Hi everyone,
Today, we got the CoPR at Vancouver office. Including us, there were 11 couples. At the beginning, all of us got together in the same room and listened to the presentation for 30 min. Basically, what you can do with PR and when to apply for citizenship. After that, all went back to the same room where we were waiting before. After that, they called names and each couples went to the counter (yes, it's counter, not room. Like those you get your driver license, but with bigger board between each counter). We can hear very well other people interview questions. The person who interview us is obvious new. He has to read and follow his instruction paper. Actually, it was the same person who gave presentation and interestingly, he was an immigrant too. He is a very nice person. The questions we got were "Ever committed any crime?" and "Ever order to leave Canada?".
We were the last couples to leave and it took us slightly over 2 hours since the presentation began.
Few things to remind:
- Make sure check all the information before signing the CoPR. Sometime, the agent may forget to remind you. When we arrive at the PR centre, we saw a lady complaining that there was a mistake on her PR card.
- You can drive your own vehicle to the States with CoPR. You absolutely need your PR card if you use and commercial vehicle and travel out of country.
- Just heard the last part of conservation beside us: the agent said" For sure, paying online is faster than the bank..." I guess they were talking about the fee.
At the end, we were told that we need to wait for the PR card, in order to apply for SIN card and BC ID card. After the interview, we went to Costco for two pizza. Best Pizza ever have!
Thank you for all the great info and helps. Hope everyone get their interview as soon as possible. Best