Finally it's me who can share the landing experience.
So I landed yesterday at the Rainbow Bridge. I arrived at the boarder around 10 am, and when I talked to the US officer, I mentioned I am going to do flagpole as others did. He quickly took my passport and then gave them back to me with a sheet. He told me to drive my car to the left hand side where an officer will come to me. I followed his instruction and an officer standing there quickly took my passport and the sheet. He asked me to just wait in the car, and about one or two minute later, he shows up again and gave me everything before he asked me to follow him and opened a gate so I could make a U-turn to come back to Canada. He even said good luck to my stay in Canada.
I paid the toll for crossing the bridge again ($4 CAD or $3.5 USD), and then quickly met a Canadian officer. I gave him the documents and told him we wanted to land as a PR. He checked the document quickly and then asked me to park my car at my left hand side and just go into the office. I did and then went into the office, where I saw about 10 people sitting and waitting, with roughly 7 or 8 officers there. I handed our document to one officer and he said you can just sit and wait until we call your name. I waited for about 1.5 hour before one young lady finally called us. She asked us some basic questions separately (any criminal charges, any dependent not claimed) and then signed the document. After that we were told to wait for another couple minutes and finally she called us again and gave us back our passport with one CoPR stapled on it. She briefly mentioned that once we get the PR card we can take the CoPR out of the passport, and how we can do with our SIN/OHIP. She also told us about the current citizenship policy. At last, she congradulate us and say you can leave now. I did ask her that the first entry date in the CoPR does not seem right, she said it's all taken care of in the computer system and I don't have to worry.
Overall a pleasant landing process except waited for a bit of time. The only thing I had with me is passport and the CoPR. I will report when I get my PR card in the future.
Thanks for all the people sharing the information and help out each other in the forum. I didn't know much about the whole PR process so I couldn't really help much but ask questions, but if anyone wants to ask me anything I will still try to answer as best as I can. I will list my timeline here again.
Apr 3, 2014 App Received at CIO
Apr 28, 2014 AOR Received through email
Early May, 2014 ECAS showed: We received your application for permanent residence on April 3, 2014.
Oct 28, 2014 ECAS showed: We started processing your application on October 24, 2014.
Oct 28, 2014 RPRF Request Received through email
Oct 28, 2014 RPRF Paid on-line and Receipt Sent
Dec 5, 2014 Did Medical Exam without Medical Request
Dec 10, 2014 Doc informed that ME Result Normal and Uploaded
Mar 17, 2015 ECAS showed: Medical results have been received.
Mar 17, 2015 ECAS showed: A decision has been made on your application. The office will contact you concerning this decision.
Mar 19, 2015 CIC officer contacted through email about the wrong CoPR being sent to me
Mar 20, 2015 CIC officer contacted through phone about the wrong CoPR being sent to me and asked me to send it back
Mar 23, 2015 First CoPR Received in the mail
Mar 24, 2015 First CoPR Sent back to CIC
Mar 25, 2015 First CoPR Received by CIC
Apr 9, 2015 Second CoPR Received in the mail
Apr 11, 2015 Landed
That's all. Hope you all get your PR soon and enjoy your life in Canada.
So I landed yesterday at the Rainbow Bridge. I arrived at the boarder around 10 am, and when I talked to the US officer, I mentioned I am going to do flagpole as others did. He quickly took my passport and then gave them back to me with a sheet. He told me to drive my car to the left hand side where an officer will come to me. I followed his instruction and an officer standing there quickly took my passport and the sheet. He asked me to just wait in the car, and about one or two minute later, he shows up again and gave me everything before he asked me to follow him and opened a gate so I could make a U-turn to come back to Canada. He even said good luck to my stay in Canada.
I paid the toll for crossing the bridge again ($4 CAD or $3.5 USD), and then quickly met a Canadian officer. I gave him the documents and told him we wanted to land as a PR. He checked the document quickly and then asked me to park my car at my left hand side and just go into the office. I did and then went into the office, where I saw about 10 people sitting and waitting, with roughly 7 or 8 officers there. I handed our document to one officer and he said you can just sit and wait until we call your name. I waited for about 1.5 hour before one young lady finally called us. She asked us some basic questions separately (any criminal charges, any dependent not claimed) and then signed the document. After that we were told to wait for another couple minutes and finally she called us again and gave us back our passport with one CoPR stapled on it. She briefly mentioned that once we get the PR card we can take the CoPR out of the passport, and how we can do with our SIN/OHIP. She also told us about the current citizenship policy. At last, she congradulate us and say you can leave now. I did ask her that the first entry date in the CoPR does not seem right, she said it's all taken care of in the computer system and I don't have to worry.
Overall a pleasant landing process except waited for a bit of time. The only thing I had with me is passport and the CoPR. I will report when I get my PR card in the future.
Thanks for all the people sharing the information and help out each other in the forum. I didn't know much about the whole PR process so I couldn't really help much but ask questions, but if anyone wants to ask me anything I will still try to answer as best as I can. I will list my timeline here again.
Apr 3, 2014 App Received at CIO
Apr 28, 2014 AOR Received through email
Early May, 2014 ECAS showed: We received your application for permanent residence on April 3, 2014.
Oct 28, 2014 ECAS showed: We started processing your application on October 24, 2014.
Oct 28, 2014 RPRF Request Received through email
Oct 28, 2014 RPRF Paid on-line and Receipt Sent
Dec 5, 2014 Did Medical Exam without Medical Request
Dec 10, 2014 Doc informed that ME Result Normal and Uploaded
Mar 17, 2015 ECAS showed: Medical results have been received.
Mar 17, 2015 ECAS showed: A decision has been made on your application. The office will contact you concerning this decision.
Mar 19, 2015 CIC officer contacted through email about the wrong CoPR being sent to me
Mar 20, 2015 CIC officer contacted through phone about the wrong CoPR being sent to me and asked me to send it back
Mar 23, 2015 First CoPR Received in the mail
Mar 24, 2015 First CoPR Sent back to CIC
Mar 25, 2015 First CoPR Received by CIC
Apr 9, 2015 Second CoPR Received in the mail
Apr 11, 2015 Landed
That's all. Hope you all get your PR soon and enjoy your life in Canada.
