Its all very annoying. My parents visitors visa was in security check (maybe they lost something) with 3rd party verification for 1 year! Even though they had Canadian visa and US visas before and the US was still valid. I think they system isn't totally great from their end and due to possible lack of personal, lack of clear transparency, and use of a 3rd party verifier (who knows who they are!) it all takes its merry time. However, it seems that since the visitors was approved after 1 year security check, the security check for PR was rather short. As bad as it sounds, I think a huge element is sheer "luck"
if they are not in Canada now, they cannot land via portal/virtual landing.
Hi, thanks for replying! Yes we stated clearly in the reply that my parents are in China and they don't have Canada visitor visas as those expired. We are now worried about whether the reply got through to the visa office. We replied again to their follow-up portal email. If things go through, will it be the Etobicoke office that issues passport request? Thanks again!
