Flag-polling : Landing

[JRPW]

congratulations !!!! so happy for your wife

Thank you! My wife was starting to get anxious, but it has worked out!

 

[JRPW]

Congratulations!! Glad to hear you got some good results after all this time!

Thanks!

 

[JRPW]

I just landed on the 15th.

1. Seems like it. Even though my meds should have expired last year in October, but COPR, which I received on the 14th of this month, expires in October this year. I think they got an extension of 1 year on my meds.

2. You can call CIC and book an appointment.

3. For my office in Toronto, the wait time was 4.5 months!!!! so obliviously I just went to the border and did my landing. Took 5 hours all together.

4. One page, 2 copies. They will keep one copy and give you the other.

Hmm, that's what I thought about "landing" at a CIC office. I think Alberta will probably have the same wait time or longer.

 

[Step]

Hello.

My wife received her Confirmation of Permanent Residence (COPR/IMM 5688) today. We applied outland in October 2012, but have been in Canada since December 2013 (wife is visa exempt). I just want some clarification on some points that I'm not clear about.

1) What is the validity of the COPR? Is it the date when the medicals expire? Valid to: 2014/12/20 (meds valid until then) is written on my wife's COPR.
2) Can I phone CIC's Call Centre to book a time to "land" instead of flag-polling? My wife and I live in Edmonton. I really don't want to drive down to the border to "land" in winter.
3) What is the waiting time to "land" if I book an appointment at a Citizenship and Immigration office? I haven't called CIC's Call Centre yet as it is already closed for the day.
4) The COPR is only one page!?

Thanks in advance.

Congratulations JRPW, glad you are finally done with this whole crappy process.

Best Wishes,
Step