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Hope1957 said:
Hello Folks! Can someone please advise how long it takes for CIC to stamp a passport with the Immigrant Visa? How long does the whole process from sending and receiving the passport take?
Thanks! :)
Hello Hope1957,

The whole exercise (process from sending and receiving the passport) depending upon multiple factors could span between 1 week to 4 weeks, few cases may be longer, though most cases hover around 3 weeks. I would assume 3 weeks for median planning and worst case as 5 weeks.

Affecting factors are how far are you from the visa stamping office, how soon you respond, how many passports, have passport been renewed during application processing, how loaded is CIC, how quick is Canada post on return, etc., etc. (did I not mention...luck?. ;D.). I must add that generally CIC are quick on visa stamping and commend them for this.

Hope this helps!
 

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Toronto2013 said:
Thanks :) I sent on 17th a Feb. Reached Ottawa on 19th Feb
You're lucky! I sent mine on the 13th and it reached there on the 16th and I'm still waiting :(
It's getting me scared now. I have plans to travel end of march.
 

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Octanu said:
You're lucky! I sent mine on the 13th and it reached there on the 16th and I'm still waiting :(
It's getting me scared now. I have plans to travel end of march.
Hope you will get it today. Good luck :)
 

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You're lucky! I sent mine on the 13th and it reached there on the 16th and I'm still waiting :(
It's getting me scared now. I have plans to travel end of march.
Hi Octanu and Others,

In one of the posts, I have seen that CIC is holding a (may be many more) passport at Canada Post end at Ottawa, which may mean there is some congestion of passports at CIC, which is mainly as in Jan2015, PPRs issued were very few and Feb2015 has a flood of PPR due to slowdown in Jan2015 (blame Express Entry !!).

So I would say not to be scared and passports with visa will land up at your place sooner than later.

However be careful not to pursue CIC for expediting the passport return process as they would assume the worst case emergency and return your passports even without visa stamping (which is quite logical, being the fastest way to return passports back).

Hope this helps!
 

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:)Today I received my passport back from CIC along with CoPR. Return tracker activated on 2nd March. Below are my timelines

I am March 2014 CEC applicant. Below are my timelines
Application submitted 21-MAR-2014  AOR 11th Apr -2014
PCC submitted in Aug – 2014 for India, UK and Bahrain.
Medical Request: 30 th Sep 2014  Medical completed  06-OCT-2014
Medical uploaded: 08th Oct -2014
Since Oct 11th “Medical results have been received”
RPRF requested : 28th Oct 2014 Paid and submitted same day.
Singapore PCC Request : 08th Dec 2014 / CIC received the document on Jan 29th 2015
PPR 12Feb2015
CoPR Issued : 23rd Feb 2015
Passport received : 04th March 2015
 

Toronto2013

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ra07980 said:
:)Today I received my passport back from CIC along with CoPR. Return tracker activated on 2nd March. Below are my timelines

I am March 2014 CEC applicant. Below are my timelines
Application submitted 21-MAR-2014  AOR 11th Apr -2014
PCC submitted in Aug – 2014 for India, UK and Bahrain.
Medical Request: 30 th Sep 2014  Medical completed  06-OCT-2014
Medical uploaded: 08th Oct -2014
Since Oct 11th “Medical results have been received”
RPRF requested : 28th Oct 2014 Paid and submitted same day.
Singapore PCC Request : 08th Dec 2014 / CIC received the document on Jan 29th 2015

Congrats :) that's quick processing!
PPR 12Feb2015
CoPR Issued : 23rd Feb 2015
Passport received : 04th March 2015
 

Toronto2013

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I received my passport and COPR. The dates mentioned for original entry date and last entry date are incorrect on the COPR. Has any one faced this problem and what do I need to do? Thanks
 

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Toronto2013 said:
Congratulations :)
Thank you :)
But I think I have the same problem of the incorrect entry date on the copr. I don't know what to do about it. I am travelling end of march and don't have time
To send the passport back for the amendment.
 

Toronto2013

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Octanu said:
Thank you :)
But I think I have the same problem of the incorrect entry date on the copr. I don't know what to do about it. I am travelling end of march and don't have time
To send the passport back for the amendment.
I am planning to complete the landing at CIC office where they can correct these errors. You can do the same too after you come back from your travel.