Permanent residents of Canada - the wait is over...
It took us 845 days/20, 280 hours to become Canadian PR, since we first landed in Canada (on WP). It has been a long journey but at the end it was worth it. CIC scheduled the landing interview for 9th January at 5 PM. We arrived there at 3 PN as I knew there would be a rush and CIC Winnipeg office is small.
Brief timeline:
17th July 2019 - AOR
16th Aug - MEP
10th Oct - RPRP requested
30th Oct - File approved
13th Dec (Friday, the 13th)- Landing interview email
9th Jan 2020 - Landing interview completed, COPR issued.
We were #2 in the line. The security guard advised to come back at around 4.30 so we headed out to Tim Hortons. We came back at 4 and our number was called.
The officer was a jolly lady but she got annoyed with the security guard as he gave us the number for 4 PM interviews. Good thing she didn’t ask us to go back.
There were a few errors with my first landing dates and the address, and she corrected it all, but was cursing the backend office . She took my driving license to update my mailing address.
3 questions asked
- any convictions?
- any refusals or denied entry
- any change in family composition
Documents we took
- Passport
- RPRF payment fees - she didn’t even look ag it
- 2 pictures
All prior issued WP(s)
- Additional documents we carried, just in case were CELPIP, lease agreement, Work contract, PCCs, WES
The officer was chatty, and we discussed about our 1st baby & her new born grandchild.
At the end, officer smiled and said welcome to Canada, you are now a Permanent Resident of Canada. She also explained the obligations of keeping the PR status & citizenship rules. We thanked her and left.
Thank you everyone, it was a wonderful journey. Learnt a lot and most important this process helped me improve my patience skills . Again I would like to mention Canadian PR is one of the easiest PR process and you can do it on your own. Just read through the guidelines & check all your documents carefully before submission.
I am happy to help & answer your questions related to the process.
Wishing everyone best wishes on their PR journey.
Full details in this post -
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/finally-ppr-cec.668889/#post-8378745
It took us 845 days/20, 280 hours to become Canadian PR, since we first landed in Canada (on WP). It has been a long journey but at the end it was worth it. CIC scheduled the landing interview for 9th January at 5 PM. We arrived there at 3 PN as I knew there would be a rush and CIC Winnipeg office is small.
Brief timeline:
17th July 2019 - AOR
16th Aug - MEP
10th Oct - RPRP requested
30th Oct - File approved
13th Dec (Friday, the 13th)- Landing interview email
9th Jan 2020 - Landing interview completed, COPR issued.
We were #2 in the line. The security guard advised to come back at around 4.30 so we headed out to Tim Hortons. We came back at 4 and our number was called.
The officer was a jolly lady but she got annoyed with the security guard as he gave us the number for 4 PM interviews. Good thing she didn’t ask us to go back.
There were a few errors with my first landing dates and the address, and she corrected it all, but was cursing the backend office . She took my driving license to update my mailing address.
3 questions asked
- any convictions?
- any refusals or denied entry
- any change in family composition
Documents we took
- Passport
- RPRF payment fees - she didn’t even look ag it
- 2 pictures
All prior issued WP(s)
- Additional documents we carried, just in case were CELPIP, lease agreement, Work contract, PCCs, WES
The officer was chatty, and we discussed about our 1st baby & her new born grandchild.
At the end, officer smiled and said welcome to Canada, you are now a Permanent Resident of Canada. She also explained the obligations of keeping the PR status & citizenship rules. We thanked her and left.
Thank you everyone, it was a wonderful journey. Learnt a lot and most important this process helped me improve my patience skills . Again I would like to mention Canadian PR is one of the easiest PR process and you can do it on your own. Just read through the guidelines & check all your documents carefully before submission.
I am happy to help & answer your questions related to the process.
Wishing everyone best wishes on their PR journey.
Full details in this post -
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/finally-ppr-cec.668889/#post-8378745
