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No, once you have PR you have the right to work. After you "land" as a PR they send you a PR card - this is your official document that confirms your valid status in Canada.

It should be $1040 = 75+475+490 (right for permanent residence fee) for just a principal applicant (spouse). 550 refer to if the spouse of the applicant is also being sponsored. You can pay online which is probably the easiest, but you can also request a special receipt form to pay at your...

Definitely feeling fortunate! :) Though Lima is a special case - I contacted a few people that applied in July and by October they already had their passports stamped. I heard Sydney is also quite fast.

The CIC processing times refers to how long it took them to go through 80% of the cases (so your case could be anywhere between 1-17 months). Likely if its straightforward, it will take less time. Definitely check the spreadsheet for more accurate timelines reported by people...

We did the same thing adding an extra page whenever needed. Just make sure the extra page has a header with your name, date of birth and UCI number if you have it. Also make sure to to label the question properly and include the page right after the page in the form that has that question...

My husband got his stamped passport yesterday, with 2 copies of the CoPR. He thought it would take at least 2 weeks to get back so we booked his return ticket 3 weeks from the date. But now he gets to come back (and land!) on Nov 10. Super exciting!! Good luck to everyone in the process!

Thank you! I think until you have a third line that states the date, it's not technically AOR2. But i would think it's a good sign, at least there is movement!

Not to spam or anything, but my ECAS now states Decision Made on the applicant side. Ahhh! :o My heart skipped a beat. Nothing else is has changed when i clicked through. Oh and funnily, the Sponsorship side still says In Process. So weird!

Same for me. Looks like payment sites are affected as well.

Thank you! He called them and they said the tracking is accurate, though they don't know at what time it will arrive. Hopefully everything is fine and it arrives without errors. To answer your question, I think the emails are fairly standard. I'm not familiar with Hong Kong VO but does it say...

So my husband delivered the passport to the VAC office on Monday, and today when I logged in on the VFS site, the tracking says: – Your processed passport has been dispatched from the Canada Visa Office Lima, on 04/11/2015 to the Canada Visa Application Centre.To know more, please call VAC...

You can also check out the Sydney thread and timeline. I believe some are getting through even faster at 5-6 months total. Check out this spreadsheet to get an idea of timelines:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FAYZyQgud1lzp7fM28i2O8ZrfbMAxdTc_t7_fiwI6ak/edit#gid=658388151

Also make sure to check the applicant's email, not the sponsor. They are the ones that get the AOR2 email.

Don't panic - a lot of people offer their own opinions but all that matters is what CIC requests. If it's not on the checklist, they shouldn't ask for it. Good luck!

I am not sure if you'd qualify, but Ontario has Community Health Centres that might be able to assist those without a health card.. It's worth to ask. I'm sorry you're going through this...

Hang in there! Does it say if they've started processing it in Ecas? If so, it's probably fairly close as well. Good luck!

We ended up buying a ticket for my husband - travelled on Saturday and delivered the Passport to the VAC office this morning with all required docs. Hoping it won't take too long and he can come back earlier than our planned 3 weeks.

I don't think so, I forgot as well and ended up getting a scanned PDF of someone's initials. As long as it has tracking I think you're ok.

Hahahah "Hi Baffled". I am exactly the same. As soon as I get to work, that is the first thing I do in the mornings (even though logically I know there won't be anything new there). These forums are my only distraction. FYI should add - because of Passport Request, we ended up buying my husband...

I also sent with XpressPost (ask for signature). It arrived not the next day, but the following. because of the delay, got my $18 refunded. I mailed mine inside a white bubble envelope (i think we had about 200 pages) so it wasn't super thick, and didn't need its own box. I'd recommend taking a...