Landing was super easy-breezy. We were at a "traveling" office in Chicoutimi, so I will have to wait for my PR card to get a SIN (well worth it, though, as landing 15 min from home was FAR preferable to landing 5-6 hours away in Montreal). We were the first appointment at 8am, and by 8:08, I was a Permanent Resident. He was perfectly bilingual, and asked if I preferred French or English (I speak a little French now, but I didn't want to chance it, haha.)
He verified my address and my last point of entry into Canada. Asked if I'd left Canada at all since then (I don't think it would have been a problem; he was talking to me about time already spent here before PR counting, at a rate of half a day for each day spent, toward the three-year residency requirement to apply for citizenship). Asked if I'd ever been convicted of any crimes. Asked for husband's ID, said to him, "So, the million dollar question. Do you still want to sponsor you wife?" (whew, he said yes!) Had me sign two copies of the COPR, and congratulated me on being a permanent resident.
Then he went over a few more points (have to wait for PR card for SIN, wait for PR card for commercial travel, residency requirements for PR, etc. - all stuff I knew well from the forum). And that was it! I have my COPR, and I'm thinking about going to NYC in November while my husband's away for a course.
One note: Make sure you bring ALL the stuff Québec sends you. He wanted to see my CSQ and the full undertaking (the forms that you fill out to send to MICC, that they certify and send back to you). He also warned me to keep the CSQ in a safe place. It's like my Québec birth certificate, a VERY important document. Also, to keep the COPR forever, despite the expiry date on it, as it serves as a record of when I became a PR.
