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Hey, did you end up trying traveling and using AVR? I am in the same boat. Both me (H1B) and my wife (H4) have valid I797 but expired visa stamps in the passports. My passport has also been renewed recently after the H1B extension. If I travel to Canada for soft landing, would AVR apply? Did...

Hey @vkala33, did you end up trying this? I am in the same boat. Both me (H1B) and my wife (H4) have valid I797 but expired visa stamps in the passports. My passport has also been renewed recently after the H1B extension. If I travel to Canada for soft landing, would AVR apply? Did you try this...

Hey, could you please share if you had tried entering the US and the AVR? I am on H1B and my wife is on H4. We both have valid I-797A until 2023, since we got extension recently. However, both of us do not have the visa stamp since we could not travel outside the U.S. We are confused if we can...

Thanks a lot for sharing your experience @sowsiv. I am in a similar boat except the following - I am on H1B and my wife is on H4. We both have valid I-797A until 2023, since we got extension recently. However, both of us do not have the visa stamp since we could not travel outside the U.S...

Hi Everyone, please help I received my CoPR visa in Feb, 2021 and it is expiring on July 17th, 2021. I'm confused as to what to do in terms of soft landing before the visa expires. The website has confusing instructions and indicates that we can not enter Canada now. It only has clear...

Ah, I guess you perhaps meant this - https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/visa-expiration-date/auto-revalidate.html ?

@starlordavuthu : Sorry, just to clarify, did you mean that we can enter US from Canada just based on a valid I-797 and without a stamp? My H1B got extended October 2020, but I do not have an updated visa stamp because I couldn't travel to India during Covid. If I go to Canada for soft landing...

- I used FedEx for sending photos for the second time as well. I used the same FedEx delivery option as I had used earlier (fastest and generally the most expensive one). - The letter that had asked for photos had mentioned the address as well, so I used that address (i.e., 365 Laurier Av. West...

I think the overall response rate is very slow and I heard back from them 1 month after sending my query via webform. So hang in there, they are replying to the queries submitted via webform, but quite slowly. There are many people who had sent the passports during the same time frame (me...

Hey, thanks folks! Yes, I got the photographs clicked from a local photographer who had experience in clicking photos for Canada PR specifically over the years. They were quite confident and I've sent the new photos to IRCC. Fingers crossed now!

I didn't hear back from them until today. I just got an email from IRCC a few minutes ago that the photos I had sent to them are not good and I need to send new photos. The good thing is that it indirectly confirms that the passport was delivered at the correct address and the bad thing is that...

@imi2canada : Did you hear back from the IRCC? I had sent them a number of emails before finally sending my passport to the PO box address (which eventually got delivered to a different street address by FedEx). IRCC finally replied today. Quoting them below...

I see. In my case, FedEx called and themselves advised that instead of delivering to P.O box address, the correct address is the Laurier Ave one. They then changed the label locally and re-routed the package there. Ultimately, it was delivered to the Stevenage address as I mentioned above. I...

@hopefulnewbie : Ah, okay. Yeah, right, seems like nothing much we can do now. When you called IRCC, did they at least confirm the receipt of your passport though? Which IRCC number did you call btw?

Hey, thanks @alexross - I did the same thing eventually. However, it led to some confusion. Sharing in case anyone else in the same boat is facing this confusion as well. I also gave IRCC's generic phone number (and mine in addition) as recipient phone number. However, it showed FedEx delivery...

Hey @imi2canada @hopefulnewbie @guruguru1989 - Any updates on either of your cases? 1. Did you already receive the passports back? Or Did your return label get activated and do you know if the passport has been sent back? 2. Once FedEx showed it delivered, did you get any confirmation from...

Actually, it was quite a confusion. I finally decided to send to PO box address, since that's what my letter instructed clearly and many folks said that theirs did get delivered to the PO box. I gave IRCC's generic phone number (and mine in addition) as recipient phone number. However, it showed...

Thanks for sharing your experience @hopefulnewbie . Could you please share the below? It'd be very helpful. 1. What address was mentioned in your passport request letter and to which address did you send your passport? 2. Did you use FedEx or any other postal service? My passport letter...

Hi @imi2canada, thanks a lot for your help and reply. Can you please share the following info? 1. Which address did you send the passport to that it got returned? Was it to a PO box address? 2. If you sent it to a PO box address, then what recipient phone number did you use - your own number...

Thanks a lot for your reply and help, @cc31. Yes, I did create a return label using FedEx Ship Manager and linked the billing to my own account so that I am charged when they ship the return package. The confusion is around which address to use for sending them the passport, and, what "recipient...