US outland applicants' thread :)

[parker24]

Yes it says "We require an original VALID passport for yourself and every accompanying family member" and no where does it state in the e-mail photocopies are to be sent. there was no bulletin attached to my e-mail saying photocopies were acceptable, I didn't want to have to wait longer so I sent my passport besides unless your passport was to expire when you sent off the application why would they need another (there was 7 years left on my passport) a year later... so I don't understand what you mean by that part?

She means (with the year ago comment) don't send the same photocopies you sent with the application

 

[Creampop]

thats exactly my point how would they know it wasn't the same copy if it's the same passport, like, I made 6 copies of my passport cus I knew they would have to be sent to different places... your only sending the Bio page, sorry it just doesn't make sense to me... I mean it does but it doesn't LOL anyways doesn't matter as long as we get what we wanted from the start! been lots of requests lately here's to the rest of you getting them soon!

 

[computergeek]

Yes it says "We require an original VALID passport for yourself and every accompanying family member" and no where does it state in the e-mail photocopies are to be sent. there was no bulletin attached to my e-mail saying photocopies were acceptable, I didn't want to have to wait longer so I sent my passport besides unless your passport was to expire when you sent off the application why would they need another (there was 7 years left on my passport) a year later... so I don't understand what you mean by that part?

Here's the Operational Bulletin: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2011/ob348a.asp

An officer may use discretion in determining whether it is necessary to see the original passport or whether a photocopy of all passport pages is sufficient. A photocopy of only the bio-data page is not acceptable, as notations may have been made on other pages regarding the individual’s name, marital status or other pertinent information. This change in procedure does not remove the requirement that staff record the passport information of the approved applicant in the Global Case Management System (GCMS) or the Computer Assisted Immigration Processing System (CAIPS). Line 33 on the COPR will continue to reflect the date by which an approved permanent resident applicant must enter Canada.

Because it says "discretion" I concluded that this means a VO may require the physical passport. And like you, I didn't want any more problems or issues. I admit, I was impatient and ready to finish.

I'm hoping that it works out, in which case we can suggest it to people in the future.

 

[computergeek]

thats exactly my point how would they know it wasn't the same copy if it's the same passport, like, I made 6 copies of my passport cus I knew they would have to be sent to different places... your only sending the Bio page, sorry it just doesn't make sense to me... I mean it does but it doesn't LOL anyways doesn't matter as long as we get what we wanted from the start! been lots of requests lately here's to the rest of you getting them soon!

No, you have to send a copy of the entire passport:

A photocopy of only the bio-data page is not acceptable, as notations may have been made on other pages regarding the individual’s name, marital status or other pertinent information.

I actually sent in a complete copy of my passport with my application - in hopes that they'd just use it. The passport I sent them was identical, so they didn't get anything else from the actual passport.

 

[parker24]

No, you have to send a copy of the entire passport:

I actually sent in a complete copy of my passport with my application - in hopes that they'd just use it. The passport I sent them was identical, so they didn't get anything else from the actual passport.

We sent copies of any pages with any markings on them. I didn't see the point of sending blank pages (Only one page was stamped). And obviously the bio page.

 

[amikety]

I just submitted my VR extension online. I got ballsy and asked for a year and a half - probably (hopefully) double what I'll actually need once I submit my PR application. (In which my husband will be supplying his mother's birthdate or die a death of a thousand papercuts.) Keep your fingers crossed this is approved. I enjoyed my last VR being valid for a full year!

I'd REALLY rather go visit my father-in-law and stepmother-in-law for my honeymoon than go border crossing! (They run a lakeside resort in B. C.!!!!)

 

[Creampop]

Well sending a photocopy of mine would be a complete waste of paper as it has nothing in it but the pretty background pictures they have on the pages LOL I only got the passport cus they made me. but in the information provided above it says... "An officer may use discretion in determining whether it is necessary to see the original passport or whether a photocopy of all passport pages is sufficient." no matter where it says it I feel if they wanted (or atleast in my case accepted) photocopies the e-mail would have said photocopy was acceptable, a photocopy is not an original it's a copy...

 

[cgagnon]

thats exactly my point how would they know it wasn't the same copy if it's the same passport, like, I made 6 copies of my passport cus I knew they would have to be sent to different places... your only sending the Bio page, sorry it just doesn't make sense to me... I mean it does but it doesn't LOL anyways doesn't matter as long as we get what we wanted from the start! been lots of requests lately here's to the rest of you getting them soon!

If you had your passport stamped from going back and forth through the US or something then you have to send an updated photocopy of your passport the bulletins are on the CIC website.

 

[computergeek]

If you had your passport stamped from going back and forth through the US or something then you have to send an updated photocopy of your passport the bulletins are on the CIC website.

I don't know about anyone else, but the US and Canada don't seem to stamp my passport as a general rule.

I did know that in order to flag pole at the border, I had to get a stamp in my passport (to demonstrate I had been outside Canada, apparently). For non-US citizens, the protocol is to give them an "administrative refusal" - they stamp a piece of paper and send the foreign national back to Canada and apparently that's sufficient. But CBP cannot refuse entry to a US citizen (much like CBSA cannot refuse entry to a Canadian citizen). I had to park and go inside the secondary inspection building, stand in line and get it stamped. The second US stamp in my passport in five years.

Plus, since I normally use Nexus, I have minimal interactions with immigration folks from either Canada or the US.

I do hope they accept copies!

 

[parker24]

Hubby got his stamped when he flew up, but not when he drove.

I hope the copy gets accepted! I was planning on sending hubby's copied passport to them as well! (whenever we actually get PPR... sigh)

 

[computergeek]

I hope the copy gets accepted! I was planning on sending hubby's copied passport to them as well! (whenever we actually get PPR... sigh)

Soon! ;D

 

[parker24]

Soon! ;D

Sounds like what 4J is saying about the Minecraft Xbox update... Yes... Hubby got me addicted to video games

 

[computergeek]

I could say "in the fullness of time" but I suspect you wouldn't get the reference.

'Oh yes, Prime Minister.' By yes he meant no. 'Indeed it is, beyond question, at the appropriate juncture, in due course, in the fullness of time.' (Yes Prime Minister I, p. 190)

Source: http://moksheungming.tripod.com/yes.html

 

[parker24]

I could say "in the fullness of time" but I suspect you wouldn't get the reference.

Source: http://moksheungming.tripod.com/yes.html

Until I checked the website, you'd be right

 

[lawgrrl]

I could say "in the fullness of time" but I suspect you wouldn't get the reference.

Ha! We have boxed sets of " Yes, Minister" and "Yes, Prime Minister"! We're also addicted to almost every British series on NetFlix and Amazon Prime.