It does not need to be the same doctor. Any DMP in the world can do your medicals (or re-medicals).nickolinasf said:
If you got a PPR, you have nothing to worry about. They aren't going to come back and ask for anything else.Creampop said:
The guides say it should be the lesser of the medical expiration or the passport/travel document expiration, so if it was shorter than that, it does sound like they screwed up.canadiangirl78 said:
In my case, they issued the COPR 12 days after they received my passport.Nathan390 said:
Congratulations!DoubleA said:Morning All,
My wife rec'd the email shown in the next thread from the Ottawa pilot this morning. I'm used to hearing others on this forum state that they rec'd a PPR notice, but our letter just asks for copies. How does this work then after they receive the copies? Do they just send us a letter stating that our application is finished and we are good to go?
Here are my questions, hopefully someone can clarify:
- Do I read this right in that my wife needs to submit a copy of her passport, and a copy of our newborn sons birth certificate? He was born in Sept.
- Does she need to submit my passport copy as I am the sponsor?
- I'm assuming since we applied as a married couple, I do not need to resend our marriage certificate?
- How long once we submit the copies should we get the final approval?
Appreciate the feedback.
Very exciting
Aaron
Hi Geek,computergeek said:Congratulations!
CPP-O seems to be exercising their discretion and only requesting copies of her passport, rather than sending it to LA for issuance. Apparently someone at CIC managed to rationalize how doing everything through CPP-O satisfied the legal requirement of issuing the visa at a VO abroad (that was the original reason given for doing the final issuance in LA - that the law required it. But law can be reinterpreted.)
She needs to include her own passport copy. A copy of the birth certificate is nice, but it won't impact her application because the child was born in Canada to non-diplomat parents and thus is a Canadian citizen. It does meet the obligation to report family composition changes, so it's a good idea. CPP-O can then say "doesn't matter" and move on with issuing the COPR.
They don't need a copy of your passport.
They don't need any other documents. They really just need the copy of her passport.
I'm not sure how fast CPP-O is - you're on the leading edge of people getting PPRs from CPP-O. I do know that LA took 12 days to issue my COPR from date of receipt. So I would expect 2-3 weeks is normal processing for CPP-O as well.
They will send your wife the Confirmation of Permanent Residence. She can then schedule an inland landing date or she can go to the border and process it there ("flag pole").
Best wishes to you all.
Your son is still a Canadian citizen. A copy of his birth certificate showing you as the father should be sufficient. If CPP-O requires anything further, they will ask for it.DoubleA said:
computergeek said:In my case, they issued the COPR 12 days after they received my passport.
If you are currently in Canada you have two options for landing:
(1) You can call the call centre and make an appointment to "land" at an inland office.
(2) You may leave Canada and upon re-entry land.
Note that if you exercise option (2) they apparently require something indicating you left Canada. For a non-US citizen, this can be an "administrative refusal" - basically, they date stamp a piece of paper and send you back to Canada. For a US citizen they cannot refuse you (you have a right of entry) so you have to get your passport stamped. When I went through this recently at the Peace Arch crossing, I had to go inside to secondary, because the primary inspection officers do not have stamps any longer.
I did not confirm that this was necessary - I relied upon the advice of someone I know who landed previously. When he did not have a stamp in his passport, he had to drive back through the US side in order to obtain the necessary stamp. Oddly, it was only the second US entry stamp in my 5 year old passport in over three dozen entries into the US.
Note that if you are going to bring goods into Canada, you will also need to have your B4/B4-A forms. You don't have to bring the goods with you ("goods to follow") but you do have to declare everything at this point or deal with it in the future.
Good luck!
Thanks for the info Computergeek,
Now I know my options, I think I will try and arrange an appt inland.
When you sent your PP how long left from expiry was it? I only ask because I am a little worried......Mine expires on 31st Jan 13. I was holding off while in process incase they called it forward. My wife convinced me we should renew it so we expressed mailed it to Washington and the very next day I recieved the email from LA requesting PP within 10days! I could not believe my luck and so in a panick I emailed LA stating the whole situation and requested them to contact me ASAP....14days on and still no reply. Fortunately after paying over $300 we managed to get it there in time :
My concern is that, I have just seen a thread stating that you must have at least 12months on your PP for Visa issue?
If this is the case I will have try and renew my work permit before it to runs out end of JAN.
Any ideas?
