PR Card Missing

[ludnan]

HI all,

My husband (UK, approved for family sponsorship) landed in Canada in October and we had the PR card sent to my parents place in BC, where we will be staying when we move there permanently in a few months.

BUT - the PR card hasn't arrived. I am away at my inlaws now - can anyone tell me who to contact to find out where the card might have gone to? I don't have any paperwork to hand and am panicking about where it might be!

If you have any idea why it might not have showed up, suggestions would be very welcome!

cheers,
Ludnan

 

[PMM]

Hi

HI all,

My husband (UK, approved for family sponsorship) landed in Canada in October and we had the PR card sent to my parents place in BC, where we will be staying when we move there permanently in a few months.

BUT - the PR card hasn't arrived. I am away at my inlaws now - can anyone tell me who to contact to find out where the card might have gone to? I don't have any paperwork to hand and am panicking about where it might be!

If you have any idea why it might not have showed up, suggestions would be very welcome!

cheers,
Ludnan

Your spouse will have to contact the call centre 1-888-242-2100 or you can try on Ecas https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/?app=ecas&lang=en but you will need the client Id to access it.

PMM

 

[Suin]

I don't think it's possible to get info on e-cas about PR card. we tried all the numbers including client id, immigration file number, and COPR together with documents ID and number. the only info written there is that case is complete and that landing is done.

I think the only possible way is to phone cic.

 

[Karlshammar]

You're right. The site says you can check your PR card status, but that's not true. I could not see anything about my initial PR card, and my wife could not see anything about her PR card renewal.

I don't think it's possible to get info on e-cas about PR card. we tried all the numbers including client id, immigration file number, and COPR together with documents ID and number. the only info written there is that case is complete and that landing is done.

I think the only possible way is to phone cic.

 

[Suin]

I thought renewal should be shown as they did mention that on ecas. really strange service.

 

[Karlshammar]

I know, and it even says that initial PR cards are supposed to show as well. I don't know if the website is wrong or if the officers just don't bother putting it in. It sucks either way; it's not that hard to put some basic information there.

What was even more annoying for me was that when trying to look at my PR card status (which wasn't there, obviously) I noticed that my address had disappeared from the system. I had to call the call centre to verify that they did indeed still have my address on file.

I thought renewal should be shown as they did mention that on ecas. really strange service.

 

[Suin]

it looks like the more cases they have the more careless they become.

it's really good that we have this process behind us - much less stress.

 

[Karlshammar]

Yeah, no kidding! Life is so different (better) now that the whole immigration process is done and we have our PR cards. Now I'm just waiting to apply for citizenship in a couple of years...

it looks like the more cases they have the more careless they become.

it's really good that we have this process behind us - much less stress.

 

[Suin]

is it necessary to give up current citizenship to get Canadian?

 

[PMM]

Hi

is it necessary to give up current citizenship to get Canadian?

Some countries don't recognize dual citizenship, i.e. India.

PMM

 

[Rob51]

Ludnan, did you contact cic already? My card is missing too

 

[toby]

Apart from being able to vote (not always a pleasant duty, given the moral tone of politics these days -- but let that pass), why bother with citizenship?

Acquiring the minimal time in Canada is more onerous forcitizenship than for permanent residence. WHat's the advantage?

 

[Leon]

The advantage of getting Canadian citizenship over being a PR is of course as we all know that as a citizen, you can leave for a few years and come back any time rather than having to make sure you always spend 2 out of 5 years in Canada but there is another reason. If you ever happen to get in trouble with the law, as a PR, you may be deported and as a citizen, you will not.

 

[zygurn]

Just adding to Leon's post, another advantage for some people is that with a Canadian passport, some people will not need to get a visa before traveling to some countries (like the US), but this is more of a convenience thing.

 

[Karlshammar]

A lot of us do value voting as a great advantage.

As the two previous posters pointed out, the fact that you can keep the citizenship even if you leave Canada indefinitely and can use a Canadian passport to travel are huge advantages.

I'd also point out that some government jobs require citizenship, and even though the majority of them do not, those jobs still give priority to citizenship holders so that if they have to make a decision between a PR and a citizen, the citizen will automatically get the job (all other things being equal).