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WantToImmigrate

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Feb 4, 2019
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rivington24 said:
Hi Expert,
please advise , has anyone got COPR extension or ETA that was isuued before 18 march,
if so please help me the procedure
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Please go through the thread.. you would find examples of people who have got their COPR extended..

The process is on Canada.ca .. it involves raising a webform
 
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Shahanastar

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Oct 25, 2018
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Nikmal said:
I am confused with the COPR date. It says Mar 13th. So if the copr was issued on 13th March, then I am sure his COPR did not expire by Aug and no extension was required. May be he was looking for some other authorization? Could be?
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What makes you so sure about the COPR expiry? If his AOR is June 2019, how can the COPR be valid until Aug 2020?
 
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DrCanada55

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Nikmal said:
I am confused with the COPR date. It says Mar 13th. So if the copr was issued on 13th March, then I am sure his COPR did not expire by Aug and no extension was required. May be he was looking for some other authorization? Could be?
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Not necessarily, it depends on the date medicals were done (not the date which is mentioned in the application- cleared medicals). I received the COPR on 28th Feb,2020 and it expired on 23rd April,2020. I got upfront medicals On 23rd April,2019.
They gave exact one year.
 
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BillyWescott

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May 24, 2019
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13nitinsharma said:
SOMEONE RECEIVED THIS COPR EXTENSION LETTER FROM PARIS VO:

You must carry a copy of this letter along with your passport as proof of your authorization to travel to Canada.

On March 18, 2020, the Government of Canada announced travel restrictions to Canada to reduce the spread of COVID-19 and protect the health and safety of Canadians.

Your application for permanent residence (PR) was approved on 2019/10/31 and you were issued a confirmation of permanent residence (CoPR) document. If you are from a country that requires a visa to travel to Canada, you were also issued a PR visa counterfoil in your passport.

As your application for permanent residence was approved on or before March 18, 2020, you are exempt from the travel restrictions.

As your CoPR and PR visa expired on 2020/04/01, we have extended their validity until 2021/03/26.

At this time, we are not printing and mailing new CoPRs or PR visa counterfoils. For your travel to Canada, you will need to:

· bring this letter, along with your original CoPR and PR visa

· show it to the airline as proof that you are exempt from the travel restriction and that the validity of your expired CoPR and PR visa have in fact been extended.

· use this letter before 2020/10/19

When arranging your travel to Canada, we advise that you book a direct flight to Canada, if possible. If not, we strongly advise that you do not book a flight with more than one international transit stop, since you may encounter issues with local authorities upon transiting through other countries while on route to Canada. Should you book a flight with a stop or layover, it is important to confirm that you have the necessary documentation to transit through that country. This could include a transit visa, for example.

Please note that your passport must also be valid to travel to Canada and you will need to show this letter upon arrival in Canada to the Canada Border Services Agency.

If you are unable to travel before the expiration date of this letter on 2020/10/19, IRCC will leave your PR application open and you will have to go through this CoPR and PRV re-issuance process again when you are able to travel to Canada.


You must follow the public health measures below if you plan to travel to Canada:

· If you travel by air, you will need to pass a health check before you are allowed to board your flight and wear a non-medical mask or face covering during travel (including to the place where you’ll quarantine). Anyone who shows symptoms of COVID-19 won’t be allowed to travel to Canada. If you know you are sick, delay your travel plans until you are feeling well.

· Once you enter Canada, you must quarantine (self-isolate) for 14 days and monitor yourself for symptoms. You must have a plan for how you will isolate for 14 days when you get to Canada and how you will get medical care if you become sick.

· While in isolation, you will not be able to leave where you are staying for any reason. If you do not have a plan for isolation, including how you will buy groceries and access other essential services, please wait to travel until you have made one. The Government of Canada will not cover the cost for accommodation once you are in the country.

· Your compliance with this order is subject to monitoring, verification and enforcement. Those in violation may face detention in a quarantine facility as well as fines and/or imprisonment.

To find out more on public health measures for travellers to Canada and the quarantine requirements, visit:
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Hi

Do you know if the applicant had to redo the medical visit?

Do you know the exact timeline i.e. when they raised the ready to travel webform and when the IRCC granted the extension?

Can you please provide the source of this info? I am also browsing a French forum but have seen no one with such an extension (i.e. almost one year).
 
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Raqs101

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Aug 22, 2020
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Has anyone from USA received a COPR extension? I raised the web form on 25th July and it was sent to relevant office on 27th July. But there’s no update after that.
 
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Batina

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dsr236 said:
Has anyone gone thru the landing process in the last couple of weeks? Any changes to the process that anyone is aware of? The again updated the language on the 18th slightly:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/coronavirus-covid19/immigration-applicants.html
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I posted previously about the same thing. Looks like soft-landings are explicitly being forbidden. Those who landed probably won't have the answers yet since they've been let through without hassles (nobody has experienced any issues in the last month). The risk is that will change soon.
 
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mayar-123456789

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Nov 25, 2019
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Craigcaeiro said:
Yea i read about it in this thread itself aand also following IRCC and NDVO on twitter and FB waiting for them to update with some good news. Hopefully the Indian Authorities let flights resume and the VACs open in September. I will send in a web form this week about my willingness to travel with a detailed plan. I will post any response i get from them.

Just a question, have other people her who have expired COPRs, and are from India, already sent in webforms for willingness to travel or are you'll waiting for flights to resume and VACs to open next month and will send it in then??
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i don’t think there will be any copr extantion its only the eta and thats it.
 
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mayar-123456789

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Nov 25, 2019
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WantToImmigrate said:
Adding a dependent will reopen application.. search on the forum for experience as people may have added new borns to their application.. take their timelines with a grain of salt 'cause these r unprecedented times

m no doctor but i think travelling 33 weeks pregnant wouldn't be advisable.. if u r willing to take the risk.. calculate everything carefully n go for it..

I have always found drafting a letter and attaching it as a pdf to webform, to be helpful in getting a proper response from ircc
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it took me 6 months to get csq to my dependent
then his pr application added to ours and after that by 5 months we got our copr.
 
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mayar-123456789

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Nov 25, 2019
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mayar-123456789 said:
i don’t think there will be any copr extantion its only the eta and thats it.
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and i have a aquestiin why we would need a visa office if there is no visa extantion ???
i asked ircc on twitter they said they r not providing and extantion right now its only the eta ..
plz correct me if im wrong!!!
in my country air flights still closed but for people who can travel and travel restrictions lefted why dont they raise a ready to travel form???!
 
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mayar-123456789

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Nov 25, 2019
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13nitinsharma said:
Expected date of travel - September.

Another update is I ordered GCMS notes to understand my previous ghost update on July 28.

After receiving my notes, I noticed there has been tagging of application to folder named as "Applications Impacted by Coronavirus". Also, it has been further tagged to Coronavirus 2020 folder by IRCC.

So, I would suggest everyone to please be patient with the process, IRCC or respective visa offices are working hard to overcome this situation and to issue the extensions to expired COPR holders
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and i have a aquestiin why we would need a visa office if there is no visa extantion ???
i asked ircc on twitter they said they r not providing and extantion right now
only the eta
 
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asaeed100

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Dec 4, 2019
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hi

for the ones who have an expired PRTD issued in Feb 2o2o
should they

a) fill the web-form
b) wait to apply again for PRTD through the local visa office ,once it starts taking application
c) apply via email (new process)
 
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