Passports to CPC Ottawa- July 2017

[ivand]

My timeline is:

Passport delivered to Ottawa: August 3
Approved on MyCIC: August 21
Tracker activated: pending...

As I can see, usually it takes up to 6 days to get your tracker activated, right?

 

[amysanyer]

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My timeline is:

Passport delivered to Ottawa: August 3
Approved on MyCIC: August 21
Tracker activated: pending...

As I can see, usually it takes up to 6 days to get your tracker activated, right?

Are you inland?

 

[amysanyer]

No, Canada post. I called agent one day he said Canada Post will go pick up a batch from Ottawa every day. I found which is usually at around 5:30 pm.

Oh ok. Thanks

 

[ivand]

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Are you inland?

Yes

 

[kohlirn89]

28th July - PPR sent via email
01 August - Passports delivered
24th August - Application approved, counterfoil information posted on My CIC
I guess a week more before I receive my documents back.

 

[amysanyer]

Is everyone going to get an update in their account as per approval. I called CIC and was told my visa has been printed. However I do not see any change in my CIC account online. Is this normal?

 

[KarinneSS]

I failed to take note of my tracker number. Do you think the agent can say it to me if I call?

 

[prAnxiety]

It's really hard to understand why would it take so long to post passports after the visa has been printed, and why passports with visas printed on the same day would take different lengths of time to be posted with the same carrier.

 

[mdk2017]

hi guys..im new on the forum as i sent my passports to ottawa today for the pr stamping. can anyone comment on the usual processing time keeping in mind real time information. as far as i have read, it takes minimum 2 weeks for the getting the passports back after pr stamping.

 

[ivand]

I failed to take note of my tracker number. Do you think the agent can say it to me if I call?

NO, he will not say it. Just wait then. It will be a pleasant surprise to get your passports

 

[ivand]

Is everyone going to get an update in their account as per approval. I called CIC and was told my visa has been printed. However I do not see any change in my CIC account online. Is this normal?

Yes, MyCIC is notoriously slow regarding updates

 

[ivand]

hi guys..im new on the forum as i sent my passports to ottawa today for the pr stamping. can anyone comment on the usual processing time keeping in mind real time information. as far as i have read, it takes minimum 2 weeks for the getting the passports back after pr stamping.

More like 3+ weeks, and 30+ days is not really uncommon now...

 

[ivand]

It's really hard to understand why would it take so long to post passports after the visa has been printed, and why passports with visas printed on the same day would take different lengths of time to be posted with the same carrier.

Because it is tens of thousands of passports, they dispatch them in batches. The logistics of this process are extremely complex.

 

[prAnxiety]

Because it is tens of thousands of passports, they dispatch them in batches. The logistics of this process are extremely complex.

I don't believe there are tens of thousands of passports every day, it's more like a few hundred a day. Also having worked in companies that dealt with much larger scales makes me skeptical about this. Just think of any online fulfillment company. The scale is much bigger, but somehow they get to predictably post shipments a certain number of days after the order is approved. Often just a couple hours after.
The process up to the point of approval is quite complex, and different times are expected.
But I really can't see where all the complexity of delivering a passport to the post office lies. Even if it takes long I would expect the length of time to be somewhat predictable: not one person having it posted the next day while others the next week.

 

[EdieRo]

Mine got delivered yesterday, and planning for landing today, not in Niagara, but in Sarnia
I live in GTA, ON

Thank you for your response, and I just saw our package is out for delivery