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Hello all - finally, I have my COPR - it arrived the weds before last. It took an intervention by the MP. At first they tried to brush him off with the "awaiting routine background checks" rubbish, but he didn't take that for an answer, asked for more details and the next day these checks that...

Hi folks, well we're on the cusp of xmas and still no PPR. Can't believe how long it's taking. I'm now thinking of going to Canada anyway to be with my wife because it's getting ridiculous now, so I have some questions: 1) has anyone turned up as a visitor with a one-way ticket before their...

So, December 1st - no more PPRs for London, the new system starts today: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2011/ob348.asp I assume once the application is decided they simply mail you your COPR, so I'll be back to scanning the post on the doormat rather than looking for...

...I'm afraid to tell you it was BC I lived in also!

You can get one done from here *reasonably* quickly, but it's expensive and convoluted, which I why I opted to "risk" $80 and get one done easily in person when I visited Canada. Would strongly recommend if you're planning to visit Canada soon to get it done there. If not, then you might want...

Got an email yesterday - they want me to give them an RCMP police certificate! So after waiting two months for their own police checks to come in they've decided that still wasn't enough and I have to get the fingerprinted version. I really wish they'd just asked for that straight off the bat...

We never recieved any official notification that the file was in London - all we got was eCas saying our application had been received by London, but this info does not contain a file number. For routine updates (changes of address, etc.) there's an online form you can submit. For other stuff...

CAIPS I believe stands for Computer Aided Immigration Processing System, although I'm not certain. The request for your notes is made under Canada's Access to Information Act - the equivalent of a request for electronic info held about you under the UK's Data Protection Act. It's a printout of...

Word up - we just got our CAIPS notes through - a 26 page .pdf document. It makes for pretty interesting reading! It confirms what we thought was most likely - they're awaiting the return of RCMP criminal background checks. The good news is that it's clear they're happy with everything else...

I lived in Canada on a working holiday visa, and whilst they haven't asked me for an RCMP certificate the "routine background checks" that they're apparently conducting are taking forever. Whilst I don't know for certain, I think there's a good chance that my previous residency in Canada is...

Newsflash - got a reply to my email! I can relax now safe in the knowledge thay that have the right email address at least, and nothing's gone wrong. Just a matter of waiting for these "routine background enquiries" to complete. I expect because I've lived in Canada previously they're doing...

The point isn't that it doesn't work well when they get it right, which will still be *most* of the time, the point is that as the system is at the moment it's extremely vulnerable to not working at all. If they happen to get your email address correct at that crucial first stage of typing it...

Thanks PL. I just hope they don't "punish" me for emailing them at an address that they clearly don't particularly want to advertise, but based on JP's experience there's a very real danger that they've emailed my PPR (and mittens') to the wrong address many weeks ago, and the 60 days is...

Hi all, following johnpollard's recent experience I have emailed the VO, but haven't yet received an automated response. Can anyone confirm whether the address I sent it to was the correct one? I sent it to re-london-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca which I only got from one of pinklady's...

*** stumbles over clutching a bottle of Merlot and four glasses... ***

My wife included a signed covering letter stating that she hadn't lived in Canada since 2006 and therefore hadn't filed a tax return since then, and then included her most recent P60, plus a letter from her UK employer stating that she'd been employed there on a full-time permanent basis since...

Yes it's easy, just send them a txt msg in gangsta-English explaining that you have no connections to Canada and nothing to offer its economy but you'd quite like to become a citizen anyway, and you'll probably go right to the front of the queue.

Haven't emailed yet, but I'll be sure to let you know if/when I do. I hope we get our PPRs on the same day because it will really suck for whoever's left behind otherwise. John Pollard's situation is more alarming though, I would definitely have sent an email to them by now on that one...

Don't worry Mittens, you are not alone! I think I'm going to send them an email to chase. I know they say progress requests may result in delay, but I seem already to be delayed so I don't feel like I've got much to lose in doing so. Has anyone else sent a chase-up email and received either a...

Hi Yaseen - basically there isn't an answer. Some people get "in process" and the PPR shortly thereafter, some get "in process" and wait ages still for the PPR, and yet others receive the PPR without the status ever having been updated. I think it really depends on your case officer and...