PR Approved Counterfoil Expiry after Medical Expiry

[ripster85]

My PR status is showing approved. I am expecting my passports back soon.

But i am confused. Counterfoil expiry is 12/25 but my medicals expire on 03/01, i was under the impression you have to enter before medical expiry not sure how they gave COPR counterfoil expiry for 11 months

Anybody had similar concerns?

 

[k.h.p.]

It's not a concern since you can only use the counterfoil once and it has to be before your COPR expires. The counterfoil is the visa in your passport.

 

[ripster85]

It's not a concern since you can only use the counterfoil once and it has to be before your COPR expires. The counterfoil is the visa in your passport.

Thanks for your response so Counterfoil & COPR will have separate dates? Does this mean i still have to enter before medical expires?

I appreciate your help

 

[k.h.p.]

You will need to enter before your COPR expires. That date is generally one year from your medicals.

I take it you don't have your COPR yet? Just wait until you get your COPR and assume the expiry will be the same as your medicals.

 

[ripster85]

You will need to enter before your COPR expires. That date is generally one year from your medicals.

I take it you don't have your COPR yet? Just wait until you get your COPR and assume the expiry will be the same as your medicals.

Thank You, I will wait for physical passports. I was just going by expiry date given in online status. While i researched i see CIC has indeed sometimes extended landing deadline beyond medical expiry as show in my online profile, but i will not make assumptions. I will update the thread once i receive the passports with COPR.

 

[k.h.p.]

Your online profile does not show the COPR. The counterfoil is the PR-1 visa that is in your passport. The COPR is a separate document.

 

[ContactFront]

Thanks for your response so Counterfoil & COPR will have separate dates? Does this mean i still have to enter before medical expires?
I appreciate your help

They have the same expiry date. That's the only date you need to be concerned about. Your medical date is really irrelevant now.

 

[yyzstudent]

What is this counterfoil that you guys talk about? I had to look up the word to see what it meant and can't find a usage for it that relates to immigration purposes.

Here's the definition I found.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterfoil

Please explain. I'm totally confused.

 

[ContactFront]

What is this counterfoil that you guys talk about? I had to look up the word to see what it meant and can't find a usage for it that relates to immigration purposes.

Here's the definition I found.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterfoil

Please explain. I'm totally confused.

It's the PR visa for people who are not from visa exempt countries

 

[yyzstudent]

It's the PR visa for people who are not from visa exempt countries

Is it detachable? I mean, the definition of counterfoil, according to Webster’s, is as follows: a detachable stub (as on a check or ticket) usually serving as a record or receipt.
So is that visa detacheable? Is it a term IRCC is using to calling it that?

 

[k.h.p.]

Is it detachable? I mean, the definition of counterfoil, according to Webster’s, is as follows: a detachable stub (as on a check or ticket) usually serving as a record or receipt.
So is that visa detacheable? Is it a term IRCC is using to calling it that?

Does that actually matter?

It's the label that is physically in the passport. It's detached from something at IRCC.

 

[yyzstudent]

Does that actually matter?

It's the label that is physically in the passport. It's detached from something at IRCC.

Misuse of words, and using them in the wrong context, show a lack of language proficiency. I’m curious as to weather the word is one used by IRCC or if it’s adopted by the community because someone thought it was correct to use it that way.

 

[k.h.p.]

Misuse of words, and using them in the wrong context, show a lack of language proficiency. I’m curious as to weather the word is one used by IRCC or if it’s adopted by the community because someone thought it was correct to use it that way.

It is literally the term that IRCC uses to describe the visa label that is applied in passports. You can see it in gckey.

Unsure who is misusing words here in your estimation.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Is it detachable? I mean, the definition of counterfoil, according to Webster’s, is as follows: a detachable stub (as on a check or ticket) usually serving as a record or receipt.
So is that visa detacheable? Is it a term IRCC is using to calling it that?

Pretty simple answer to find.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/visitors.html

 

[k.h.p.]

Pretty simple answer to find.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/operational-bulletins-manuals/temporary-residents/visitors.html

Sometimes people like to think that only they are masters of language.