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Farnazzz seems to be last active in the site May 8 with last post Mar 6. Hope her case has been finalized so far (Farnazzz, please confirm if this is so). As for Navid, I noticed he was on the spreadsheet, then disappeared for a while, then returned (or maybe I'm mistaken?)!

Thanks SooMazi. Yeah, I think even if they ask, as you said you'll be good to go if you show them your ticket to Canada. So from at least saving money point of view, it always makes sense to directly go to Canada from Turkey.

They can and I think, many will. I just don't know how Turkey's Customs work in this regard. As a new coming PR to Canada you possibly have lots of belongings and considerable cash. Canada allows you, "as a new PR," to take all of this with you to Canada without having to pay any customs fees...

No worries mamali, your lawyer could be right if the doc they requested was related to Schedule A or Supplementary Information in Appendix A or something related to your background. If that's been the case, it could mean they've started background check on you without updating your online...

Nice >:( "har dam az in baagh bari miresad"; so unfortunately what I thought was a rumor, was real. You're right Mehrdad, Ankara isn't far, but still it's gonna be comparatively hard on Iranians submitting their passport themselves :(

Well, our case isn't still the worst. Besides, if some get ppr in 5 months, I'd say, good for them, why not. Also, there's a general fact that everybody's case is unique, some may get ppr sooner just because their case has been more straightforward. Having said that, I believe the craziness of...

Yeah, your case seems more urgent, but unfortunately there's not much we can do. Let's keep our fingers crossed...

??? Final countdown... CIC officials, I'm not yet quite disappointed at you 8), 13 more business days, pleaaaaaaaaaase.

Yeah... by interview they could also mean simple Q/A to get your address, signature, etc.; not a serious one.

How do you mean exactly by "interview"? There's no interview after the decision is made on your file for giving you a visa; neither when they issue you a visa, nor when you land in Canada and become a PR. An interview may be assigned to you only during the processing of your file.

Either you go get your visa or authorize a representative to do so. You can't do this by mail. Once you get your visa, you become a PR as soon as you land in Canada. Then you wait until your PR card is prepared and mailed to the Canadian address you determined when you became a PR at the point...

Thanks for the clarification. I hope this stays unchanging.

No kidding :o! I thought it indicates in the email when to hand in your passport and when to collect it (in a day when you do it in person?). Otherwise, how could people arrange their trip and make sure they wouldn't lose their flight? BTW, I searched their website, I didn't find anywhere...

OK, that's good. I thought I heard as of May, they just accept passports in VACs rather than the Embassy in Ankara, and that would be going to take about a week for visa issuance. So probably that was a rumor (or I may have misunderstood it).

Waiting is really like torture, particularly when you don't have the slightest idea when it's gonna get over; is it next week, next month, or even next year? Nothing is unexpected from CIC. I'm really curious if the VOs themselves have gone though similar ordeals... Mehrdad, in your PPR email...

I had never spoken out in this or any other forum, but suddenly (maybe out of dismay and frustration) I decided to do so. Our anniversary is approaching and there is still no visa news. If the visa isn't ready in the next three weeks, we most likely can't be together for our first anniversary...

Hi Ali.irani, They certainly worked on Friday, as one got their ppr; but as you said, they certainly won't work on Monday :(

Hi Mehrdad, Thanks for your wishes. Yeah, we're really hoping that the case gets finalized soon based on similar timelines in the spreadsheet. The missing info in our application was just a single line that we emailed them the day after they requested it. It'd be a shame if such a thing were to...

Thanks SooMazi! You've been really helpful :).