November 2012 Applicants Unite!

[IvanP]

Make it easy as possible on the VO.

This is excellent advice.

 

[FRT]

Hi everyone,

... glad there has been progress since the last time i check this site. Congrats to those concerns.

Am still waiting......still on application received since though i know they have started processing my application. I flew down to London last week to see my hubby and i sent some additional document to the London VO . Hopefully, it will speed it up.

Cheers,
FRT.

 

[Tashannon]

HELP YOU GUYS!!!!!!

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?





This is in reference to your application for permanent residence in Canada. In order for us to continue the processing of your application, we require the following documents:



Ø Provide evidence of adequate financial arrangements for care and support (not involving social assistance) that are in place for yourself in Canada. This may include, but is not limited to, paystubs, employment letters, and tax documents including the most recent 2012 notice of assessment (T4 & NOA) for both you and your sponsor. This must be received at this office by: 2013/08/25

 

[FRT]

HELP YOU GUYS!!!!!!

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?





This is in reference to your application for permanent residence in Canada. In order for us to continue the processing of your application, we require the following documents:



Ø Provide evidence of adequate financial arrangements for care and support (not involving social assistance) that are in place for yourself in Canada. This may include, but is not limited to, paystubs, employment letters, and tax documents including the most recent 2012 notice of assessment (T4 & NOA) for both you and your sponsor. This must be received at this office by: 2013/08/25

Hi,

I think they are asking for THE SPONSOR's 2012 NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT, PAY ADVISE if you are working or EMPLOYMENT LETTER from your work place. If you can get all, that will be great.

Hope this help?

Cheers.
FRT.

 

[Tashannon]

Hi,

I think they are asking for THE SPONSOR's 2012 NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT, PAY ADVISE if you are working or EMPLOYMENT LETTER from your work place. If you can get all, that will be great.

Hope this help?

Cheers.
FRT.

I'm currently full time in college and receiving osap as well as working part time....is this ok?

 

[FRT]

I'm currently full time in college and receiving osap as well as working part time....is this ok?

Give them your pay slip and the 2012 notice of assessment, (they should be okay with that). I am sponsoring my hubby as well, full time, Alberta Student loan and working part-time.

 

[katelynlc]

(Cross-Post from the Outland - London UK forum)

WE LANDED! Docs are signed and passport is stamped! Tomorrow it is off to SNB/Service Canada for SIN and ID's and Medicare nonsense.

I thought I would give you all our landing story, since most people are not really landing in NB (mostly ON/BC) and this might be helpful to others in NB.

Our Landing Story:

We chose to go to 3rd Bridge, St. Stephen NB for our landing. We are in Fredericton (about 1hr45min away from St. Stephen) and I have the day off so it made for a nice drive. Hubby and I packed up my mother and took her with us, mostly for directions, and also because I am very non-confrontational and if something were to go wrong, I'd be sobbing in a corner unable to articulate anything to the CBSA official LOL.

We got to 3rd Bridge and drove over to the US side. We told the US border official that hubby was flagpoling. He asked if he'd ever done this before (for work visas, etc) and he hadn't, so we pulled over and went into the US border office. They gave us a declined form that we need to take back to CBSA on the other side of the bridge. I know this has been discussed in other threads, but I also asked if we ever decided to go to the US again, do we need to let the border agent know that hubby was declined this time. Border Agent said NO. Because we were just flagpoling, we did not need to declare this "rejection" moving forward.

US agent told us to go back to our car, swing around and drive back to Canada with the decline form. Got to the Canada border, told the rep we were landing, and she told us to pull over and go into the Border Services building. We went up to the desk and spoke with the MOST WONDERFUL CBSA Agent Mahar - what a delight! She was newer, but she was very thorough and did everything step-by-step while explaining what she was doing. Luckily things were straight forward for us (no B4 form, etc). We brought lots of additional docs (hubby's birth cert, marriage cert, proof of address, etc) but she didn't ask to see any of them. The only thing she did was take the form we got from the US Border and the yellow slip we got from the CBSA agent when we were in our car, as well as hubby's TRV extension because it was not affixed to his passport. She signed his 2 forms for COPR, gave us one of them back, and stamped/signed his passport. She took our CORRECT mailing address (because CIC has botched it about 3 times already) to make sure that the PR card comes to us. She also gave us a checklist on how to get a SIN, Medicare, Drivers License, etc.

Hope this will at least help a few people on their way with landing!

 

[BrazilianGirl]

Congratulations, katelynlc!!!

That all sounds amazing! I can't wait for my turn to come!

Happy life to you guys!!! ;D

 

[Jujubee]

Congrats to all November applicants that have landed and for those that are still waiting each day is one day closer.

An Amazing day for my husband and me today. My COPR arrived in the mailbox to the address in Canada. It was a brown envelope from Canada

My timeframe from the date of decision made
Jul 12th showed Decison Made
Jul 23rd the COPR issued 11 days from Decision Made
Jul 25th COPR mailed 13 days from Decision Made
Jul 31st COPR received in Montreal from Ottawa 19 days from Decision Made

Jul 31 Landed at Bernard Lacolle Border Crossing

 

[BrazilianGirl]

Congratulations, Jujubee!!!

Enjoy each and every day of your new life!

 

[grzybek]

We (my wife, with me along as a 'returning resident', having been away 3+ years) landed today in Calgary! It was a cinch.

We were pretty quick off the plane, so were pretty much first in the queue to the first stage of customs. They looked at our declaration card, and my wife told the agent she was landing as a new permanent resident. The agent gave us some advice on filling out a declaration if we had any valuable 'goods to follow' that were not on the 'goods accompanying' lists we had filled out for ourselves. We have no such valuable goods. If you have any valuable goods in your home country that you ~might~ ever bring into Canada, it might be worth declaring them when you land, as this can save you being taxed on them should you decide to import them later.

After that, it was just a short trip across the hall to immigration, where we handed over the COPR paperwork, where my wife signed them in front of the agent, initialed a couple of questions on the form (regarding dependents, criminal convictions, etc.). From there, into the baggage hall to collect our bags, and then just one last trip to a special counter where they took a photocopy of our 'goods accompanying' lists, and sent us on our way. Many 'congratulations,' and 'welcome to Canada' along the way. Everyone was very kind, clear, helpful, and communicative. Could not have been better! I think from reaching customs (after the standard long walk through Calgary airport), we were all done in less than 30 minutes, which includes waiting for bags!

Please update my listing in the spreadsheet, and may the rest of you have as easy a procedure as we had today! Success!

 

[wella13]

We (my wife, with me along as a 'returning resident', having been away 3+ years) landed today in Calgary! It was a cinch.

We were pretty quick off the plane, so were pretty much first in the queue to the first stage of customs. They looked at our declaration card, and my wife told the agent she was landing as a new permanent resident. The agent gave us some advice on filling out a declaration if we had any valuable 'goods to follow' that were not on the 'goods accompanying' lists we had filled out for ourselves. We have no such valuable goods. If you have any valuable goods in your home country that you ~might~ ever bring into Canada, it might be worth declaring them when you land, as this can save you being taxed on them should you decide to import them later.

After that, it was just a short trip across the hall to immigration, where we handed over the COPR paperwork, where my signed them in front of the agent, initialed a couple of questions on the form (regarding dependents, criminal convictions, etc.). From there, into the baggage hall to collect our bags, and then just one last trip to a special counter where they took a photocopy of our 'goods accompanying' lists, and sent us on our way. Many 'congratulations,' and 'welcome to Canada' along the way. Everyone was very kind, clear, helpful, and communicative. Could not have been better! I think from reaching customs (after the standard long walk through Calgary airport), we were all done in less than 30 minutes, which includes waiting for bags!

Please update my listing in the spreadsheet, and may the rest of you have as easy a procedure as we had today! Success!

congrats

 

[BrazilianGirl]

We (my wife, with me along as a 'returning resident', having been away 3+ years) landed today in Calgary! It was a cinch.

Please update my listing in the spreadsheet, and may the rest of you have as easy a procedure as we had today! Success!

Hey grzybek! Congratulations to your family!!
All the best!!
Spreadsheet has been updated. Thank you for helping us colour it!

 

[IslandAnnie]

We were away at a family reunion in Alberta since Thursday and when my husband arrived home in the US tonight his COPR was in the mail!!!! Not sure when exactly it arrived, but it was dated July 31, so I think it probably just arrived today. SO happy and thankful we are almost done...just the Landing to go (likely next weekend).

1st PPR May 8 never received
2nd PPR July 11
Ecas changed to DM July 15
COPR dated July 31
COPR received Aug 6

 

[BrazilianGirl]

We were away at a family reunion in Alberta since Thursday and when my husband arrived home in the US tonight his COPR was in the mail!!!! Not sure when exactly it arrived, but it was dated July 31, so I think it probably just arrived today. SO happy and thankful we are almost done...just the Landing to go (likely next weekend).

1st PPR May 8 never received
2nd PPR July 11
Ecas changed to DM July 15
COPR dated July 31
COPR received Aug 6

Congratulations Annie!! Isn't it awesome when surprises like that happens?
All the best to you guys in your new life!! ;D