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Nothing about "Free Pre-Arrival Services", just an email requesting passports (similar to an email that has already been posted here before).

My parents just received their passports and will be landing in a few weeks. Hopefully the 2011 cases and beyond resolve soon for everyone. I can personally attest to the 5+ year wait as not an easy one.

Thanks @soonihope and @reallynewbie

We just got passport request and the letter clearly mentions that the passport must be valid for at least 12 months from the date of the letter i.e. Passport request. I'd suggest they renew passports if they're anticipating PPR as you only have 30 days to send in your passports.

Got the email for passport request today. Almost three weeks since they completed the medical. As always, I hope those who are waiting are reunited with their parents soon.

Short answer: If the police certificate was issued less than six months ago, then you're good. Make sure it gets to CIC before the six months are up. Long answer: "For the country you currently live in, the police certificate must be issued no more than six months before you apply. For...

Thanks! It was sent to me since I am their authorized representative.

My parents received the medical request this morning as well. Great to see progress overall for 2011 cases.

Thanks!

Checked ECas and the Permanent Residence Application Status now says "In Process". Not sure if it amounts to anything yet but at least feels like things are moving along. =)

That letter is an AOR or Acknowledge of Receipt. This signifies that your application is now complete from a documents' perspective, aka "met R10 requirements". Next step is Sponsor Approval and that really varies. For example, I recieved AOR back in Oct 2015 and didn't get Sponsor Approval...

The statement you posted is correct, in fact it is common sense, nay necessary, to ensure you have the visa of the country you're about to visit. That said, I take it that you didn't look up flagpoling. I did and here are some results...

Not true re: needing a US visa; look up "flagpoling" - its been discussed quite a bit on this forum. You can also "land" at your local CIC office but will need an appointment. See here for more: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=748&top=22

My parents' application was sent to Abu Dhabi even though there are no dependents. Seems like very few (any?) applications for PGP have made it out to Abu Dhabi so it'd be interesting to see how this pans out timeline-wise.

Congrats! I can only imagine the relief and excitement. Wishing you and your family all the best in the future. Maybe now you can register a new username, something like "ThatTookAWhile" ;)

Merci!

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Just received sponsorship approval from CPC-M via email. Only parents are on file, no siblings etc., file has been transferred to Abu Dhabi. Hope others that are waiting for approval get it soon as well.

We'll just have to agree to disagree ... I found no evidence of any "international immigration legal framework" that you speak of, nor do the Universal Declaration of Human Rights enshrine anything about reuniting older parents with adult children (displaced refugees, families split with due to...

I don't believe anyone here doesn't get your frustrations, on the contrary, pretty much everyone here wishes that their parents were PRs yesterday. My bump was for soonihope's rational response describing his own experiences. This isn't a 2011 vs 2014 competition; I've said it here before -...