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Error in COPR - Birth place is wrong

Jojo!86

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Aug 17, 2018
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Hi All,

My COPR has an error with the Birth Place. My passport as a correction for this and has been recorded on "Observation" page (this is a normal passport page where Passport issuing officer notes down the corrections) but CIC people didnt pay attention and recorded the in-correct information from the Bio page.

Does anyone know if my COPR can be corrected upon landing? I stay in USA and I have plans to travel to Canada mid March for a soft landing. I email CIC as per the instructions on COPR but no response.

If anyone knows any forum or have similar experience, it will be a great help!
 

bhanuprakashn

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Sep 28, 2017
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Hi All,

My COPR has an error with the Birth Place. My passport as a correction for this and has been recorded on "Observation" page (this is a normal passport page where Passport issuing officer notes down the corrections) but CIC people didnt pay attention and recorded the in-correct information from the Bio page.

Does anyone know if my COPR can be corrected upon landing? I stay in USA and I have plans to travel to Canada mid March for a soft landing. I email CIC as per the instructions on COPR but no response.

If anyone knows any forum or have similar experience, it will be a great help!
give them some time. They usually take at least 5 business days to respond.
 

lossada

Hero Member
Sep 5, 2017
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Hi All,

My COPR has an error with the Birth Place. My passport as a correction for this and has been recorded on "Observation" page (this is a normal passport page where Passport issuing officer notes down the corrections) but CIC people didnt pay attention and recorded the in-correct information from the Bio page.

Does anyone know if my COPR can be corrected upon landing? I stay in USA and I have plans to travel to Canada mid March for a soft landing. I email CIC as per the instructions on COPR but no response.

If anyone knows any forum or have similar experience, it will be a great help!
CIC just sees the first cover, any correction is not taken
 

Jojo!86

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Aug 17, 2018
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CIC just sees the first cover, any correction is not taken
Thank you for your reply!!

So does this mean that the only option I have is to land there and ask for correction (if that is possible) or file for amend later.

Do you have any suggestions?
 
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lossada

Hero Member
Sep 5, 2017
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Thank you for your reply!!

So does this mean that the only option I have is to land there and ask for correction (if that is possible) or file for amend later.

Do you have any suggestions?
the only valid name is on the cover of the passport that have to match with the CoPR, so you should write them because now a day no corrections are valid anymore on passport since 2015, and file for amend later is due to an error of CIC, so in your case what name in your application is?
 

Jojo!86

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Aug 17, 2018
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the only valid name is on the cover of the passport that have to match with the CoPR, so you should write them because now a day no corrections are valid anymore on passport since 2015, and file for amend later is due to an error of CIC, so in your case what name in your application is?
While applying my PR I mentioned the corrected birth place name from the observation page. However, on COPR the birth place name is same as what is mentioned on the passport cover. (Not the one which is mentioned on the observation page)
 

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So does this mean that the only option I have is to land there and ask for correction (if that is possible) or file for amend later.
Yes, ask for the correction when you land.