CPP-Ottawa

[Mushmash]

Hello everyone,

If I am currently working in canada on a work permit and I received my COPR, can I leave Canada for vacation and make my landing when I return at Toronto Pearson International? Or do I have to make a "flagpole" entry? Thanks

 

[Securitron]

All/ Seniors,

May I know the exact day (mon/ tue/ wed/ thurs/ fri/ sat/ sun), the status (of our application) in CIC website gets updated periodically ?

bye !

According to the CIC website, https://services3.cic.gc.ca/ecas/;jsessionid=81F33BB3625F5809584415D4951545AF?app=ecas&lang=en

The Client Application Status site is updated weekly, usually on Tuesdays.

 

[Securitron]

Hello everyone,

If I am currently working in canada on a work permit and I received my COPR, can I leave Canada for vacation and make my landing when I return at Toronto Pearson International? Or do I have to make a "flagpole" entry? Thanks

Yes. You will "land/flagpole" when you arrive into Canada Customs (CBSA) at the airport. They will pull you into a room where they will process your PR paperwork. Of course, you need to be returning from some international city.

 

[Mushmash]

Yes. You will "land/flagpole" when you arrive into Canada Customs (CBSA) at the airport. They will pull you into a room where they will process your PR paperwork. Of course, you need to be returning from some international city.

Ok I am currently in Canada working but I'm wondering if I must drive down to the nearest border like niagara or if I can take some time off from work go for vacation in Florida then return a week later and land at toronto international airport. All my stuff is in canada already. I guess what I'm trying to figure out is Am I obligated to drive down to Niagara which is the closest to where I live like the classic "flag pole" pole or just do it when I return at Toronto international. Please clarify, thank you.

 

[Canadavisa_Apr2013]

I am an April applicant, and we have still not received a passport request.
We received GCMS notes in early December and there were no red flags. Ordered another set of notes last week.
ECAS still says Application received; medical results were added; ECAS was last updated Oct 18th.

Really starting to get worried. Any advice will be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Hi *Siren*,

Just wondering - have you received a passport request or anything? I'm a couple of months behind you in the process, but I haven't seen much happening with any June or July applicants, except Securitron.

 

[Canuckluvus]

Ok I am currently in Canada working but I'm wondering if I must drive down to the nearest border like niagara or if I can take some time off from work go for vacation in Florida then return a week later and land at toronto international airport. All my stuff is in canada already. I guess what I'm trying to figure out is Am I obligated to drive down to Niagara which is the closest to where I live like the classic "flag pole" pole or just do it when I return at Toronto international. Please clarify, thank you.

you can do either...you are not obligated to one option or the other. Your COPR form should have a deadline for landing and you can land either method as long as it is before the deadline.

 

[Mushmash]

you can do either...you are not obligated to one option or the other. Your COPR form should have a deadline for landing and you can land either method as long as it is before the deadline.

Thank you Canukluvus

 

[squishypenguin]

I had the same problem and I was never able to get it fixed.

Did your application go through okay even with the error? (not sure what stage you are at)

 

[computergeek]

I called CIC today and asked for our status. I am a May 2013 applicant. The rep. told me that I will receive my COPR in September 2014 (15 mos. from the day they received the app.) This is a little disheartening and I'm not sure that it is true, looking at the processing times on the Ottawa spreadsheet.

Note: CPP-O is a visa office outside Canada and as such the information about files is not available to the Call Centre. Thus, any information they give you cannot be specific to your case.

 

[NicAnn]

Note: CPP-O is a visa office outside Canada and as such the information about files is not available to the Call Centre. Thus, any information they give you cannot be specific to your case.

I've heard this before...do you know where it is located computergeek?

 

[clearly]

I've heard this before...do you know where it is located computergeek?

It's not actually located out of Canada, just technically for visa office purposes and for the structure of CIC it falls under outland offices.. I think it's actually in Ottawa.

 

[computergeek]

It's not actually located out of Canada, just technically for visa office purposes and for the structure of CIC it falls under outland offices.. I think it's actually in Ottawa.

It is indeed in Ottawa. However, for the purposes of processing, it is treated as a visa office outside Canada. Thus, you cannot call the CIC call centre and ask them about the status of your application because they don't have access to its information. I'm sure some clever lawyers wrote opinion letters that permit CIC to operate in this fashion (having lived through the Buffalo to Ottawa transfer, where my application was approved in Ottawa but my COPR was issued by LA, which is no longer the protocol.)

 

[Passport2Canada]

Flagpoled February 4th, 2014. Went without a hitch. I walked over the Rainbow bridge at about 7:05pm and was back at my hotel by 7:45. Hardly any questions were asked and I was the only person on both sides of the border. Also found out that Americans don't get a denial of entry slip, so all they did was stamp my passport.

 

[computergeek]

Also found out that Americans don't get a denial of entry slip, so all they did was stamp my passport.

They cannot refuse a citizen or permanent resident, which is why you got the passport stamp. I had a friend who didn't get the passport stamp (proving he was outside Canada) and CBSA made him go BACK around to get his passport stamped. When I landed, I made sure to get it stamped (which took longer than landing on the Canadian side...)

 

[Passport2Canada]

They cannot refuse a citizen or permanent resident, which is why you got the passport stamp. I had a friend who didn't get the passport stamp (proving he was outside Canada) and CBSA made him go BACK around to get his passport stamped. When I landed, I made sure to get it stamped (which took longer than landing on the Canadian side...)

The US customs officer was a bit lazy. He wouldn't re-ink or get a different stamp and so just sat there stamping over and over. Finally he stamped it and pressed his other hand down on it as hard as he could. Later, after I got processed on the Canadian side, I looked again, and you still couldn't read the stamp. lol