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- Mar 31, 2012
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- Category........
- Visa Office......
- London
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 12/04/2012
- File Transfer...
- 13/07/2012
- Med's Done....
- 02/02/2012
- Interview........
- Waived
- Passport Req..
- Exempt
- VISA ISSUED...
- 05/11/12, received in Canada 19/11/12
- LANDED..........
- 24/11/12, PR card received 30/01/12
There is no added step - the COPR and the visa in passport are the same, just depending on where you are from. To clarify - if you are from a non-visa-exempt country, you send the passport to the embassy, and it comes back with a visa to Canada + a COPR.S1F5 said:Ok thats confusing but I think I understand...but whatever he will be getting (meaning which ever way the PPR happens in his case) means that he can live and work correct? Or is there another step after to get the work permit? Now I am remembering something about an extra payment to get the work permit at the same time as the residency...did I just confuse this even more?
If you are from a visa-exempt country (UK is), then you don't need to send your passport. Some people get asked for a scan of their passport (previous poster), I didn't... just received the COPR in the post one day. Because you can get into Canada without a visa, you don't need anything in the passport. But the "landing procedures" - when you arrive at the airport, you tell the officer you want to "land as a PR" - you are taken aside to another office most of the time, they check your ID, a few things on the COPR, make you sign it, and that's it! you became a PR of Canada, and you're allowed to work right away ( well you have to get a SIN - social insurance number - but that's easy, it takes 10 min at any Service Canada office once you have your passport and the COPR signed).
You can also choose tom "move to Canada" on a tourist visa for your partner, and wait until the PR is approved. Once you have the COPR, you need to exit (nearest US border normally), and re-enter to complete the "landing procedures". If you choose this option, then let us know and we can explain a little more in details!
no need to confuse you any further I suppose.... What you need to do, to avoid any delay in the process of your application, is to pay the "full amount" of fees - 1040$. It includes the "right of permanent residence fee", which has to be paid anyway before you land - so save yourself the trouble, pay the full amount with your application.
Good luck,
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