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[f1ahmed]

Hi friends,

I am new to this forum and I am December 2014 applicant. What is the last charged cc date for PhDs? Please advise. thank you :

Last CC charge happened on 4th of February, 2015 for the applicants of 1st December, 2014, did not hear anything after that in this forum. worried

 

[MS2015]

Hi all,

I received my PER on Feb 4 but my eCAS is still not active. IS this normal?

 

[s-r-z]

Last CC charge happened on 4th of February, 2015 for the applicants of 1st December, 2014, did not hear anything after that in this forum. worried

One of this forum members called CIC, it turned out that the cap is not reached, they are still reviewing. Finger crossed, hopefully sooner or later charging for Dec applicants will start.

 

[PR_2014]

Expirity date of immigrant visas coincides with the day you underwent medical exams. For example, if you underwent medicals on Dec 01 2014, your immigrant visa will be valid until Dec 01 2015. If your spouse underwent medicals after you, she/he will have the same expiration date as you.

Processing time for PR Cards is 26 days after landing plus an additional 2 weeks for mail delivery.

It is not recommended to leave Canada before getting your PR card, unless you want to use your immigrant visa in that way. However, if you still have your student visa valid after becoming PR and before getting PR card, you can leave Canada and show your student visa to the airline when coming back. Here in Canada you can show your CoPR to enter the country. This is at your own risk, because CoPR will clearly say NOT VALID FOR TRAVEL.

Must passport be valid for at least a year when they ask for ppr? Mine is expiring in October 2015 and I probably get ppr in a few months (hopefully). Should I renew my passport?

 

[pepe84]

CPC Ottawa will ask you to renew your passport before they send you a request for it (PPR) in case they notice that your passport is due to expire in less than 6 months before finalizing your application. In the mean time, you may want to check with your consulate/embassy in Canada to see if you can renew your passport now. Once you get the new passport, send a scanned version to Ottawa immediately.

Must passport be valid for at least a year when they ask for ppr? Mine is expiring in October 2015 and I probably get ppr in a few months (hopefully). Should I renew my passport?

 

[PR_2014]

CPC Ottawa will ask you to renew your passport before they send you a request for it (PPR) in case they notice that your passport is due to expire in less than 6 months before finalizing your application. In the mean time, you may want to check with your consulate/embassy in Canada to see if you can renew your passport now. Once you get the new passport, send a scanned version to Ottawa immediately.

Thanks a lot Pepe84! You're awesome!

 

[zorroo]

CPC Ottawa will ask you to renew your passport before they send you a request for it (PPR) in case they notice that your passport is due to expire in less than 6 months before finalizing your application. In the mean time, you may want to check with your consulate/embassy in Canada to see if you can renew your passport now. Once you get the new passport, send a scanned version to Ottawa immediately.

+1 for you bro. You are such a nice person to help everybody in this forum. Thank you!

 

[pepe84]

You guys are welcome!

+1 for you bro. You are such a nice person to help everybody in this forum. Thank you!

 

[blackrock]

You guys are welcome!

Hi Everyone, I already got passport request, Now sent email to CIC as my wife is in back home to make arrangements for her to get visa stamped back home and waiting for their reply and waiting for it since 3 days. Because my wife can not send passport through DHL or any mail service so we have to get it stamped backhome

Any advise in this case?

 

[Dark_Diamond]

Hi Everyone, I already got passport request, Now sent email to CIC as my wife is in back home to make arrangements for her to get visa stamped back home and waiting for their reply and waiting for it since 3 days. Because my wife can not send passport through DHL or any mail service so we have to get it stamped backhome

Any advise in this case?

Can't you ask one of your friends who travel from your home country to Canada to bring the passport?

 

[blackrock]

Can't you ask one of your friends who travel from your home country to Canada to bring the passport?

its not legal to get passport like this. For some countries its legal and for some places its not legal, So I am left with one option to get it stamped back home,

Even in the VISA request email they asked, if spouse is back home to inform them so they can arrange visa stamped back home.

 

[Johnny31]

Hi all,

I received my PER on Feb 4 but my eCAS is still not active. IS this normal?

it could take up to 10 business days for eCas to be updated! Don't worry about it!

 

[Johnny31]

Hi Guys,

I just received PER.
App date Dec 1
CC-Feb 4

Congrats on receiving your PER!

 

[Johnny31]

Finally PPR! It seems that Friday 13 was not that unlucky after all!!!

Congrats! God Bless!

 

[Johnny31]

Hey guys,

Another update; the third line in my ecas was just updated: Medical results have been received.

Here is my timeline again:

App. filed: September 18, 2014
PER: January 6, 2015
MR, Doc request, RPRF: February 2, 2015
Medical done: February 7, 2015

Thanks for the share! You're almost there!