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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I got mine and my wife's PR card...came pretty soon...within 26 days:-) looks like they working fast now...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    These are enough...I sent a dated cover letter mentioning these documents as well.
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Hi, I did mine from he consulate in Vancouver. It took 2 weeks to get mine although it was written 6 weeks on the application. This was in may of last year. I dont know if things have changed now.
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    You have to call the CIC hot line number. The hot line will usually not connect you in the first try. Keep calling like 4-5 times and you will finally get connected. You can then book the appointment with the agent...they will tell you that yu will get a call back and u get one after 3-4 days...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Sorry I was not active on the forum for a really long time. We finally landed on September 24, 2014 at the CIC office. Everything went off smoothly and they did not ask for any extra docs. Please update my status...i had applied in Feb 2013...:-) I had an issue with my COPR previously as they...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Just got my GCMS notes...they only looked at my work experience until the day they received my file i.e. 11 Feb 2013. So they counted only that work from 11 Feb 2003 until 11 Feb 2013. They did not consider the work experience after the application was submitted. They gave me points for my...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Thanks...I'll be calling them today to find out what to do...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Okie thanks...I'll bring it to their attention....
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    In the COPR was your last entry date and original entry date the same...I recently entered last in Jan 2014 bit my initial entry date was Dec 2009....they have put the same Jan 2014 date in both places...is that normal OR its a mistake?
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Damn....they put my wife's photo on my COPR...now I'll have to resend the COPR to them...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I got my passport back...its with Canada post though...have to still go pick it up...I sent it on May 30, 2014...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Well it depends on your luck...sometimes appointments with them take really long...so it helps going to the border...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I somehow feel you are not eligible to apply under FSW stream as you are a full time phd student...although you are employed by the department, it will be very difficult to prove that you are working as a civil engineer and not doing your thesis work under a supervisor...your work-experience...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    yes its very normal...i got my passport request even though my status hadnt even shown my medicals as received...:-P
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    Yeah I was never asked for RCMP nor bio data...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    I think you can ask CIC...just call them and ask as a general question...they will guide you...otherwise if they send you a passport request in the next one or two months (or more in some cases)....you would have to do your landing before the old passport expires...
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    Applicant from PhD program after 5 Nov, 2011 connect here to get status

    congrats to all those who got RPRF/Medical request....;-)