Any ideas on whether the photography must be taken by a commercial photographer or can be DIY? For temporary permits I've always taken my own picture (graphic designer here, hehe) and haven't had any issues, but in the application guide for PR applications it says two identical pictures and one of them needs to have the details from the photo studio that took it in the back (got asked for this with PNP paper-based)...while EE guide just says the same specs as TRV, which means it can be DIY
New Policy for International Students - April 12th, 2021
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Where are you located? I was able to book one for tomorrow in North York, Ontario. I can give you the location if you live nearby.
Just to be safe, I recommend you take it from a professional (as stated in the page linked below) and include their details in the back. Now that you mentioned this, we can write those details ourselves or the photographer has to stamp it or something?
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/new-immigrants/pr-card/apply-renew-replace/photo.html
Thank you for the offer! I'm at least two hours away so I don't think I'll be able to make it, plus I won't be able to get a day off so quickly. Thank you anyway!
I got my pictures from Shoppers Drug Mart (they are essential) and they stamped the back. I think it was around $68 for the three of us.
Considering we know that applicants wont be able to apply for BOWP, do we expect IRCC to be upfront about the processing times? Apparently some CEC applications are taking as little as 4 months currently, would processing this eat into that processing capacity? If not, where are the extra processing officers going to get pulled from?
Also, It is ironic how the IRCC have not released specifications for this program but the social media team has given away very important details from people asking questions. I wonder why they wont just update the policy so the SM team can deal with providing interpretations of the rules to people as needed.
Also, It is ironic how the IRCC have not released specifications for this program but the social media team has given away very important details from people asking questions. I wonder why they wont just update the policy so the SM team can deal with providing interpretations of the rules to people as needed.
Why would you get hard copies? Uploading and scanning them isn't the way digital photos work..
I just saw that they stamped it, they were unable to give me digital copies because they ran out of USBs. Maybe the stamp doesn't matter per the comment below yours.
I've done both, used scanned copies and digital copies and both worked. The Shoppers I went to didn't have USBs so I had to take the hard copy.
See below CICnews FAQ for this program (https://www.cicnews.com/2021/04/faq-new-pr-streams-for-essential-workers-international-student-graduates-in-canada-0417879.html#gs.z6neb3).
Are medicals required upfront with the application system?
IRCC is currently trying to extend medicals as much as possible during COVID-19 for those in Canada.
For this group, they will be dividing people into two groups: people who have never done medical and people who have done medical. Those who have done medical should provide proof. It is not yet known how old the medical can be. If you can access an Upfront Medical, you may wish to do so nonetheless.
Digital photos are what you need for electronic applications. This isn't paper based. They want a JPG or JPEG format.
Check this site out, it does it well.
https://visafoto.com/
What does the last part of this even mean?
At least we know this
At least we know this