COPR and coronavirus
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Congratulations on the PR. Can you advise if they checked or took a photo of your visa counterfoil? I am asking because I am in a weird situation. IRCC never issued me visa counterfoil on my passport. They directly issue the letter of travel authorization to me with the statement in it "bring this letter with your COPR and PR visa" which is confusing I was never issued a PR visa. Now, I am confused if I should attempt to travel with COPR and letter of travel authorization. It seems that IRCC does not have a clue what they are doing, it's a total mess.Hi All,
Thank you all for your assistance. This forum is amazing by helping each other. I am sharing my landing experience here.
My Timeline
Invitation: July 24, 2019
AOR: August 24, 2019
Medical passed: September 9, 2019
Application approved: March 5, 2020
CoPR: March 15, 2020
4-pointer Email: September 29, 2020
Replied 4 pointer Email: October 1, 2020
Ghost update and new counterfoil: October 21, 2020
Letter of Authorization: October 28, 2020
Travel date: November 6, 2020
Landing in Canada: November 7, 2020
I had booked the air ticket from Bengaluru to Toronto via Air India. So, the flight was from Bengaluru to Delhi to Toronto. The flight was almost on schedule, and Air India offered a mask, sanitizer, and a face shield at the Bengaluru airport. They said that we could wear our mask, however, face shield was mandatory. They had advised wearing the mask and face shield throughout the journey, even though nobody were strict about that. Travel was hectic from Delhi to Toronto as it was for 15 hours and had to wear the mask and face shield.
Coming to the documents, I had taken two sets of print out/photocopy of all my documents. At the Air India counter, they took one copy of my air ticket, photocopy my CoPR, email authorization letter. They said that the immigration will be done in Bengaluru and asked me to go at the immigration desk. I handed over the passport to the immigration officer, and the officer asked for the PR card. I said that I am travelling for the first time and handed over the email AL to the officer. He went to talk to his senior officer and came back after 3 or 4 minutes and completed the formalities. When I asked if he checked with the IRCC, he said he just checked with his senior officials (Not sure if they verified with IRCC).
I Landed in Toronto at around 7:30 AM EST. We were given custom form and another form to fill the details related to our quarantine plan. The quarantine plan form was specifically related to the quarantine details (like our name, address where we are undergoing isolation, etc). We were routed to the first immigration desk, where the lady asked me about my quarantine plan. She just asked where I would be leaving and confirmed if it is at the same address mentioned in the quarantine plan form. Then I was routed to the document verification desk. Before going to the document verification desk, we were asked to drop the quarantine plan form and asked us to go to the document verification desk. Only 3 officers were verifying the documents and the queue was very long. As far as I know, they were checking in detail. I noticed that for few people they were checking with some senior officials and they were taking a lot of time to scrutinise all the documents.
When my turn came, the officer checked my CoPR form and asked if I had a pen and asked me to sign the CoPR with the date and mentioning few details (No to any criminal history and No to any other dependents). He was typing and checking for a few minutes and asked me where I want to receive my PR card. I told him the address where I wanted it. He also asked me to contact service Canada for my SIN as they were closed at the Airport due to the Covid. It was smooth at the immigration, and they were helpful.
All in all, it was a smooth immigration process without any hassle. I would wish and pray everyone who is waiting will get their AL asap.
Good luck
I am an inland applicant and came to India for vacation but stuck here because of the pandemic. I was given PR status directly in June as I was inland applicant and they instructed to apply for PRTD if I am outside of Canada. I applied for PRTD and got approved. I was asked to book a flight to get the travel authorization letter as VACs were closed in India and it is not possible to get the passport stamped. I book the flight and got the travel auth letter with statement in it "bring this letter with your COPR and PR visa" which does not make any sense as I was never issued a PR visa.
Congratulations on the PR. Can you advise if they checked or took a photo of your visa counterfoil? I am asking because I am in a weird situation. IRCC never issued me visa counterfoil on my passport. They directly issue the letter of travel authorization to me with the statement in it "bring this letter with your COPR and PR visa" which is confusing I was never issued a PR visa. Now, I am confused if I should attempt to travel with COPR and letter of travel authorization. It seems that IRCC does not have a clue what they are doing, it's a total mess.
I am an inland applicant and came to India for vacation but stuck here because of the pandemic. I was given PR status directly in June as I was inland applicant and they instructed to apply for PRTD if I am outside of Canada. I applied for PRTD and got approved. I was asked to book a flight to get the travel authorization letter as VACs were closed in India and it was not possible to get the passport stamped. I booked the flight and got the travel auth letter with statement in it "bring this letter with your COPR and PR visa" which does not make any sense as I was never issued a PR visa.
Do you mind providing the reasons you provided for extending COPR and Visa? And how long did IRCC take to reply once you submitted the request.
From which country are you?
I’m working and residing in UAE. My POF are in my home country,I mentioned due to COVID 19 I can’t go to my home country to get my funds and I need to give 2 months notice if I’m resigning to the office. Since the soft landing also not allowed the time I have is not enough to settle everything here and home country and come to Canada for good.
Has anyone with 'post-March-18 COPR' received a re-medical request or seen any other update in their account?
Hi. My copr expired in May 2020 as well. I raised ready to travel webform twice but no reply from them.
1.Can you tell me how did you get a re-medical request from IRCC?
2.Did you contact NDVO?
3.Where are you from? I'm from Mumbai and I am also a solo applicant
Thanks Nimz10 for reply.
And how long did IRCC take to reply your request of extending COPR?
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my COPR was issed after 18th and expired in last week of October 2020. what should be my next step can someone please suggest.