Hi all,
I wanted to share with my landing experience this week.
I received my first COPR back in January 21, valid till 15/07/21. Of course according to the restrictions, I couldn’t travel and was waiting for it to expire and the long wait again.
when they announced that al COPR holders can now travel to Canada, and after careful consideration I decided to go even if the timeline was short. Reading through the comments here and many other threads about the renewal experience helped me make this decision pretty easily despite the cost.
I traveled from Warsaw to Toronto on a direct flight. The Polish airlines were not aware of the new rules so they double checked but they finally check me in.
The process in Toronto was pretty smooth, they didn’t ask me about any documents, POF or anything related to my application. But I was surprised that the immigration officer told me that “WE NEVER STOPPED ANYWAY WITH A VALID COPR TO ENTER CANADA AND COMPLETE THE PROCESS” regardless of issued date, she was surprised that I didn’t come earlier.
The only advice I can give for people traveling to Canada is to really make sure Covid-19 tests, proof of vaccination, accommodation are ready and in order, this is the only area that they were repeatedly asking about.
In 1 day, I applied for SIN in Service Canada, created a bank account, found a reasonable Airbnb in Vancouver and had some time to do sightseeing
good luck everyone.