CPP-Ottawa

[america2canada]

I recently got an email from CPC - ottawa stating:

"Your application for permanent residency was approved on 2014/08/22 – a ready for visa letter will be sent to you shortly".

Does this mean, I have to send them my passport? I applied from United states, but currently I am here in canada on a visiting visa. I have a valid visitors visa. Do I still need to send them my passport or are they just gonna send me the COPR?

 

[rhcohen2014]

I recently got an email from CPC - ottawa stating:

"Your application for permanent residency was approved on 2014/08/22 – a ready for visa letter will be sent to you shortly".

Does this mean, I have to send them my passport? I applied from United states, but currently I am here in canada on a visiting visa. I have a valid visitors visa. Do I still need to send them my passport or are they just gonna send me the COPR?

are you a us citizen and therefore visa exempt? if so, they do not need your passport to issue you the copr, so you will just receive the copr in the mail.

are you NOT a us citizen, and require a visa to enter canada - therefore NOT visa-exempt? then the letter you get will probably give you instructions for how to get the visa counterfoil in your passport. generally ottawa processes family class applications for visa exempt applicants, so their method for approving those requiring visas is a bit different than the norm.

 

[america2canada]

are you a us citizen and therefore visa exempt? if so, they do not need your passport to issue you the copr, so you will just receive the copr in the mail.

are you NOT a us citizen, and require a visa to enter canada - therefore NOT visa-exempt? then the letter you get will probably give you instructions for how to get the visa counterfoil in your passport. generally ottawa processes family class applications for visa exempt applicants, so their method for approving those requiring visas is a bit different than the norm.

Well I am not a US Citizen but I am a h1 in US. Right now I am here in canada in a visitors visa. But the thing is I already have valid visiting visa for 10 years.

 

[rhcohen2014]

Well I am not a US Citizen but I am a h1 in US. Right now I am here in canada in a visitors visa. But the thing is I already have valid visiting visa for 10 years.

right, so you require a visa to be in canada, which means they need to issue you an actual pr visa. that means they need to insert the counterfoil in your passport, which requires them to physically have your passport. the letter they sent you will most likely give you instructions with how to get this done.

currently you have a VISITOR'S VISA, that is NOT the same as a PR visa. one has nothing to do with the other, and you can't use a visitor's visa to enter as a pr. this counterfoil is what will be used to prove your approval to be in canada as a pr for traveling, work and healthcare purposes. once you are issued your PR visa, your visitor's visa will be voided, since you will no longer be considered a visitor. that is the whole point of you applying to be a pr.

 

[america2canada]

right, so you require a visa to be in canada, which means they need to issue you an actual pr visa. that means they need to insert the counterfoil in your passport, which requires them to physically have your passport. the letter they sent you will most likely give you instructions with how to get this done.

currently you have a VISITOR'S VISA, that is NOT the same as a PR visa. one has nothing to do with the other, and you can't use a visitor's visa to enter as a pr. this counterfoil is what will be used to prove your approval to be in canada as a pr for traveling, work and healthcare purposes. once you are issued your PR visa, your visitor's visa will be voided, since you will no longer be considered a visitor. that is the whole point of you applying to be a pr.

Got it!! Thanks for clearing the things for me. Last question, can you tell me approximate time that I will be receiving my "ready for visa letter". My app was approved on 08/22/2014.

 

[rhcohen2014]

Got it!! Thanks for clearing the things for me. Last question, can you tell me approximate time that I will be receiving my "ready for visa letter". My app was approved on 08/22/2014.

it takes however long it takes for canada post to deliver it through regular mail. it's impossible to know.

 

[america2canada]

it takes however long it takes for canada post to deliver it through regular mail. it's impossible to know.

I meant would they send it right away??

 

[rhcohen2014]

I meant would they send it right away??

yes, usually they do.

 

[america2canada]

yes, usually they do.

thank you much.

 

[Yaak]

If we need more proof that CPC-O is moving with all due speed through our applications, I received a request today for additional documentation (IMM 5409—Statutory Declaration of Common-law Union) only 26 days after receiving SA.

 

[andrew-brit]

Yaak, are you common-law? I read on the board today that if you are not married you need to supply that form. I am married and about to send in my application next week so wondering if I need that form or not.

 

[Yaak]

Yaak, are you common-law? I read on the board today that if you are not married you need to supply that form. I am married and about to send in my application next week so wondering if I need that form or not.

We are common law. The instructions do not specifically require it of common law applicants but, it seems, the VO's increasingly are asking for it. It's unnecessary for married applicants.

 

[little_apple]

Yaak, are you common-law? I read on the board today that if you are not married you need to supply that form. I am married and about to send in my application next week so wondering if I need that form or not.

I applied as common-law and never had to sent in this form. It depends on the officer, I guess

 

[Yaak]

I applied as common-law and never had to sent in this form. It depends on the officer, I guess

The consensus on the forum seems to be that, in the past, this document was very rarely requested. The instructions certainly do not require it. Consequently, I was rather surprised to see the request for the IMM5409.

I am wondering if it has anything to do with Condition 51 status. If they are considering approving PR for a common-law couple without applying Condition 51 (we've been together for over 5 years) they may want the extra documentation. It's just an educated guess, but the forums seem to reflect an increased interest in getting this form from common-law applicants.

 

[msbigshot]

Quick question; My husband mailed everything in last week (received Monday) but I asked him if he wrote the type of sponsorship on the envelope. I wrote down the address for him to mail it to with directions on what to do, he said the clerk at the counter just taped what I had written on the package and sent it. He told her it needed to say Family/Spouse Sponsorship on the package and she ignored him. So my question is, will this have an impact on our time? I'm assuming so because their unsure of what type of sponsorship it is...