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MM2

Champion Member
Sep 27, 2012
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Visa Office......
London
this is PPR1..... applicants from Pakistan receive their visa in 2 steps.... in PPR they sent their PP COPIES to London and in 2nd step submit in Islamabad embassy.....

same will apply here.... for your reference let me add PPRI for Pakistani applicants...

File: Date:
Dear Applicant,
Your application has reached the final stage of processing. Since Pakistani law does not permit the mailing of Pakistani passports from Pakistan to other countries, we will not ask you to submit your passport to our office in London. Due to limitations in our present computer system, the issuance of your permanent resident visa will be a two step process.
Step 1: Follow the instructions in this letter to submit the requested items to our office in London. Once we have reviewed them, we will send you instructions for the second step within 6 weeks.
Step 2: Do not submit your passport to our Islamabad office until you receive instructions to do so. The Islamabad office cannot issue your visa before we instruct them to do so. (If you submit your passport early, it will be returned to you without a visa.) The Islamabad office can only mail passports to addresses in Pakistan. If you will want your passports returned to an address outside of Pakistan, then this letter does not apply to you. Inform us immediately so that we can send you different instructions.


Step 1: Submit the documents listed below to our office in London. (These instructions do not apply to accompanying family members who are entitled to Canadian citizenship, because they will have to travel on their Canadian passports.)
1. Clear photocopies of your passport and the passports of each accompanying family member. The passports must meet the Passport Specifications on page 2 of this letter because these are the passports you will use to travel to Canada.
2. Two recent photographs of yourself and two recent photographs of each of your accompanying family members. The photos must meet the Photo Specifications on page 3 of this letter.
3. The Updated Information Chart on page 4 fully completed for you and each accompanying family member.
Submit these three items within 45 days of the date of this letter (or the date of the email if you received this by email). All items for you and your accompanying family members must be submitted together in one package.
Mail or courier your package to:
PHEP Processing
Immigration Division
Canadian High Commission
38 Grosvenor Street
London, W1K 4AA
United Kingdom
Sincerely,
High Commission of Canada

Passport Specifications
Your application will be delayed if any of the passports do not meet the following specifications. This delay will shorten the amount of time that you will have to travel to Canada to become a permanent resident.
1. Submit only copies of the passport pages showing the passport number, date of issue and expiry, your photo, name, date and place of birth, as well as any amendments to this information.
2. The photocopies must be from the passports you will use to travel to Canada. If you submit a different passport in Step 2 than the photocopy submitted in Step 1, then all passports will be returned and you will have to start again from Step 1.
3. Diplomatic, official, service or public affairs passports are not valid for immigration to Canada.
4. All names and dates of birth must be printed in each passport in English or French.
5. The given name (first name) of the passport-holder must be clearly printed on the Given Name line of the biodata page of each passport. The surname (last name) of the passport-holder must be clearly printed on the Surname line of the biodata page of each passport. They should match your Updated Information Chart.
6. Your spouse must have their own passport. Your accompanying children should also each have their own passports.
7. Each passport must have at least two empty pages.
8. For your visas to have maximum validity, all passports should be valid for at least 12 months from the date of your medical examinations.
9. All passports must be intact and not worn, torn or otherwise damaged; the laminate on the biodata page must be securely attached. Each page must be securely affixed to the passport; there cannot be any loose pages. Ordinary passports are the only type of passport into which a permanent resident visa may be inserted. Diplomatic, official, special or other similar types of passports are NOT acceptable.
Photograph Specifications
Notes to the applicant
 Two recent photos are required for each person.
 Write your file number and the name of each person on the back of their photos. Do not use a ball-point pen. Wait until the ink dries before stacking the photos on top of each other.
 The photos must not be damaged or blemished.
 Do not staple, glue or pin the photos. Instead, they can be paper-clipped or enclosed in a small envelope.


These photo specifications are NOT the same as passport photo specifications.
Notes to the photographer
The two photographs must:
 show a full front view of the person's head and shoulders, showing their full face centred in the middle of the photograph;
 have a plain white background;
 be identical (black & white or colour) - produced from the same untouched negative, or exposed simultaneously by a split-image or multi-lens camera;
 be produced on single weight matte paper;
 measure between 25mm and 30mm (1" and 1 1/5") from chin to crown (see diagram);
 have a finished size of 35mm x 45mm (1 3/8" and 1 3/4") (see diagram).

Updated Information Chart

Write your file number here: B__________________

Only missing is the updated information chart.

All the best



skhzskhz said:
How do you guys suggest its a PPR? I dont think its PPR. Also what do you mean when you suggest PPR1 and PPR2?
Kindly clarify
 

rawdah

Champion Member
May 8, 2013
2,947
198
Category........
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
2132
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-05-2013 PER Rec'd...: 07-08-2013
Doc's Request.
04-03-2014
Med's Request
23-09-2014
Med's Done....
24-09-2014
Passport Req..
PPR1:23-09-2014, PPR2: 20-10-2014
VISA ISSUED...
22-10-2014
LANDED..........
04-12-2014
nkalra said:
Their Step no 2 states it's PPR...

Step 2: Your visa will be issued at our Abu Dhabi office. Do not submit your passport to our Abu
Dhabi office until you receive instructions to do so. The Abu Dhabi office cannot issue your visa
before we instruct them to do so. (If you submit your passport early, before receiving our
instructions, it will be returned to you without a visa.)

PPR = Passport Request.
In Pakistan PPR comes in 2 steps [PPR-1 & PPR-2].
PPR-1.....London Visa office send PPR-1 through email asking for recent photos, passport copies and a form.
PPR-2.....London VO send PPR-2 through email. Original Passports should be submitted to Islamabad VO for Visa stamping.
Normally (PPR-1) takes 3-5 months after medical done & (PPR-2) 4-6 weeks.

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/-t116764.0.html
PPR1 and PPR2 is a two step process whereas PPR is an one step process.

In his case since it is a two step process, i think this is PPR1 instructing to submit PP copies.

PPR2 shall be to submit original PP at Abu Dhabi
 

AberdeenGuy

Hero Member
Jul 10, 2013
208
6
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
0211
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-05-2013
amisiddi said:
Today my husband received the following email from LVO
"This email refers to the applications that you and your spouse have made as federal skills workers. Your spouse has been found eligible under the ministerial instructions, and his case is now being assessed for admissibility (medical, criminality and security reviews). As these admissibility reviews would have the same impact on your application, and as your spouse's application has progressed further, there is no need to keep your application open. Can you please confirm that you are in agreement for your application to be withdrawn? This will not affect your spouse's application."

here is a short summary of our case.We both husband and wife has filed 2 separate applications.
Husband details
NOC 2134
application received 23rd May 2013
No further progress except PER till now

Wife details
NOC 2147
Application received 24th May 2013
2nd line added in January and already submitted updated forms as requested by LVO

Now LVO is asking husband to withdraw his application as mentioned in above text. Please guide should we withdraw at this stage and proceed with only one application.
Personally we dont want to withdraw at this time as we already had worked hard on both applications, paid the fees etc.
Please guide what should be our reply.
My opinion is that it would be better to withdraw as advised by LVO. As stated by them, the two applications are interlinked in that what affects one in terms of admissibility might likely impact the other(Spouse/Principal Applicant). In addition, as your application has gone a bit far in processing, it think they feel strongly that you would scale through and your husband application might just be an "unnecesaary waste of effort" for them. I know this is hard after so much rigour, time and money spent in packaging these applications to be withdrawing at this stage, but i strongly feel that you are about scaling through hence the advice from LVO.
 

msaeed

VIP Member
Nov 7, 2012
4,336
178
Lahore Pakistan
Category........
Visa Office......
LVO
NOC Code......
0111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-11-2009
VISA ISSUED...
الحمد لله رب العالمين - 27-06-2014
LANDED..........
الحمد لله رب العالمين March 28, 2015.
tashford said:
Got my COPR today.
Sir

Congratulations , I wish a blessed and successful life ahead

Its good to see that originator of this forum is through

Stay Blessed
 

msaeed

VIP Member
Nov 7, 2012
4,336
178
Lahore Pakistan
Category........
Visa Office......
LVO
NOC Code......
0111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-11-2009
VISA ISSUED...
الحمد لله رب العالمين - 27-06-2014
LANDED..........
الحمد لله رب العالمين March 28, 2015.
skhzskhz said:
Dear Folks,

All thanks and grace to AMLIGHTY , I received my Passport request just now.
GODwilling Will be posting them today and tomorrow.
Dear Sir

Congratulations

Stay Blessed
 

msaeed

VIP Member
Nov 7, 2012
4,336
178
Lahore Pakistan
Category........
Visa Office......
LVO
NOC Code......
0111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-11-2009
VISA ISSUED...
الحمد لله رب العالمين - 27-06-2014
LANDED..........
الحمد لله رب العالمين March 28, 2015.
skhzskhz said:
Apologies i misread the email sent from LVO. Its asking for passport copies of mine as well as my family.
Sir Congratulations again , your case is moving towards finalization

Stay Blessed
 

msaeed

VIP Member
Nov 7, 2012
4,336
178
Lahore Pakistan
Category........
Visa Office......
LVO
NOC Code......
0111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-11-2009
VISA ISSUED...
الحمد لله رب العالمين - 27-06-2014
LANDED..........
الحمد لله رب العالمين March 28, 2015.
JBZZS said:
If LVO has already the passport copies, why are they asking again? Is it another LVO move to delay the things?? really frustrating working style of LVO
Sir

We need to abide by the wishes of Majesty

Stay Blessed
 

msaeed

VIP Member
Nov 7, 2012
4,336
178
Lahore Pakistan
Category........
Visa Office......
LVO
NOC Code......
0111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-11-2009
VISA ISSUED...
الحمد لله رب العالمين - 27-06-2014
LANDED..........
الحمد لله رب العالمين March 28, 2015.
skhzskhz said:
The core of the contents are below, rest are details.

Dear Applicant:
Your application has reached the final stage of processing. The issuance of your permanent resident visa will be a two step process.
Step 1: Follow the instructions in this letter to submit the requested items to our office in
London. Once we have reviewed them, we will send you instructions for the second step within
6 weeks.

Step 2: Your visa will be issued at our Abu Dhabi office. Do not submit your passport to our Abu
Dhabi office until you receive instructions to do so. The Abu Dhabi office cannot issue your visa
before we instruct them to do so. (If you submit your passport early, before receiving our
instructions, it will be returned to you without a visa.)
Sir

Congratulations

Stay Blessed
 

msaeed

VIP Member
Nov 7, 2012
4,336
178
Lahore Pakistan
Category........
Visa Office......
LVO
NOC Code......
0111
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
18-11-2009
VISA ISSUED...
الحمد لله رب العالمين - 27-06-2014
LANDED..........
الحمد لله رب العالمين March 28, 2015.
amisiddi said:
Today my husband received the following email from LVO
"This email refers to the applications that you and your spouse have made as federal skills workers. Your spouse has been found eligible under the ministerial instructions, and his case is now being assessed for admissibility (medical, criminality and security reviews). As these admissibility reviews would have the same impact on your application, and as your spouse's application has progressed further, there is no need to keep your application open. Can you please confirm that you are in agreement for your application to be withdrawn? This will not affect your spouse's application."

here is a short summary of our case.We both husband and wife has filed 2 separate applications.
Husband details
NOC 2134
application received 23rd May 2013
No further progress except PER till now

Wife details
NOC 2147
Application received 24th May 2013
2nd line added in January and already submitted updated forms as requested by LVO

Now LVO is asking husband to withdraw his application as mentioned in above text. Please guide should we withdraw at this stage and proceed with only one application.
Personally we dont want to withdraw at this time as we already had worked hard on both applications, paid the fees etc.
Please guide what should be our reply.
Dear Mate

Request LVO to put one application at hold , as you will withdraw application only upon finalization of one

Stay Blessed
 

skhzskhz

Star Member
Jun 22, 2013
142
2
Category........
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
0211
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-JULY-2013
Nomination.....
PER received: 04-October- 2013
AOR Received.
no
IELTS Request
YES
File Transfer...
transferred from CIC to LVO
Med's Request
received on the 18 March 2014
Med's Done....
on 05 April 2014 - medical received at LVO on 07th, ECAS status updated with medical received on 11th April
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
PPR 1 received on 23 April 2014, PPR2 received on 28th April
VISA ISSUED...
07-May-2014
LANDED..........
As planned
MM2 said:
this is PPR1..... applicants from Pakistan receive their visa in 2 steps.... in PPR they sent their PP COPIES to London and in 2nd step submit in Islamabad embassy.....

same will apply here.... for your reference let me add PPRI for Pakistani applicants...

File: Date:
Dear Applicant,
Your application has reached the final stage of processing. Since Pakistani law does not permit the mailing of Pakistani passports from Pakistan to other countries, we will not ask you to submit your passport to our office in London. Due to limitations in our present computer system, the issuance of your permanent resident visa will be a two step process.
Step 1: Follow the instructions in this letter to submit the requested items to our office in London. Once we have reviewed them, we will send you instructions for the second step within 6 weeks.
Step 2: Do not submit your passport to our Islamabad office until you receive instructions to do so. The Islamabad office cannot issue your visa before we instruct them to do so. (If you submit your passport early, it will be returned to you without a visa.) The Islamabad office can only mail passports to addresses in Pakistan. If you will want your passports returned to an address outside of Pakistan, then this letter does not apply to you. Inform us immediately so that we can send you different instructions.


Step 1: Submit the documents listed below to our office in London. (These instructions do not apply to accompanying family members who are entitled to Canadian citizenship, because they will have to travel on their Canadian passports.)
1. Clear photocopies of your passport and the passports of each accompanying family member. The passports must meet the Passport Specifications on page 2 of this letter because these are the passports you will use to travel to Canada.
2. Two recent photographs of yourself and two recent photographs of each of your accompanying family members. The photos must meet the Photo Specifications on page 3 of this letter.
3. The Updated Information Chart on page 4 fully completed for you and each accompanying family member.
Submit these three items within 45 days of the date of this letter (or the date of the email if you received this by email). All items for you and your accompanying family members must be submitted together in one package.
Mail or courier your package to:
PHEP Processing
Immigration Division
Canadian High Commission
38 Grosvenor Street
London, W1K 4AA
United Kingdom
Sincerely,
High Commission of Canada

Passport Specifications
Your application will be delayed if any of the passports do not meet the following specifications. This delay will shorten the amount of time that you will have to travel to Canada to become a permanent resident.
1. Submit only copies of the passport pages showing the passport number, date of issue and expiry, your photo, name, date and place of birth, as well as any amendments to this information.
2. The photocopies must be from the passports you will use to travel to Canada. If you submit a different passport in Step 2 than the photocopy submitted in Step 1, then all passports will be returned and you will have to start again from Step 1.
3. Diplomatic, official, service or public affairs passports are not valid for immigration to Canada.
4. All names and dates of birth must be printed in each passport in English or French.
5. The given name (first name) of the passport-holder must be clearly printed on the Given Name line of the biodata page of each passport. The surname (last name) of the passport-holder must be clearly printed on the Surname line of the biodata page of each passport. They should match your Updated Information Chart.
6. Your spouse must have their own passport. Your accompanying children should also each have their own passports.
7. Each passport must have at least two empty pages.
8. For your visas to have maximum validity, all passports should be valid for at least 12 months from the date of your medical examinations.
9. All passports must be intact and not worn, torn or otherwise damaged; the laminate on the biodata page must be securely attached. Each page must be securely affixed to the passport; there cannot be any loose pages. Ordinary passports are the only type of passport into which a permanent resident visa may be inserted. Diplomatic, official, special or other similar types of passports are NOT acceptable.
Photograph Specifications
Notes to the applicant
 Two recent photos are required for each person.
 Write your file number and the name of each person on the back of their photos. Do not use a ball-point pen. Wait until the ink dries before stacking the photos on top of each other.
 The photos must not be damaged or blemished.
 Do not staple, glue or pin the photos. Instead, they can be paper-clipped or enclosed in a small envelope.


These photo specifications are NOT the same as passport photo specifications.
Notes to the photographer
The two photographs must:
 show a full front view of the person's head and shoulders, showing their full face centred in the middle of the photograph;
 have a plain white background;
 be identical (black & white or colour) - produced from the same untouched negative, or exposed simultaneously by a split-image or multi-lens camera;
 be produced on single weight matte paper;
 measure between 25mm and 30mm (1" and 1 1/5") from chin to crown (see diagram);
 have a finished size of 35mm x 45mm (1 3/8" and 1 3/4") (see diagram).

Updated Information Chart

Write your file number here: B__________________

Only missing is the updated information chart.

All the best
Thank you very much.......I guess i received PPR 1 now.

Any idea about the actual time duration between PPR1 and PPR2? LVO stated time duration as " within 6 weeks time". Any cases on the blog where it happened much earlier.
Kindly advise.
 

nkalra

Champion Member
Sep 8, 2011
1,364
44
rawdah said:
PPR1 and PPR2 is a two step process whereas PPR is an one step process.

In his case since it is a two step process, i think this is PPR1 instructing to submit PP copies.

PPR2 shall be to submit original PP at Abu Dhabi
I know the PPR-1 n PPR-2 process, FYI this was my initial post.

Quote from: nkalra on April 23, 2014, 02:36:29 am
Strange, it seems like PPR1 which is normally for Pakistan nationals.
But why they would ask for PP copies at this stage, what ever the case is it's a good sign. Soon you will have PPR.
 

rawdah

Champion Member
May 8, 2013
2,947
198
Category........
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
2132
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-05-2013 PER Rec'd...: 07-08-2013
Doc's Request.
04-03-2014
Med's Request
23-09-2014
Med's Done....
24-09-2014
Passport Req..
PPR1:23-09-2014, PPR2: 20-10-2014
VISA ISSUED...
22-10-2014
LANDED..........
04-12-2014
nkalra said:
I know the PPR-1 n PPR-2 process, FYI this was my initial post.

Quote from: nkalra on April 23, 2014, 02:36:29 am
Strange, it seems like PPR1 which is normally for Pakistan nationals.
But why they would ask for PP copies at this stage, what ever the case is it's a good sign. Soon you will have PPR.
Seems they are now experimenting PPR1 and PPR2 on some Gulf based Applicants.
 

Maria_Sal

Hero Member
Feb 5, 2012
642
20
United Arab Emirates
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
2147
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
23-May-2013 PER Received: 07-Aug-2013
File Transfer...
19-Aug-2013
Med's Request
10-Jan-2014
Med's Done....
13-Jan-2014, Uploaded 16-Jan, ECAS 3rd line 'Medicals received' 20-Jan
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
PPR1:14-July-2014, PPR2:28-July-2014
VISA ISSUED...
Received passports with visa on 14-Aug-2014 :)
LANDED..........
inshaAllah in Jan-2015
skhzskhz said:
Thank you very much.......I guess i received PPR 1 now.

Any idea about the actual time duration between PPR1 and PPR2? LVO stated time duration as " within 6 weeks time". Any cases on the blog where it happened much earlier.
Kindly advise.
ive heard the second stage ppr2 is sometimes 15 days after ppr1....run plz submit ur passport copies asap...good luck :)
 

barcomi

Hero Member
Apr 23, 2013
615
6
Category........
Visa Office......
London
NOC Code......
3125
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-06-2013
Nomination.....
PER: 30-08-2013
Med's Request
24-06-2014
Med's Done....
22-07-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
13-08-2015
LANDED..........
April-2015
amisiddi said:
Today my husband received the following email from LVO
"This email refers to the applications that you and your spouse have made as federal skills workers. Your spouse has been found eligible under the ministerial instructions, and his case is now being assessed for admissibility (medical, criminality and security reviews). As these admissibility reviews would have the same impact on your application, and as your spouse's application has progressed further, there is no need to keep your application open. Can you please confirm that you are in agreement for your application to be withdrawn? This will not affect your spouse's application."

here is a short summary of our case.We both husband and wife has filed 2 separate applications.
Husband details
NOC 2134
application received 23rd May 2013
No further progress except PER till now

Wife details
NOC 2147
Application received 24th May 2013
2nd line added in January and already submitted updated forms as requested by LVO

Now LVO is asking husband to withdraw his application as mentioned in above text. Please guide should we withdraw at this stage and proceed with only one application.
Personally we dont want to withdraw at this time as we already had worked hard on both applications, paid the fees etc.
Please guide what should be our reply.
I don't think you have much of a choice to be honest. Sooner or later one of the applications has to be withdrawn ...
The way they have written the letter to you, I don't think you cannot be in agreement with them.
 

skhzskhz

Star Member
Jun 22, 2013
142
2
Category........
Visa Office......
LONDON
NOC Code......
0211
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
04-JULY-2013
Nomination.....
PER received: 04-October- 2013
AOR Received.
no
IELTS Request
YES
File Transfer...
transferred from CIC to LVO
Med's Request
received on the 18 March 2014
Med's Done....
on 05 April 2014 - medical received at LVO on 07th, ECAS status updated with medical received on 11th April
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
PPR 1 received on 23 April 2014, PPR2 received on 28th April
VISA ISSUED...
07-May-2014
LANDED..........
As planned
Maria_Sal said:
ive heard the second stage ppr2 is sometimes 15 days after ppr1....run plz submit ur passport copies asap...good luck :)
Thanks Maria. Done just now and acknowledgment received from LVO.