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Appreciate it! Same case as mine. I got the PPR email last month and it came with instructions to send 2 photos with these specs: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/pdf/5445EB-e.pdf. One came back to me attached to the COPR copy taken by the border officer when I...

Thanks for clarifying Ponga, and thanks for steering me towards Point Bob. :)

Hi guys, sorry if this should be obvious, but when you refer to pictures for the PR card, which are you referring to? Pictures submitted with the initial PR application? When submitting the passport? During landing? I actually didn't have my picture taken when I landed earlier today, but should...

Writing an update here in case anyone is thinking of flagpoling soon... I just came back from the Boundary Bay Border Crossing a.k.a. Point Roberts where I officially landed as a PR. I got there purely using public transportation, and it was very convenient indeed - I was back at our South...

The way I understand it, they will ask for your passport and then you will get your passport back together with the COPR. I can't say for sure if that applies to all cases though. I assume you hold a Philippines passport?

Have you submitted your passport already? Per Andrea's account, if you've submitted already and status has been changed to DM, then the next step should be for them to send it back to you with the COPR.

Thanks for the response Andrea! I got an email notification from MyCIC about the status update a few hours after I posted this. Since I am already in Vancouver on a TRV while waiting, I submitted my passport directly to Ottawa instead of going through VFS. Since I can track the transit of the...

Passed mine June 12, 2015

Thanks! Timeline as follows: App Received: June 12, 2015 AOR: July 17 Sponsor Approved: Aug. 13 Add'l Docs Required: Sep. 3 Add'l Docs Passed: Oct. 1 PPR: July 13, 2016 (after I complained that it'd been 13 months already) DM: Aug. 5

Hi Andrea, when you say you got your DM on July 29, do you mean you checked ECAS on July 29 and it said "Decision Made"? Mine now says Decision Made, though I haven't received any email or anything from CIC. Just wondering when I get my passport back. I submitted July 14 and they received it...

So I just checked MyCIC and it seems my application has been approved. I checked on ECAS as well and indeed, it now says "Decision Made." What's odd though is that I never got an email about the updated status. When I applied for a TRV before, I got an email from MyCIC for every little bit of...

Thanks for the tip! I'm looking into Point Roberts now. Would you know if I should go there at specific days/times only, or are there border agents 24/7 ready to process any new PRs "landing" there?

My PR application is mercifully nearing the final stages (I hope, at least) now that my passport has been requested. I applied outland but I am currently in Vancouver using my TRV, so I submitted my passport to Ottawa. While I wait for it to be returned with my COPR, I'm trying to find how best...

That's a good question and I'd been wondering that as well. At the time I requested the GCMS notes my application had been in process for 11 months and it's surprising they still hadn't updated it by then. I don't really have an answer. Perhaps, others who applied for a TRV before applying for...

Hopefully, that's it indeed! If you've ordered GCMS notes, you can take a look at the Client Details section. That's where I saw the info they have on file for me which was still from my old TRV application.

Sharing my experience with this in case it might be of help to anyone. I finally linked my application on the 5th attempt. Apparently, the passport info they had for me was still from my previous passport and my marital status was still "Single" even though my application is under the Family...

From experience, getting a message later on in the process asking for additional documents tends to delay the processing of the application. Almost as if yours is going back to the dreaded "bottom of the pile." This is entirely anecdotal of course, but I would say it's safer to just make sure...

Thanks very much! That was my hunch as well but I wanted to be extra sure as I plan to send my docs today. Have a good day and a +1! :)

There are services online that might be able to help get you a police clearance without having to go to China yourself. I used beijingesc.com myself, though I think that's for Beijing in particular. There are a number of websites offering such services, so it's probably a matter of finding one...

After 13 months of waiting, I finally got the email requesting my passport. In the email are instructions for what documents to send where (depending on where you are residing). There is a bit of ambiguity (or I just want to be extra sure) regarding which is appropriate for my case, so I was...