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Interview letter asks for Passport- is that considered PPR?

tdelyte

Star Member
Jul 29, 2009
80
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Toronto
Visa Office......
ANKARA, TURKEY
App. Filed.......
February 8th, 2011 (CIC MISS)
File Transfer...
April 1st, 2011
Med's Request
RE-DO December 15th, 2011
Med's Done....
December 22, 2011
Interview........
May 10th, 2011- PASSED and informed the same day :-)
Passport Req..
January 24th, 2012-(phone call from Embassy) "medical has been received" updated on ECAS on December 19th
VISA ISSUED...
January 25th, 2012- Drop off PPT in the morning and told to come back in afternoon to pick-up PPT with Canadian VISA :-)
Is someone is called for an interview, about 1.5 months after processing started and the letter to invite to the interview at the CAD Embassy says to bring a passport- would that be considered the Passport Request (PPR)?

thank you in advance :)
 

fprince

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Feb 10, 2011
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Category........
Visa Office......
நியூ டெல்லி, India
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Nov 22, 2010
AOR Received.
Dec 22, 2010
File Transfer...
Jan 4, 2011
Passport Req..
May 6, 2011 ( CSE EMAIL )
VISA ISSUED...
May 20, 2011 ( Received May 28 )
LANDED..........
June 21, 2011
tdelyte said:
Is someone is called for an interview, about 1.5 months after processing started and the letter to invite to the interview at the CAD Embassy says to bring a passport- would that be considered the Passport Request (PPR)?

thank you in advance :)
When you go for an interview, they need to have your PP.
In most cases they send the PP first and then call them for an interview.
Regardless, once you pass the interview they will retain the passport and send it back with the visa.
All the very best.
 

Chauvinist

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Dec 19, 2010
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no its does not mean ppr i.e they are not issuing u visa , in my case when i was called for an interview they asked me to bring my passports , during the interview they took my passports but as the interview was over they gave back my passports and other documents , if they keep ur passports then may be , how ever it differs from case to case
 

medellinguy

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Jul 20, 2010
418
4
Category........
Visa Office......
Bogota
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
29-10-2010
Doc's Request.
Everything in order I guess
AOR Received.
07-04-2011
File Transfer...
03-12-2010
Med's Done....
15-09-2010
Passport Req..
07-07-2011
VISA ISSUED...
01-08-2011
LANDED..........
07-09-2011
Chauvinist said:
no its does not mean ppr i.e they are not issuing u visa , in my case when i was called for an interview they asked me to bring my passports , during the interview they took my passports but as the interview was over they gave back my passports and other documents , if they keep ur passports then may be , how ever it differs from case to case
I heard that if they don't keep your visa, it mainly means that you have not passed the interview and won't be getting the PR.
 

chelley

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Apr 4, 2009
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Visa Office......
Kingston Jamaica
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
02-10-2009
File Transfer...
11-11-2009
Passport Req..
22-02-2010
VISA ISSUED...
04-03-2010
I think it's the one piece of ID you'd better have if you are going thru this process so they are quite often asking for that reason (identification purposes) ... IF they keep it, it's probably a good thing... if they give it back, not necessarily a bad thing, just means you're wait is def going to be longer....

hang in there and good luck with the interview...
 

tdelyte

Star Member
Jul 29, 2009
80
8
Toronto
Visa Office......
ANKARA, TURKEY
App. Filed.......
February 8th, 2011 (CIC MISS)
File Transfer...
April 1st, 2011
Med's Request
RE-DO December 15th, 2011
Med's Done....
December 22, 2011
Interview........
May 10th, 2011- PASSED and informed the same day :-)
Passport Req..
January 24th, 2012-(phone call from Embassy) "medical has been received" updated on ECAS on December 19th
VISA ISSUED...
January 25th, 2012- Drop off PPT in the morning and told to come back in afternoon to pick-up PPT with Canadian VISA :-)
THANK YOU EVERYONE for the various responses....I have no clue which one to believe lol. Either way all the different options are interesting :)