, we're hoping to send everything by mid April. I am waiting on police reports. I have lived in 4 different countries since I was 18 so they're a pain in the butt to get. I have my medical on March 28th.

[bonitanita]

Another question:
Did you all send originals of mail / travel documents or copies?

[pinklady]

Send copies of everything unless the document checklist specifically asks for the original.

[Victorfoxtrot]

2. The generic forms ask country of residence, current address and mailing address. What would I put down for these 3 things?

I'm going to disagree here with Pinklady - hope that's ok!?  I assume you are referring to form IMM0008 - the Generic Application form for Canada?  Question 10 under the Personal Information section asks you about your current country of residence and your status there.  So for you I would simply put Canada, and then 'visitor'.  Then just put the date you arrived as a visitor.  Further on under Contact Info just fill out your Canadian address for the mailing one, and then tick the box that says same as Mailing address when it asks what your residential address is.  No need to involve a UK address at all since you don't live there.

[pinklady]

I'm going to disagree here with Pinklady - hope that's ok!?  

Haha of course!
I was speaking in general terms, and was under the impression that while you are a visitor in Canada, you should still have a residence in your home country, this being your residential address.
But I could be wrong.... its been known!!

[bonitanita]

Haha of course!
I was speaking in general terms, and was under the impression that while you are a visitor in Canada, you should still have a residence in your home country, this being your residential address.
But I could be wrong.... its been known!!

Thanks guys. Yeah, I haven't lived in the UK for 9 years. My mum still has an address there but I have been living all over the world. I think I will put my address as Canada and then write an extra bit saying that I still have an address in the UK as my permanent addy but have not lived there in a long time.

[dancanman]

Thanks guys. Yeah, I haven't lived in the UK for 9 years. My mum still has an address there but I have been living all over the world. I think I will put my address as Canada and then write an extra bit saying that I still have an address in the UK as my permanent addy but have not lived there in a long time.

I'm gonna go with Victor here.
I put my Canadian addy, and did not put any addy for my homecountry, since there won't be any correspondence there.
I think they like it simple, and I know I do....no need to put anything that could confuse them

[Victorfoxtrot]

Haha of course!
I was speaking in general terms, and was under the impression that while you are a visitor in Canada, you should still have a residence in your home country, this being your residential address.
But I could be wrong.... its been known!!

Cheers Pinklady.  You are a good kind sport!   The Generic form (IMM0008) I think is relatively new - I seem to recall they introduced it in July 2011 - I remember filling out the old style, and then just before I packaged it all up, I thought I would double check, and lo and behold they had introduced this new one, combining several old forms.  I think the fact that it actual lists 'visitor' as one of the status's you can select from the drop down menu, means that they know there will be plenty of people applying outland but who are living in Canada as visitors.  I know for me, because I was applying common-law, I felt like it would invalidate my common-law status if I listed my residential address as being in the UK, when the reality was I was living here in Canada, albeit as a visitor.