How much time do they give you to land in Canada?

[zimporter]

Hello,
I know that when a PR visa is issued for family-class sponsorship, it's usually valid until 1 year since the last medical test, but if it gets "too close" to the 1-year medical anniversary they'll ask you to do a 2nd medical test. My question is, how close is "too close"? For example, if the medical test is Aug. 1 2014, and they issue a visa on Jul. 1 2015 until Aug. 1 2015, that would give only 30 days to send the passport, get it back, put all affairs in order, buy tickets, pack and move to Canada - that seems like a super-short time, and I'm *guessing* they would request a 2nd medical test (or extend the validity of the 1st one) to give more time to land. But my question is, what's the actual limit? What's the minimum time they give you between a passport request and the deadline for landing? Is it 30 days, 60, 90, something else? Has anyone on the forum experienced really short/tight deadlines?

 

[DanSlh]

They can extend your medical or ask to redo medical

 

[brucem]

Hello,
I know that when a PR visa is issued for family-class sponsorship, it's usually valid until 1 year since the last medical test, but if it gets "too close" to the 1-year medical anniversary they'll ask you to do a 2nd medical test. My question is, how close is "too close"? For example, if the medical test is Aug. 1 2014, and they issue a visa on Jul. 1 2015 until Aug. 1 2015, that would give only 30 days to send the passport, get it back, put all affairs in order, buy tickets, pack and move to Canada - that seems like a super-short time, and I'm *guessing* they would request a 2nd medical test (or extend the validity of the 1st one) to give more time to land. But my question is, what's the actual limit? What's the minimum time they give you between a passport request and the deadline for landing? Is it 30 days, 60, 90, something else? Has anyone on the forum experienced really short/tight deadlines?

I received my COPR last week and my medical was due to expire on 26th June. They extended it by two weeks until 9th July, its really up to officer processing the application as to whether its extended or you have to redo the medical.

 

[zimporter]

Thanks - so it seems based on your answer like they give you at least 60 days (from beginning of May to beginning of July in your case). Have others here experienced the same thing? Did anyone get less than 60 days from getting the COPR letter to the visa expiry date?

 

[Christoph100]

The VO's tend to do what they want, I can recall once a member(sponsor) here who received a phone call from the VO on his wife's behalf. Question given is Can your wife land by such a date? he said yes. Only one small problem She had to be in Canada in 3 days time from that phone call and she was from over seas. One must be ready to land at a moments notice but this example was an extreme one and normally they give much more time.

Chris.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thanks - so it seems based on your answer like they give you at least 60 days (from beginning of May to beginning of July in your case). Have others here experienced the same thing? Did anyone get less than 60 days from getting the COPR letter to the visa expiry date?

There have been cases of people receiving COPRs that were already expired. Some people received an email or phone call asking if they could land by a certain date. Some didn't get the phone call/email and just received COPRs with only a few weeks validity. Some have had their medical extended for a year. Some have had the medical extended by only a few months. Some were asked to redo the medical.

Basically, there is no set way of handling the situation.

 

[Mapleson]

When my brother-in-law immigrated in June from Cuba, he had a week from receiving the COPR to land.

 

[zimporter]

Thanks for all the input, all that sounds really scary. When you say "a week from getting the COPR", is that a week from getting the COPR letter or a week from physically getting the COPR paperwork/visa glued into the passport?

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Thanks for all the input, all that sounds really scary. When you say "a week from getting the COPR", is that a week from getting the COPR letter or a week from physically getting the COPR paperwork/visa glued into the passport?

There is no "COPR letter". You will either get the PPR or if visa-exempt, just get the COPR in the mail.

What passport does your wife hold? From your previous posts, she was requested to send a copy of her passport last month. Visa-exempt applicants are not required to send their physical passport and are sometimes requested to send a copy, indicating that they are near the end of the process.

 

[zimporter]

Unfortunately she's not visa-exempt, passport is Russian.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Unfortunately she's not visa-exempt, passport is Russian.

Ah, OK. Given the request for a photocopy of her passport, I would think that she should see PPR soon.