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    Laminated the Record of Landing document, now it is no longer valid!

    Hello Everyone; My mom's and in-laws Record of Landing document was laminated because I thought that this would preserve the documents for along time. Apparently this amounts to the tampering of the documents and, according to the CIC Officer, these documents are no longer valid. The CIC...
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    Health insurance for the first 3 months after landing in Ontario

    Hello Everyone; My in-laws will be landing in Toronto in early May. They will not have OHIP coverage for the first 3 months after landing. Wondering whether it is mandatory that we buy a health insurance for the first three months until OHIP kicks in. Realize that it is a good idea to buy a...
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    Can I claim my mom as dependent on my income tax return?

    My mom is a PR and landed recently. She has not much income on her own, will be living with us, and is financially dependent on us. Wondering whether we can claim her as my dependent for the income tax purposes. Thank you, Sridhar.
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    Urgent: Canada Post lost my mom's Passport!

    We sent my mother's passport (Indian) by Canada Post to CPC-Ottawa for issuing the Certificate of Permanent Residence (CoPR) document. This XpressPost shipment to Ottawa was lost by Canada Post and they cannot locate the lost shipment for the past week or so. We are really devastated by this...
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    Phone number for CPC-Ottawa

    Can someone please let me know the contact number for CPC-Ottawa? Need to contact them regarding my mom's permanent residence application. Thanks, Sridhar.
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    MyCIC - account locked out!

    Hello; There were a couple of typos in the answers for the security questions (identify validation) and, as a result, my mom's family sponsorship application has been locked out. The error message says that "our account has been locked. You are no longer able to recover your account online"...
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    Linking in-laws application to CIC - One or two links?

    Hello; My in-laws applied under family sponsorship program. There is only one application/UCI number for both parents. I have linked their application in MyCIC, but can see only my father-in-law's name (he passed medical) but there is no information about my mother-in-law. Do I need to...
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    PCC and RPRF information on CIC My Application page.

    Good Morning; I have linked my mom's application (under family sponsorship) to her account. She got medical done and we had submitted PCC, and paid RPRF prior to linking her application. On her CIC MY Application page, now I see that she has passed medical, but there is no information about...
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    Current immigration procedures

    Good Morning; Wondering what is the current procedure for processing family class applications. Applied to sponsor my mom and current status is as follows: Application received: January 10, 2014. Sponsorship approved: March 30, 2016. Presently asked to undergo (1) medical examination...