When is the date permanent residence was granted?

[lukeortolani]

I'm an inland applicant and was emailed that I was a permanent resident in October and later directed to the PR portal to submit my photo and address. I assumed this was my date of becoming a PR.

I just got my eCOPR yesterday and it says my date of becoming a PR was yesterday.

So going forward, should the eCOPR date be my PR date?

 

[YVR123]

IMO, your approval date is similar in getting a final decisoin made email before the time of virtual landing.
And the eCOPR date is more like your "landing" date. So officially, you became PR on your landing date.

Others, please comment if I made the wrong assumption.

 

[gaurav1282]

it should be e COPR date , when you get decision mail, usually there is time lag for receipt of e COPR, could be few hours and due to time zones it end up being next day. Once you receive PR card it states date of becoming PR which is écopr date

 

[Ponga]

Correct. It IS that actual date that you landed and became a PR.

 

[armoured]

I'm an inland applicant and was emailed that I was a permanent resident in October and later directed to the PR portal to submit my photo and address. I assumed this was my date of becoming a PR.

I just got my eCOPR yesterday and it says my date of becoming a PR was yesterday.

So going forward, should the eCOPR date be my PR date?

I'm guessing that if you go back and read that email it did not say that you were a permanent resident, but that you were approved and only a few more steps to take. If you think it did say that, please quote and paste the text exactly here, just removing name and UCI# etc.

If so, that is definitely NOT the day you became a PR.

And therefore it is the date on the COPR.

 

[Ogochukwu Juliet Omewu]

I entered Canada with temporary residence visa but had applied for permanent residence and had done the medical assessment, so am actually at the last stage...
Am wondering if my permanent residence could have the date of which I landed or.....???
Please I would appreciate a response, thank you

 

[armoured]

I entered Canada with temporary residence visa but had applied for permanent residence and had done the medical assessment, so am actually at the last stage...
Am wondering if my permanent residence could have the date of which I landed or.....???
Please I would appreciate a response, thank you

It will be the date you are granted permanent residence. The date you arrived as a temporary resident is just termed an arrival. So no, you cannot know the date yet.

"Landing date" or date you 'landed' is basically an old term, and not really used any more officially (although probably does still exist in some docs). Out of habit people keep saying it - in that context it's still referred to as 'landing date' - but if it doesn't involve the final administrative steps to become a PR, it's not the date your plane landed.

Obviously originally it was used to refer to when ships full of immigrants actually landed, and they were given docs which were called landing papers. The formal document now called Conformation of Permanent Residence (eCOPR more recently for those who complete the final procedures virtually) is what will end up carrying the date one becomes a PR (and is also printed on the PR card).

Believe it or not, as recently as 2001 this doc was still called Record of Landing (with term IMM1000). I don't know when they changed it exactly, I think mid-2000s.