As per my understanding everybody has to go through landing if they apply from inside Canada or outside that does not matter, when you will do your landing then you need to show your CORP at the border and agent will take care of the rest, you need to provide your address and they will send you the PR Card not separate application needed for this.
Passports to CPC Ottawa January 2018
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Update #3: landed as a PR!!
Country of residence: USA
Country of citizenship: USA
Mailed application: June 18, 2018
Received: June 25, 2018
Able to link application online: Sept 24, 2018
Invitation for medical exam: Oct 4, 2018
Application sent to CPC: Oct 12, 2018
Passport requested: Tue Dec 4, 2018
Passport sent: Wed Dec 5, 2018
Passport received: Thu 6, 2018
CIC Account Approved: Tue Dec 11, 2018
Return Tracker activated: Fri Dec 14, 2018
Passport Received: Mon Dec 17, 2018
Landed as a PR Mon Dec 17!!
Hi - you MUST land by exiting/re-entering Canada and, if you are importing any goods, you MUST prepare documentation for what you are bringing to Canada.
See here for the required documents to import items (clothing, vehicles, laptops, etc.) into Canada: https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/bsf186-eng.html
1. To land by "flagpole-ing": take your COPR letter and exit Canada, ideally at a land border where you can park on the Canadian side of the border, walk to the USA, "flagpole", and return to Canada to land.
2. The Canadian border guard will take your passport and COPR letter under review. You'll be asked questions like "do you have any dependents landing with you?" and "have you ever been criminally charged in any country?".
3. You will sign your COPR letter when instructed by the border guard. DO NOT SOGN YOUR COPR LETTER UNTIL INSTRUCTED TO DO SO.
4. The signed COPR letter should be kept with your passport. It serves as your official immigration document while you wait for your PR Card.
5. Your PR Card should arrive at the mailing address on your COPR letter in 6-8 weeks.
All the best!
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thank you but "the border" means? i must go out from Canada first and then come back again? Or just go to the airport immigration counter and request them to do the "landing"?
felicitation, now get your NAS (SIN) and apply for your provincial medical card
Really? Here is what they sent me in the ready for visa email:
· If you have a mailing address in Canada:
- The pre-paid Xpresspost envelope must be from Canada Post. Please note that we will not return documents to a Canadian address via any other courier.
- Submit all documents by mail in a single package and send to the following address:
CPC – Ottawa – PR
PO Box 8781
Ottawa, ON K1G 4B9
DO NOT FILL OUT THE ADDRESS SECTION ON YOUR CANADA POST RETURN ENVELOPE.
· If you have a mailing address in the U.S.A.:
- The Self-Addressed pre-paid envelope should be arranged with a courier that delivers between Canada and the U.S.A.
- Submit all documents by mail in a single package and send to the following address:
CPCO – PR VISA
US Permanent /Temporary Residence VISA/Passports
365 Laurier Av. West
Ottawa ON
K1A 1L1
Seems like two different addresses no?
Hmmm ... Not sure how can someone help you. Let me try once again. Read my response again. I said 365 Laurier Ave is street address for CPCO. Now read the two addresses again. What is the difference in them?
First one is a PO box address. Now you can google how PO box works.
Still not satisfied you can contact Canada post and try to get your package back.
Hi All,
I am applying PR form USA and I am an indian citizen, my application got approved on 15th feb, but there is no update on my return tracker. I sent my passport to Ottawa, is there anyone who have similar timeline like me? Based on the previous feed it seems I should get a return tracking update by tomorrow. I will post if I get any.
I am applying PR form USA and I am an indian citizen, my application got approved on 15th feb, but there is no update on my return tracker. I sent my passport to Ottawa, is there anyone who have similar timeline like me? Based on the previous feed it seems I should get a return tracking update by tomorrow. I will post if I get any.