Waiting for PR Card after landing - add your case here

[HakikiKanada]

After landing, you become a Permanent Resident and you can travel out and in to Canada anytime you want. If you don't carry a PR Card, you can still enter. For that:
1. You'll have to have a Permanent Resident Travel Document, which you can get from a visa office/ Canadian embassy.
2. You can enter with your passport and CoPR by road in a private car (i.e., from a land border from USA).

So, (just an opinion) it would be a hassle to come to Canada on a tourist visa first and then go back and land as an immigrant. I am not sure if having two visas is allowed.

Lastly, you can arrange accommodation in Canada through internet, I have done it and it's not difficult.

Good luck.

Thanks Leodoc!

I have COPR with me but when I do the first enrty I thought they are going to take those documents. Will they give me seperate documents to let me travel through US border?

 

[Leodoc]

Thanks Leodoc!

I have COPR with me but when I do the first enrty I thought they are going to take those documents. Will they give me seperate documents to let me travel through US border?

They will not give you any additional documents for travel. Your CoPR "is" your Confirmation of Permanent Residency". That and your passport are enough to let you in to Canada.
You have two copies of CoPR: one with your photo and the other one without the photo. They will keep the one with the photo and return the other one to you and that other one becomes your prove of PR, until you receive your PR Card.

 

[HakikiKanada]

They will not give you any additional documents for travel. Your CoPR "is" your Confirmation of Permanent Residency". That and your passport are enough to let you in to Canada.
You have two copies of CoPR: one with your photo and the other one without the photo. They will keep the one with the photo and return the other one to you and that other one becomes your prove of PR, until you receive your PR Card.

Thanks.

I beleive, I can only land travel to Canada with those documents because they will not understand validity of those docments at the airport.

 

[A S JABS]

Thanks.

I beleive, I can only land travel to Canada with those documents because they will not understand validity of those docments at the airport.

U cannot board any airlines to Canada from usa or from any other country without your pr card.
Your copr and passport are sufficient to enter from usa by road through private or rented car ONLY.
Or if u are trying to enter by plane you must get one time PRTD from nearest visa office to you outside canada.

 

[fsw_2014_2281]

U cannot board any airlines to Canada from usa or from any other country without your pr card.
Your copr and passport are sufficient to enter from usa by road through private or rented car ONLY.
Or if u are trying to enter by plane you must get one time PRTD from nearest visa office to you outside canada.

@asjabs did you call cic to find status?

 

[Finland]

Dear all

How long it takes to change the status in ECAS from decision made to complete pls advise as I had landed from 2 weeks and the status is the same

 

[A S JABS]

@asjabs did you call cic to find status?

No.
I am outside canada.
My brother who is ther, called them last week and they told write on status update request email.
Which we did but no reply yet.

 

[Ganesha]

View the result here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mBya6uRPDFt_UzhVmu56VRmEI7g0vKqZpfEQ6tUPVa0/edit?usp=sharing

Add your case here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1wq_wDykSAvVuaG2Lu6XNH322PWpzVGoGUEtTG8Cr9Po/viewform?pref=2&pli=1&edit_requested=true

Send me message, if you have received the PR card. I will update the list. Anybody wants to manage the list request sharing of the spreadsheet. I will grant the rights to the sheet.

 

[mesumrizvi]

Landed Jan 13th 2016 along with my spouse.. now awaiting PR cards.. what is current processing time?

 

[A S JABS]

Landed Jan 13th 2016 along with my spouse.. now awaiting PR cards.. what is current processing time?

90days plus postage time

 

[Diplomatru]

Hello everyone..just FYI.. PR card number=UCI number

That's not true. The PRC # is located on the back of the card next to the barcode and starts with "PA".

 

[Quink]

That's not true. The PRC # is located on the back of the card next to the barcode and starts with "PA".

This is correct. However interesting note - I recently did my Nexus application and when it asked for my PR Card number it wouldn't accept the number on the top back of the card. It told me that the format is xxxx-xxxx, which is the UCI format on the front. I'm half expecting when I go for the Nexus interview that this will need to be changed.

 

[Diplomatru]

This is correct. However interesting note - I recently did my Nexus application and when it asked for my PR Card number it wouldn't accept the number on the top back of the card. It told me that the format is xxxx-xxxx, which is the UCI format on the front. I'm half expecting when I go for the Nexus interview that this will need to be changed.

Well. UCI# is there for life, so it's more appropriate for NEXUS authorities to use it in BGI. PRC# is used if the card is lost or stolen.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/multimedia/video/pr-card/pr-card.asp

 

[sam001]

Hi guys,
Landed on sept 30 in pearson. Called CIC back in December, 2015 and the agent said it was sent to production. Today morning I have received an weird email from CPC ottwa saying my RPRF is outstanding. Does not make any sense. Did anyone experience this?

 

[Diplomatru]

Hi guys,
Landed on sept 30 in pearson. Called CIC back in December, 2015 and the agent said it was sent to production. Today morning I have received an weird email from CPC ottwa saying my RPRF is outstanding. Does not make any sense. Did anyone experience this?

First of all, it's Ottawa, not "ottwa".
Send them the copy of your RPRF receipt along with a printout of their letter with registered mail. And request ATIP to see if they actually recovered the fee.