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dewasco said:
To the Glory of God alone, PPR and COA mail dropped today. Genuine Thanks to Pipis Husband (He will understand) a blessing to me indeed. Flosure, thanks a mill and to everyone on the forum, its just a matter of time we shall all land in Canada this year
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Congrats Dewasco
 
Good Day All!

I have not been on this forum for a while now. I can see a lot has happened in recent time.

Congrats to all those who received PPRs recently and all the best those who are yet to get and waiting for MRs.

I just thought I should advise those with PPRs as regards the Photo Specifications and quality to be sent to AVO.

For those who might not know, CIC has since November 2015 changed the photo specs requirements for the production of the newly improved/security enhanced PR cards. I'm sure those with recent PPRs must have received the new Photo Spec requirement along with the PPR mails.

But I think this new requirements goes beyond just dimensions/size but also has a lot to do with the photo quality in terms of photographic paper used for printing. The quality of the photographic paper used for printing of the photo now matters. It is important you take your photograph passports in a professional photo studio that uses quality photographic papers for printing of pictures.

My experience, I got my COPR in July 2015 but only did a short landing in Mid December 2015 and left back to Nigeria in early January 2016. My PR card has been received at my address in Canada since the 7th of February. That means my card was issued in just about 6 weeks which is far earlier compared to the 8/9 weeks average that have heard from people and particularly friends that landed before me.

What is even surprising is that my PR and that of my family were issued based on the old size/dimensions. I was already expecting CIC to write to us to send in new photos based on the new size requirements but I was shocked to get a call from my people in Canada (on 7 February) that the PRs have received at home.

Please note that I have friends that landed before me in early October 2015 and November 2015 that are yet to receive their PRs (as at that February) but instead CIC wrote to them to send in new photos based on new size and also for the photos to come with a stamp/seal/address of the photo studio of where the photos are taken. I have also read on the Indian forum on this site of many people with delayed PR productions because they have been asked to send in new photos based on the new dimensions

My point is here is that maybe PR cards produced after November 2015 can still be produced based old photo dimensions (my experience) but definitely not on photos with poor paper quality because of the new features of the cards.

So i will advise all to make sure that your photos are taken in a professional photo studio (the likes of Studio 24 and others, I know it is expensive in these studios) that uses quality photographic papers for production. Remember AVO might not reject your photos even if they are not according to spec but that might delay the production of your PR cards when you get to Canada. And of course it is more expensive taking photographs/passports in Canada compared to Nigeria.

Just something I think I should share with the house.

All the very best.
 
superde said:
Good Day All!

I have not been on this forum for a while now. I can see a lot has happened in recent time.

Congrats to all those who received PPRs recently and all the best those who are yet to get and waiting for MRs.

I just thought I should advise those with PPRs as regards the Photo Specifications and quality to be sent to AVO.

For those who might not know, CIC has since November 2015 changed the photo specs requirements for the production of the newly improved/security enhanced PR cards. I'm sure those with recent PPRs must have received the new Photo Spec requirement along with the PPR mails.

But I think this new requirements goes beyond just dimensions/size but also has a lot to do with the photo quality in terms of photographic paper used for printing. The quality of the photographic paper used for printing of the photo now matters. It is important you take your photograph passports in a professional photo studio that uses quality photographic papers for printing of pictures.

My experience, I got my COPR in July 2015 but only did a short landing in Mid December 2015 and left back to Nigeria in early January 2016. My PR card has been received at my address in Canada since the 7th of February. That means my card was issued in just about 6 weeks which is far earlier compared to the 8/9 weeks average that have heard from people and particularly friends that landed before me.

What is even surprising is that my PR and that of my family were issued based on the old size/dimensions. I was already expecting CIC to write to us to send in new photos based on the new size requirements but I was shocked to get a call from my people in Canada (on 7 February) that the PRs have received at home.

Please note that I have friends that landed before me in early October 2015 and November 2015 that are yet to receive their PRs (as at that February) but instead CIC wrote to them to send in new photos based on new size and also for the photos to come with a stamp/seal/address of the photo studio of where the photos are taken. I have also read on the Indian forum on this site of many people with delayed PR productions because they have been asked to send in new photos based on the new dimensions

My point is here is that maybe PR cards produced after November 2015 can still be produced based old photo dimensions (my experience) but definitely not on photos with poor paper quality because of the new features of the cards.

So i will advise all to make sure that your photos are taken in a professional photo studio (the likes of Studio 24 and others, I know it is expensive in these studios) that uses quality photographic papers for production. Remember AVO might not reject your photos even if they are not according to spec but that might delay the production of your PR cards when you get to Canada. And of course it is more expensive taking photographs/passports in Canada compared to Nigeria.

Just something I think I should share with the house.

All the very best.
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You are very right. I landed in May 2015 with my family. We got mails from CIC after 3 months to re-submit our passport photographs, to meet the desired specifications as earlier mentioned by Supersede. Only my PR photos scaled through out of 5. How that happened, i am still amazed. I had to pay 14 dollars each for my 4 family members who got the mails just for 2 copies of photographs. So, let us do as advised before landing. Cheers!!
 
superde said:
Good Day All!

I have not been on this forum for a while now. I can see a lot has happened in recent time.

Congrats to all those who received PPRs recently and all the best those who are yet to get and waiting for MRs.

I just thought I should advise those with PPRs as regards the Photo Specifications and quality to be sent to AVO.

For those who might not know, CIC has since November 2015 changed the photo specs requirements for the production of the newly improved/security enhanced PR cards. I'm sure those with recent PPRs must have received the new Photo Spec requirement along with the PPR mails.

But I think this new requirements goes beyond just dimensions/size but also has a lot to do with the photo quality in terms of photographic paper used for printing. The quality of the photographic paper used for printing of the photo now matters. It is important you take your photograph passports in a professional photo studio that uses quality photographic papers for printing of pictures.

My experience, I got my COPR in July 2015 but only did a short landing in Mid December 2015 and left back to Nigeria in early January 2016. My PR card has been received at my address in Canada since the 7th of February. That means my card was issued in just about 6 weeks which is far earlier compared to the 8/9 weeks average that have heard from people and particularly friends that landed before me.

What is even surprising is that my PR and that of my family were issued based on the old size/dimensions. I was already expecting CIC to write to us to send in new photos based on the new size requirements but I was shocked to get a call from my people in Canada (on 7 February) that the PRs have received at home.

Please note that I have friends that landed before me in early October 2015 and November 2015 that are yet to receive their PRs (as at that February) but instead CIC wrote to them to send in new photos based on new size and also for the photos to come with a stamp/seal/address of the photo studio of where the photos are taken. I have also read on the Indian forum on this site of many people with delayed PR productions because they have been asked to send in new photos based on the new dimensions

My point is here is that maybe PR cards produced after November 2015 can still be produced based old photo dimensions (my experience) but definitely not on photos with poor paper quality because of the new features of the cards.

So i will advise all to make sure that your photos are taken in a professional photo studio (the likes of Studio 24 and others, I know it is expensive in these studios) that uses quality photographic papers for production. Remember AVO might not reject your photos even if they are not according to spec but that might delay the production of your PR cards when you get to Canada. And of course it is more expensive taking photographs/passports in Canada compared to Nigeria.

Just something I think I should share with the house.

All the very best.
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Thanks for sharing.
 
There's going to be holiday at AVO on Monday .
 
Guyman1234,

Abeg which holiday be that?
 
Liss said:
Guyman1234,

Abeg which holiday be that?
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Independence Day
 
Thanks guys for all the insights and encouragement on this forum.

Our PPR mail finally came in yesterday afternoon. My timeline is as follows:
Application recvd: 28th Aug 2014
Meds request: 28th July 2015
Meds done: 4th Aug 2015
PPR: 3rd March 2016.

I am confident that at this pace everyone awaiting MR and PPR updates will receive positive updates next week. God will perfect everything. I will be contacting Neyobash on Monday as per his UPS discount offer.
 
tlamp1 said:
Thanks guys for all the insights and encouragement on this forum.

Our PPR mail finally came in yesterday afternoon. My timeline is as follows:
Application recvd: 28th Aug 2014
Meds request: 28th July 2015
Meds done: 4th Aug 2015
PPR: 3rd March 2016.

I am confident that at this pace everyone awaiting MR and PPR updates will receive positive updates next week. God will perfect everything. I will be contacting Neyobash on Monday as per his UPS discount offer.
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Congrats Tlamp1.
 
tlamp1 said:
Thanks guys for all the insights and encouragement on this forum.

Our PPR mail finally came in yesterday afternoon. My timeline is as follows:
Application recvd: 28th Aug 2014
Meds request: 28th July 2015
Meds done: 4th Aug 2015
PPR: 3rd March 2016.

I am confident that at this pace everyone awaiting MR and PPR updates will receive positive updates next week. God will perfect everything. I will be contacting Neyobash on Monday as per his UPS discount offer.
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Congratulations
 
Congratulations tlamp1 on your PPR. It has ended in praise




tlamp1 said:
Thanks guys for all the insights and encouragement on this forum.

Our PPR mail finally came in yesterday afternoon. My timeline is as follows:
Application recvd: 28th Aug 2014
Meds request: 28th July 2015
Meds done: 4th Aug 2015
PPR: 3rd March 2016.

I am confident that at this pace everyone awaiting MR and PPR updates will receive positive updates next week. God will perfect everything. I will be contacting Neyobash on Monday as per his UPS discount offer.
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tlamp1 said:
Thanks guys for all the insights and encouragement on this forum.

Our PPR mail finally came in yesterday afternoon. My timeline is as follows:
Application recvd: 28th Aug 2014
Meds request: 28th July 2015
Meds done: 4th Aug 2015
PPR: 3rd March 2016.

I am confident that at this pace everyone awaiting MR and PPR updates will receive positive updates next week. God will perfect everything. I will be contacting Neyobash on Monday as per his UPS discount offer.
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Congrats
 
Godswill2016 said:
Shoollypee,
Please i will like to find out if you had submitted ur POF n PCC to AVO at anytime before you got the PPR mail.
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@ Godswill 2016. they requested for POF last year before i was given medicals. But the PCC was submitted since when i initially submitted my application.
 
ShollyPee said:
@ Godswill 2016. they requested for POF last year before i was given medicals. But the PCC was submitted since when i initially submitted my application.
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Congrats Shollypee, please who is your VO ?
 
labiz001 said:
Congrats Shollypee, please who is your VO ?
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@ Labiz001 Accra is my Visa Office
 
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