Actually being part of the European Union, Spain is a Visa-free (or visa-exempt) country. I've heard that applicants from the visa-exempt countries do not need to send in their passports and will only receive a COPR letter (which is issued for anyone regardless of their nationality). So you most likely only need to send a copy of your passport. You might want to double check this.Thank you for the quick reply!
Ok so I'm assuming at this point that Spain (my nationality) is a non Visa-free country so I'll have to send in my actual passport. Does anyone know how long it typically takes to get the passport back, more or less? I was hoping to visit and spend Xmas/NYE with my wife over in Canada but now that file transferred as happened it's a bit of an unknown as to when DM and PPR might drop. As far as I'm aware, AOR2 hasn't happened yet? Just file transfer to local VO...so I might still have a couple of months to go, but it sure would be awkward to get PPR like a week or two before flying out for Xmas.
Anyway, thanks again for all the help guys, much appreciated.
Answering your second question, it really depends on the visa office, but it usually takes from 3-4 days to two weeks to send the passport back.
