Avoid January 4 delivery?

[MNM2015]

I was hoping to get our outland spousal sponsorship application submitted before the end of the year but things haven't gone as smoothly as I would like so won't be ready to send until this weekend. If I overnight the package, it would arrive on January 4, 2016. I just recently came across a post about the parent/grandparent program opening up for applications on January 4. It sounds like hundreds or maybe thousands of people will be having their parent/grandparent applications delivered January 4. So my questions are:

1) would you recommend I have my spousal application arrive January 5 to avoid the rush of applications on the 4th? I'm worried about mine getting lost or misplaced with the parent/grandparent applications and not looked at for months. However maybe I am just being paranoid and unnecessarily delaying my application further in an already long process.

2) will my spousal application be slowed down at all by all these parent/grandparent applications? The address is the same so not sure if the initial processing is common to both.

3) just to confirm if sending by xpress post I use the courier address?

Thank you for your help

 

[Ponga]

1. No. Have it delivered on the 4th.

2. No

3. No, that's only for true couriers, like FedEx, UPS, etc. Since Express Post is Canada Post, use the other address.

 

[scylla]

Assume the cap is going to be reached on Jan 4th. Your application needs to arrive that day - preferably early in the morning.

 

[elokuu]

Assume the cap is going to be reached on Jan 4th. Your application needs to arrive that day - preferably early in the morning.

The OP is preparing a spousal sponsorship application, so there will be no cap to worry about.

Personally I would send it a day or two later just to be safe - one day won't make a huge difference in what's going to be a several month long wait. But I could be wrong.

 

[ElenaRu]

I would wait couple of days.

 

[ChellyCat]

3. No, that's only for true couriers, like FedEx, UPS, etc. Since Express Post is Canada Post, use the other address.

Are you sure? I'm pretty sure I used Xpresspost and used the courier address.

Also I'm probably just paranoid but I would wait a couple of days as well.

 

[Ponga]

Are you sure? I'm pretty sure I used Xpresspost and used the courier address.

Also I'm probably just paranoid but I would wait a couple of days as well.

Well...I'm not 100% sure, but when we used Xpresspost, we sent it to the regular address.

Canada Post is not a courier, so it made sense at the time.

 

[Aquakitty]

Well couriers (AKA Fedex, UPS) don't deliver to a PO box which is why they have to have a separate address. Xpress post will I believe, but not sure about Priority Courier (that's the courier equivalent for Canada Post).

Just mark your application envelope/box clearly as spousal.

 

[MNM2015]

Thanks for all the replies. I think I will wait an extra couple of days to be safe. It will give me more time to triple check everything although at this point I just want it out of my hands and to be done.

Regarding xpress post I assumed it had to go to the courier address because of the signature option. Not sure how that would work at a PO Box. Does anyone know for sure which address to use? Is it a problem to send a non-courier to the street address? That seems to me like the safer option if no one knows for sure.

Thank you!

 

[Snowisland]

Thanks for all the replies. I think I will wait an extra couple of days to be safe. It will give me more time to triple check everything although at this point I just want it out of my hands and to be done.

Regarding xpress post I assumed it had to go to the courier address because of the signature option. Not sure how that would work at a PO Box. Does anyone know for sure which address to use? Is it a problem to send a non-courier to the street address? That seems to me like the safer option if no one knows for sure.

Thank you!

When I sent mine by fed ex I asked the same question. Ponga answered my question, I sent it and it was the correct address.