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As an update, I had my interview in Victoria on September 23. Given my advanced age LOL it was very brief -- no test, no proof of language proficiency, just a quick perusal of my US passport stamp collection. I took the oath on September 27, with 103 other new Canadians from 28 countries, and am...

The dates for the "letters" are taken from my ECAS update. I received email notification of the interview date on August 19. The oath date and time are on the website but with a letter sent date of August 15. I'm still looking for the oath letter but haven't checked the post for a few days. Is...

Please add my information to the August 2018 spreadsheet: ID: Yaak Location: Salt Spring Island, BC (Victoria) App type: Single Physical Presence: 1113 days App Sent: 17 August 2018 App Received: 24 Aug. 2018 AOR: 13 Nov. 2019 In Process since: 29 Nov. 2018 Interview Letter: 19 August 2019...

I hear you. I thought I had finished the process by landing on January 17th but yesterday received notification that they needed two new photos in order to issue my PR card. Apparently they didn't like the set I sent them in September though, of course, they did not specify why. It wouldn't be a...

And if you are from the US, two of the letters from friends and relatives will have to be notarized. Any additional letters need not be.

Congratulations! It's a great feeling to drive away from the border and into Canada as a Permanent Resident. If felt great, even in a pouring rain :D

Minnesota to BC has also been running about 10 days.

Leaving tomorrow for the three day drive to British Columbia. Hope to land Saturday afternoon (and hope it's not too busy). I'm really looking forward to it ;D

Our COPR finally arrived by post on Saturday (yeah!). For those who are counting the days, it looks like it took a week from DM for the COPR document to be posted, and another week for it to arrive in Minnesota from Ottawa. We are planning to drive to our new home in BC in mid-January and I will...

We got Decision Made in ECAS but no PPR. I'm guessing that since most applicants processed in Ottawa are from the US and visa exempt, there may be no PPR if the original passport copies submitted raised no issues (e.g. expiration date).

Congratulations!! We're hoping to see our own COPR in the mailbox in the next week or so :D

Thank you. I've not been a daily ECAS checker, though some here are. I usually check on Mondays, because of anecdotal reports of weekend updates to the system, and on Wednesdays because CIC says they typically update on Tuesdays. Last week I checked on Wednesday to find nothing new (even though...

We are preparing for it to take at least a week, and more likely 10 days, to receive the COPR by post. That would be consistent with our recent experience for mail sent from our new home in BC to our current home in the states. Even with good news on DM, CIC still requires an abundance of patience.

Our application also went to In Process on December 1. This morning I discovered it had changed to Decision Made. Hang in there. It won't be much longer.

Logged into ECAS this morning, like every Monday morning, to find our status changed to Decision Made. What a relief, even for a relatively straightforward application. Now to watch for the COPR in the mail. BC here we come!!

Our application was received June 10, additional documents requested and sent in August. We are now a good month past our bring forward date and have heard nothing. I did send CIC a followup email confirming that we had sent them the requested documents, with the date we knew they received them...

No news here :( We are nearly a month past the bring forward date on the additional documentation they requested (Statutory Declaration of Common-law Union), documentation they have now had for nearly three months. ECAS is unchanged, stuck at "application received". We received SA on August 1st.

CIC requested IMM 5409, the Statutory Declaration of Common-law Union form along with two photos for the PR card. According to the instructions, the form was not required (and we had already sent in 4 photos). I suspect that because we are applying common-law, with a relationship well beyond the...

Just to reinforce the point, I am an American, sponsored by my Canadian partner. We also had docs requested August 26th and sent them immediately (received by CIC on Sept. 4th). They gave us 60 days, suggesting a bring forward date now a couple of weeks past. We likewise have heard nothing. It...

Great tip! Thanks