CPP-Ottawa

[keesio]

Lots of good news! Congrats to all of you!

Must admit I am a bit jealous of all of you. Wish mine went so smoothly!

 

[IvanP]

Lots of good news! Congrats to all of you!

Must admit I am a bit jealous of all of you. Wish mine went so smoothly!

Hmmm... yes.

 

[lalune117]

I think that the wait from ECAS changing to "Decision Made" until the COPR comes is the WORST!

Ivan, I hope you get your word soon too!

 

[brightredscream]

Found out that COPR was mailed on the 8th

 

[adeolu]

Found out that COPR was mailed on the 8th

Just found out mine was mailed on the 9th. Hopefully Canada post wont take too long.

 

[shanmba1174]

Found out that COPR was mailed on the 8th

It takes 7 to 10 days for US.

 

[rsjkd427]

I think that the wait from ECAS changing to "Decision Made" until the COPR comes is the WORST!

Ivan, I hope you get your word soon too!

I don't know...PPR to Decision made or COPR is pretty excruciating too. Especially when it's been 5 months since you received PPR and they supposedly haven't gotten to your file yet. If you would've told me in February that come July I'd still be waiting for COPR I wouldn't have believed you. Actually if you told me last July when we submitted our application that come July 2013 we'd still be waiting I also wouldn't have believed you. Come on COPR!! We are ready for you!!

 

[MistahFixIt]

Gah I had a moment today where I freaked out and thought I'd sent an Outland application when I should've sent an Inland application.

Thank god I double-checked; the difference between the two isn't where _I_ am, but where the principal applicant is.

(This stupid process is gonna be the death of me x.x)

 

[opmama]

Thank god I double-checked; the difference between the two isn't where _I_ am, but where the principal applicant is.

Not even that - you can file an outland application even if both the sponsor and the applicant are in Canada. (But an inland application requires the applicant to be in Canada).

Keeping everything straight is crazymaking - hopefully it doesn't wake you up anymore at night

 

[Kiri]

Not even that - you can file an outland application even if both the sponsor and the applicant are in Canada.

Yep. We're both in Canada but filing outland.

 

[MistahFixIt]

Yep. We're both in Canada but filing outland.

Can I ask why you chose to file an Outland, since you're both in Canada? Seems a bit... counter-intuitive.

 

[Kiri]

Can I ask why you chose to file an Outland, since you're both in Canada? Seems a bit... counter-intuitive.

Being from the US, the wait time to file outland is much shorter than inland and we had already been delayed an entire year due to a screw up on CIC's part - and when we filed then the VO in the US had about an 8 month wait time vs. nearly 2 years wait time inland. Times have changed since that, but still it's more beneficial to file outland. Also, any day now I could get notification to go back to the states. Also, I can't file inland because I needed the ability to travel back and forth if necessary because I work for a company in the states and if they need me I have to be able to travel without screwing myself up.

Lots of people who are in Canada on visiting visas or visiting from visa exempt countries use this method.

 

[amikety]

Can I ask why you chose to file an Outland, since you're both in Canada? Seems a bit... counter-intuitive.

We did the same thing. It was definitely the right choice.

Outland - we got PPR in less than 6 months.

Inland - we'd still be waiting for Stage 1 approval. They haven't moved past October 2012 yet (despite being July 2013).

 

[computergeek]

Can I ask why you chose to file an Outland, since you're both in Canada? Seems a bit... counter-intuitive.

There are several reasons why people choose to do it this way:

(1) It can often be faster. Outland times have increased and inland times decreased, but some outland offices can have the applicant landed as a PR in less time than it takes CPC-V to give AIP.

(2) There are IAD appeal rights for outland applicants that inland applicants do not have. Anyone can go to Federal Court, but only outland applicants can obtain an IAD appeal of a refusal.

(3) Inland applications become abandoned if the applicant ceases to live with the sponsor in Canada. Outland applications do not require the sponsor and applicant be living together, let alone in any specific location, during the application process. Thus applicants who need to travel outside Canada are safer when they use the outland office for processing.

I'm sure there are others, but those seem to be the most common. I chose to apply via the Outland route even though I'd been living in Canada for several years at that point: my job requires travel outside Canada and at the time, the Outland US processing time was substantially less than the Inland Canada processing time. In hindsight, I think my processing time would have been the same regardless of which process I'd pursued.

 

[clearly]

Hi all. I am not entirely sure how to add ourselves to the CPP-Ottawa spreadsheet as I seem to be unable to send PMs. Please delete this message if it is in the wrong place.

We just sent in our package yesterday. I am an American citizen. We had medicals done on Tuesday, July 9th. The package should arrive today, as it is out for delivery. How should I make contact to make any updates?

Thanks,
Clearly