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Question about COPR

Avadava

Hero Member
Oct 11, 2013
818
78
Vancouver
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Vienna
App. Filed.......
December 3, 2013
AOR Received.
Stage 1 AOR + SA January 8, 2014
File Transfer...
January 12, 2014
Med's Request
Further Medical Tests Requested: October 24, 2013
Med's Done....
October 15, 2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
October 20, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
October 27, 2014
LANDED..........
January 17, 2015
Hi guys,

So I received PPR from Vienna earlier today (yay!) but it brought up a few questions for us. We were given the possibility to go in person to the VO for the visa to be affixed on the passport ("If you wish to have same day service, please come to our office in person. Please consult our web site (see address below) for our hours of operation.") We believe we will opt for this choice, since we don't want things to go wrong with the courier, especially because the email informed us that the visa will be valid only till January 24th.

I understand that usually when you send the passport to the VO, they will mail it back to you with the visa and COPR. Their email states: "Your immigration documentation and your passport(s) will be mailed out to you within 7 days from the date that the visa office receives your passport(s) via the same transmission method you selected.

My question is: If I opt for the same day service and go personally to Vienna, will my COPR be handed to me on the same day or will they mail it separately to my address?

Thanks in advance.
 

Graihn

Hero Member
Jul 15, 2013
575
34
Kitchener-Waterloo
Category........
Visa Office......
London UK
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Jan 22 2014
File Transfer...
Feb 22 2014
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 1 2014
LANDED..........
Dec 12 2014
Avadava said:
Hi guys,

So I received PPR from Vienna earlier today (yay!) but it brought up a few questions for us. We were given the possibility to go in person to the VO for the visa to be affixed on the passport ("If you wish to have same day service, please come to our office in person. Please consult our web site (see address below) for our hours of operation.") We believe we will opt for this choice, since we don't want things to go wrong with the courier, especially because the email informed us that the visa will be valid only till January 24th.

I understand that usually when you send the passport to the VO, they will mail it back to you with the visa and COPR. Their email states: "Your immigration documentation and your passport(s) will be mailed out to you within 7 days from the date that the visa office receives your passport(s) via the same transmission method you selected.

My question is: If I opt for the same day service and go personally to Vienna, will my COPR be handed to me on the same day or will they mail it separately to my address?

Thanks in advance.
Since you have to submit your passport you are not visa exempt. Therefore they need to staple the visa into your passport.
 

Avadava

Hero Member
Oct 11, 2013
818
78
Vancouver
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Vienna
App. Filed.......
December 3, 2013
AOR Received.
Stage 1 AOR + SA January 8, 2014
File Transfer...
January 12, 2014
Med's Request
Further Medical Tests Requested: October 24, 2013
Med's Done....
October 15, 2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
October 20, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
October 27, 2014
LANDED..........
January 17, 2015
Graihn said:
Since you have to submit your passport you are not visa exempt. Therefore they need to staple the visa into your passport.
Thank you for answering, but this was not my question. I realize I need a visa stamped in my passport, hence my trip to Vienna (I am not sending it by courier - I am opting for same day service).
My question is, since I am going personally to Vienna for the visa to be affixed on my passport, will they give me also the COPR on the same day together with my passport, or will they mail that separately?
 

Graihn

Hero Member
Jul 15, 2013
575
34
Kitchener-Waterloo
Category........
Visa Office......
London UK
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Jan 22 2014
File Transfer...
Feb 22 2014
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 1 2014
LANDED..........
Dec 12 2014
Avadava said:
Thank you for answering, but this was not my question. I realize I need a visa stamped in my passport, hence my trip to Vienna (I am not sending it by courier - I am opting for same day service).
My question is, since I am going personally to Vienna for the visa to be affixed on my passport, will they give me also the COPR on the same day together with my passport, or will they mail that separately?
Hehe sorry, I read your post to fast and didn't pay attention to who had written it. Watch me go and let somebody else help you ;) I thought you were a n0Ob. Lol
 

rhcohen2014

VIP Member
Apr 6, 2014
4,935
185
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
March 17, 2014
Doc's Request.
April 11, 2014
AOR Received.
May 8, 2014
File Transfer...
May 9, 2014
Med's Request
upfront
Med's Done....
Nov 15, 2013
Interview........
waived
Passport Req..
July 15, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
July 25, 2014/ received August 1, 2014
LANDED..........
August 29, 2014
Avadava said:
Thank you for answering, but this was not my question. I realize I need a visa stamped in my passport, hence my trip to Vienna (I am not sending it by courier - I am opting for same day service).
My question is, since I am going personally to Vienna for the visa to be affixed on my passport, will they give me also the COPR on the same day together with my passport, or will they mail that separately?
from my understanding, both get sent together.
 

Avadava

Hero Member
Oct 11, 2013
818
78
Vancouver
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Vienna
App. Filed.......
December 3, 2013
AOR Received.
Stage 1 AOR + SA January 8, 2014
File Transfer...
January 12, 2014
Med's Request
Further Medical Tests Requested: October 24, 2013
Med's Done....
October 15, 2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
October 20, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
October 27, 2014
LANDED..........
January 17, 2015
rhcohen2014 said:
from my understanding, both get sent together.
That's what I know too, but my situation is different, because I will not send the passport to them by courier. I will go there in person next week, since they offered me this choice.
When they receive the passport by courier, they send it back together with the COPR. But when you go in person to get the visa stamped, do they hand you the COPR too or they mail that separately to your home address?
 

Avadava

Hero Member
Oct 11, 2013
818
78
Vancouver
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Vienna
App. Filed.......
December 3, 2013
AOR Received.
Stage 1 AOR + SA January 8, 2014
File Transfer...
January 12, 2014
Med's Request
Further Medical Tests Requested: October 24, 2013
Med's Done....
October 15, 2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
October 20, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
October 27, 2014
LANDED..........
January 17, 2015
Graihn said:
Hehe sorry, I read your post to fast and didn't pay attention to who had written it. Watch me go and let somebody else help you ;) I thought you were a n0Ob. Lol
No problem! I figured that you skimmed through my first comment. I tried to simplify the question in my second post :)
 

ComeHomeAlready

Full Member
Oct 14, 2014
28
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Paris
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
Mar 27, 2014
AOR Received.
May 13, 2014
File Transfer...
May 23, 2014 Add Doc Req..: May 28, 2014
Interview........
Sept 29, 2014 In Progress.....: Oct 1, 2014
Passport Req..
Oct 16, 2014 Decision Made.: Oct 19, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
Oct 22, 2014 (dropped off at VAC in Algiers Oct 19, 2014)
LANDED..........
Oct 30, 2014
It looks like you already hang out on this thread, but I found this if you want to ask her directly :)

nada3 said:
My husband went to Vienna in person and it's now done! Yeeeeey :D :D :D
It looks like you can drop it off in the morning and pick it up at 3pm. But I couldn't find a clear proof of that for you yet!
 

Avadava

Hero Member
Oct 11, 2013
818
78
Vancouver
Category........
FAM
Visa Office......
Vienna
App. Filed.......
December 3, 2013
AOR Received.
Stage 1 AOR + SA January 8, 2014
File Transfer...
January 12, 2014
Med's Request
Further Medical Tests Requested: October 24, 2013
Med's Done....
October 15, 2013
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
October 20, 2014
VISA ISSUED...
October 27, 2014
LANDED..........
January 17, 2015
Just an update for anyone curious about this matter.

It has been confirmed to me that the VO will give you the COPR on the same day as the passport, when you opt to go to the embassy in person for the visa.

Thanks to everyone to answered.