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When we landed in September, it was a mad house in YVR - very busy. During our landing process, which took no more than 5 minutes (after waiting for 7 hours in queue) we realized the next day that they took both copies of the COPR, and we never got a record of landing! Not a damn thing. What...

Thank you for the info. Looks like we will need to apply for a replacement.

Question - We did our landing mid September through YVR which, despite a lengthy (4 hour) queue was not too bad. The officer however took both our COPR copies. How important is the personal COPR copy? I am not even sure what was on it outside of it saying we have no conditions. When we...

If your wife is only sponsoring you, and no dependant children, then the fees in total will be $1040. She can pay all at once which will speed things up, or you can pay the Sponsorship portion immediately, and allow them to ask for payment when they begin processing your Application at a much...

We submitted in June 30, and got our passport back on Aug 6. (it went Decision Made three weeks after being submitted). The PPR form you got does say you can contact them after a month for a status update. Fingers crossed you get it soon!

We just got back from VFS today, with VISA in hand! We will be landing in Vancouver in September =]

Got a call from VFS to pick up our passport.. At long last - the wait is OVER! :D :D

Thanks, and yes it was great news.. Now we just wait to get our passport back and we are out of here. My wife is very much looking forward to moving to Vancouver and our child will be starting school in 2015 so the timing is good.

Edmonton is not too bad, but you should seriously consider Calgary instead as it is a far more 'sane' city (road-wise) and better winters. We will be heading to Vancouver, but if we had to choose an alternative, it would certainly be Calgary.

Waiting for your passport to be returned is hard. We are sure hoping it will be soon.

You certainly do not need to hire a consultant to help with your application. The application kit is laid out in a very easy to follow manner that should not be difficult at all to do by yourself. (This said, it still took us several months to prepare everything we needed for our application).

Application just went Decision Made this evening!! So excited!

Most get this via email, however we never did. Instead, they sent us a large envelope via post mail that had all our relationship proofs (photos, invites, etc.) along with the PPR instructions.

Why didn't you send everything they needed when you submitted your application? It is clearly stated in their checklist - having them request documents piece by piece only delays your application, and risks refusal for the specific reason you just posted about. Did you send your primary...

When you get the documents, you will have until January 8, 2015 to travel to Canada and land as a PR. If you do not arrive in Canada by that date, well... you don't want that. You should have until the PR's expiry to pick it up - my suggestion is do it sooner rather than later. ;)