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He's right, but you can re-submit via private courier and bypass Canada Post altogether.

Hello board-mates. My wife (Brazilian) and I have reached Decision Made status, and we were asked to send her passport for PR visa and COPR. Which we did. We sent her passport to the CPC in Ottawa, since she's in Canada right now. Does anyone have recent experience with how long it takes to...

The offer that Canada Post put in on Saturday was not well received by the unions, so a strike is still possible.

You can call or write to ask for an update, but don't do this unless the 9-month estimate for completion of applications has expired. In other words, don't send an inquiry unless your application was submitted before September 27, 2015. CIC strongly discourages asking for updates unless this...

The downside of being helpful.

I think the poster meant that the airline won't detain anyone who holds an visa for the country they are trying to fly to. In my experience, airlines simply want to make sure you're authorized to enter the destination country. Otherwise, the same airline will have to shuttle you back home. I...

What is your status in Canada? It appears you are not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident?

I'll tell you right away, I honestly don't know the answer to your question. Other more experienced board members may have seen this sort of inquiry before, so hopefully one of them might have some suggestions. Personally I found it a strange question. What do they mean by "activities"? You...

I suggest checking the application status of the or sponsor by going here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/my_application/status.asp Enter the PA or sponsor information and see what you get. The PA's full name should be shown whether you are checking the sponsor or not. If it's still wrong, I...

Your message was a little unclear to me. As sponsor, the only question I was asked was whether I had lived outside of Canada, and when. There was no form that asked me to give residential history. Maybe you should paste the exact text of their email in the forum so we can be clear about what...

My guess is that it won't matter. I asked my wife to get those six photos, and I sent the specifications to her in Brazil before our wedding. When I arrived in Brazil for the wedding, she showed me the photos and they obviously did not meet the specifications. Her head was way too small and her...

My wife and I pondered this matter and decided to send a followup letter with height and eye colour. It will just be a another courier letter to the same location. It will be there within a few days of the passport. The information is genuinely needed because it goes on the CoPR, but it's also...

There's no need to show the CoPR. The airlines just want to know if the traveler is legally authorized to enter the country. If not, the airline will be on the hook for returning the passenger to their country of origin, and may have to pay a fine to the receiving country. If he has a passport...

Oh, we are totally planning on flagpoling there. It's a very cute little crossing.

Really? Because I got DM just last week, out of the same office as the original poster and they sent me (the sponsor) and my wife (the principal applicant) an email. We've received nothing else.

As all you guys know, I we got our Decision Made and Passport Request email. But my dear wife mentioned something: the email asks us to provide "Height and Eye Colour details for you and your spouse or common-law partner and dependent children (if applicable)." Oops. We forgot to include that...

I don't think anyone can really say for sure whether a hiring a lawyer is better than not hiring a lawyer. A lot depends on the person and the situation. The application process is designed so that anyone can do it, but some people -- for instance, people with more money than time -- might...

You don't need to hire a lawyer simply because it's a second marriage. I am divorced and remarried. My new wife is the principal applicant. I simply supplied the marriage certificate and divorce certificate from my first marriage, and my ex-wife's contact information. That was it. It's very...

I don't think this is true. Just because you consult with a lawyer does not mean you're asking the lawyer to officially represent you to CIC. There's a very specific series of steps that applicants have to take to fully turn over their file to a representative. Simply hiring a lawyer does not...

Yup. In this case, no news is definitely good news. The only reason for them to contact you is to tell you that a decision has been made, or to ask you for something (which usually implies a delay of some kind). As far as timelines are concerned, they're hard to pin down, but right now I don't...