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Waiting for PR CARD - 2015 / 2016

Sunset0505

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Dec 12, 2014
474
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Category........
Visa Office......
Miss/Ottawa/LA and July/15 in LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Doc's Request.
08JUL2015
AOR Received.
09APR2014/SA 05JUN2014
File Transfer...
15JUL2014
Med's Request
2nd-01JUN2015/3rd 15JUL2015
Med's Done....
29/03/14& 15/06/15& 03/08/15/mailed 01/11/2015
Interview........
03NOV2015 in LA
Passport Req..
IP 23SEP15/DM 12/12/15
LANDED..........
29APR2016
setec-astronomy said:
My partner landed at the start of June, and we got a request for new photos mailed the first week of August, ugh. Sent new ones in two days later, and feeling pretty frustrated. Do new photos restart the clock entirely, or is there some processing that has been done, or should we otherwise be expecting a shorter time? He crosses the border fine with NEXUS (we took his COPR and added it to his records), but every time we have to use a regular passport crossing back into Canada, we either get snark from the CBSA about not having a PR Card, or they just full on treat him like an American despite having the COPR in their hands, until we push back :(
Ours didn't...I think it is because they are requesting the photos because they took too long to review your application...just saying!..:)
 

Maggie03

Star Member
Jun 6, 2015
66
2
Category........
Visa Office......
Mississauga
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
03-02-2014
AOR Received.
May 2014
File Transfer...
Aug 2015
Med's Done....
Submitted with App
Interview........
March 2016 - AIP
Passport Req..
waived
LANDED..........
Aug - 2016
My husband landed Aug 4th
any idea estimate time for PR card arrival ?
 

lauralee15

Star Member
May 19, 2015
192
6
Category........
Visa Office......
CPC - Missassauga
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
6-11-2015
AOR Received.
29-4-2016
Med's Done....
Upfront
LANDED..........
6-7-2016
Maggie03 said:
My husband landed Aug 4th
any idea estimate time for PR card arrival ?
My husband's took 41 days!
 

Sunset0505

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Dec 12, 2014
474
25
Category........
Visa Office......
Miss/Ottawa/LA and July/15 in LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Doc's Request.
08JUL2015
AOR Received.
09APR2014/SA 05JUN2014
File Transfer...
15JUL2014
Med's Request
2nd-01JUN2015/3rd 15JUL2015
Med's Done....
29/03/14& 15/06/15& 03/08/15/mailed 01/11/2015
Interview........
03NOV2015 in LA
Passport Req..
IP 23SEP15/DM 12/12/15
LANDED..........
29APR2016
Maggie03 said:
My husband landed Aug 4th
any idea estimate time for PR card arrival ?
My hubby took 61 days...long enough that he had to renew his DL for another 60 days...lol...landed April 29th...I think they have the summer students working right now so things are going fast....
 

mega_option101

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Feb 5, 2016
540
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Gatineau, Québec, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Warsaw
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11-02-2016
Nomination.....
CSQ: 22-04-2016
AOR Received.
17-03-2016
File Transfer...
21-03-2016
Med's Done....
14-01-2016
Passport Req..
25-05-2016
VISA ISSUED...
01-06-2016
LANDED..........
02-06-2016
Maggie03 said:
My husband landed Aug 4th
any idea estimate time for PR card arrival ?
It took us 54 days to receive it from the day we landed :)
 

MacnCheese

Star Member
Oct 31, 2014
70
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Vienna/Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
20 Jan 2015 sponsorship submitted to Mississauga
Doc's Request.
20 Aug 2015
AOR Received.
18 Mar 2015, SA received 02 April 2015
Med's Done....
06 Nov 2014
Passport Req..
5 Oct 2015
VISA ISSUED...
15 Oct 2015
Ponga said:
Not if you included them with your application...but, if you applied prior to November 2015 there's a chance (perhaps a good chance) that the photos will need to be redone, since CIC changed the specs. This has caused ridiculous delays for some people in receiving their PR Card. You won't know for sure unless/until you get a letter from CIC asking for new photos.

Glad you enjoyed your landing at Boundary Bay. :)
I was just going to ask if anyone knew the current processing times. My husband landed in early June and we still don't have his PR card. He got a request for new photos a couple of weeks ago, so hoping it's not going to take another 40+ days for them to process it. I think that was the third separate lot of pictures we have sent them since we started the process. We will be incredibly happy to be finished with CIC for a while until he's eligible for citizenship!
 

chilkootcee

Champion Member
Mar 3, 2015
1,096
64
Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
App. Filed.......
03-Jun-2015
Interview........
None required
LANDED..........
01-Apr-2016

4Canucks

Star Member
Mar 7, 2015
107
1
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
July 29 2015
File Transfer...
28-09-2015
Med's Done....
30-06-2015
VISA ISSUED...
DM 11-2-2016
Wife landed July 29 and just got an email asking for new pics :(
 

CanGer

Star Member
Apr 16, 2016
126
1
Ontario, Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-04-2016 (sent 26-04-2016)
AOR Received.
AOR 1: 25-05-16
Med's Done....
24-03-2016 Upfront
Passport Req..
Decision made: 07-07-2016
Husband landed July 23 and got pr card Sept 1, so 41 days in total
 

Tun701

Star Member
Feb 12, 2015
85
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So frustrated!! My husband landed May 26 and we have been patiently waiting for his card! Finally had a day off together to phone, because I tried earlier, got through but because I was his representative ( even though I sponsored him) they wouldn't tell me anything. Got through to a very nasty woman who was very rude!!! She claimed they had sent an email a month ago for new pictures! When my husband got his pictures done before he left Tanzania they were measured to make sure they were the new required size! But she said they were unacceptable. We checked all through our emails and there was no email in either one of ours even in the junk mail and spam!! Conveniently after we got off the phone, there was the email dated today!!! So tired of all this crap and just want to be done!!
 

etienbjel

Star Member
May 15, 2014
149
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Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-07-2014
Doc's Request.
09-10-2014
AOR Received.
30-07-2014
File Transfer...
29-10-2014
Med's Done....
15-05-2014
Interview........
Initially requested but waived after providing more evidence online
Passport Req..
12-01-2016
VISA ISSUED...
10-02-2016
LANDED..........
20-05-2016
Tun701 said:
So frustrated!! My husband landed May 26 and we have been patiently waiting for his card! Finally had a day off together to phone, because I tried earlier, got through but because I was his representative ( even though I sponsored him) they wouldn't tell me anything. Got through to a very nasty woman who was very rude!!! She claimed they had sent an email a month ago for new pictures! When my husband got his pictures done before he left Tanzania they were measured to make sure they were the new required size! But she said they were unacceptable. We checked all through our emails and there was no email in either one of ours even in the junk mail and spam!! Conveniently after we got off the phone, there was the email dated today!!! So tired of all this crap and just want to be done!!
Ah, that might explain my situation with lack of PR Card being delivered for my wife. Unfortunately, my wife's email address that CIC has been hacked so we wouldn't know if they sent us an email and we can't call them either because we're outside of Canada. Thing is, both my wife and daughter went to the same photographer and got the exact same photo sizes. My daughter got a PR Card. My wife didn't...
 

Tun701

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Feb 12, 2015
85
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I would be doing a case enquiry then @etienbjel and if you can use a different email address for the reply. Doesn't make sense that some pictures work and some don't! But this is the government we are dealing with!!
 

Sunset0505

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Dec 12, 2014
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Miss/Ottawa/LA and July/15 in LA
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
Doc's Request.
08JUL2015
AOR Received.
09APR2014/SA 05JUN2014
File Transfer...
15JUL2014
Med's Request
2nd-01JUN2015/3rd 15JUL2015
Med's Done....
29/03/14& 15/06/15& 03/08/15/mailed 01/11/2015
Interview........
03NOV2015 in LA
Passport Req..
IP 23SEP15/DM 12/12/15
LANDED..........
29APR2016
Tun701 said:
I would be doing a case enquiry then @etienbjel and if you can use a different email address for the reply. Doesn't make sense that some pictures work and some don't! But this is the government we are dealing with!!
We called three times and got three different answers...does not make sense?...hehehe..this is CIC and what I have found is that they do as they please so it makes sense...we sent pictures last year in May, Sept and then again in Nov 2015...in June 2016, after he landed, a CBSA told us they were the wrong size.....the Nov ones that were sent to the Consulate in LA and we told him that...anyways the ones we sent in Nov are the same size as the ones we sent in Sept ...Hubby landed Apr 29th and got his PR card on July 15th...So if it doesn't make sense to a normal thinking person it makes sense when dealing with CIC...
 

etienbjel

Star Member
May 15, 2014
149
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Category........
Visa Office......
Singapore
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
27-07-2014
Doc's Request.
09-10-2014
AOR Received.
30-07-2014
File Transfer...
29-10-2014
Med's Done....
15-05-2014
Interview........
Initially requested but waived after providing more evidence online
Passport Req..
12-01-2016
VISA ISSUED...
10-02-2016
LANDED..........
20-05-2016
Update: So CIC sent us an email after my enquiry (brother in law helped us restore her email). "The photograph does not meet the required specifications. It is therefore impossible to produce the card until you provide the following..."

My wife and daughter went to the same photographer, on the same day, had the same photo size, same everything except the face. I double checked the photos and specs before landing. My daughter got her PRC yet my wife has to do it again. Ugh! I can't wait to be done with these clowns.