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[RSub]

Thanks. So I can land in Canada, confirm my PR, not declare the car (which I haven’t even bought yet), buy a car in the US and declare it later (one time) when I’m moving in permanently?

Is my understanding correct?

Yes. You should have the car title with you meaning pay off any loans on the car. Also, its better to get the car from US as Canada has poor deals on cars.

 

[hydrizxcv]

I am landing next week by car from the US. Do I need to declare my bank balance, crypto and stocks at the border crossing since they exceed 10K CAD?

I am not carrying liquid cash of more than 10K CAD. But I have bank statements and a letter showing a USD $11K balance (CAD $14K) and another bank statement with a $5K USD balance. Do I need to disclose this?

I also have stocks and crypto in my name. Do I need to disclose this as well?

On the E677 form https://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/forms-formulaires/e677-eng.html it says this:

Monetary instruments” means securities and negotiable instruments in bearer form where ownership is conveyed by physical possession. It can include stocks, bonds, debentures, treasury bills, banker's drafts, cheques and money orders, other than warehouse receipts and bills of lading. It does not include securities or negotiable instruments that bear restrictive endorsements or a stamp for the purposes of clearing or are made payable to a named person and have not been endorsed.

Does this mean the crypto and stocks I own through Coinbase and ETrade websites which are essentially brokers should be declared? I don't have physical possession of these stocks and cryptos as it is not possible to be in physical possession of these financial instruments.

 

[apollonoob]

anyone is still waiting？it's so frustrating

anyone is still waiting？

 

[Sjunior01]

If your AoR is November, it is way too early. Wait until February. Due to COVID there are rampant delays.

As per IRCC's annual 2019 annual report it takes 8-9 months for an application to process.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/corporate/publications-manuals/annual-report-parliament-immigration-2019.html

How long did it take to process an Express Entry application?
Table 35 displays the time, in months, that IRCC took to process 80% of applications under each program. In 2019, IRCC did not meet the processing standard of finalizing 80% of all applications sourced via Express Entry within six months. The processing time for Express Entry, overall, was eight months. As an alternative measure of processing times, 60% of applications finalized in the 12-month period ending on December 31, 2019, were completed within the six-month service standard.

Table 35: Processing Times for Express Entry applications finalized by year and immigration category, in months

Program	2017	2018	2019
Canadian Experience Class	4	5	7
Federal Skilled Worker	4	6	9
Provincial/Territorial Nominee	6	6	9
Federal Skilled Trades	6	7	12
All Programs	5	5	8

Source: CIC_EDW (MBR) as of January 3, 2020
Data is operational and as such should be considered preliminary and subject to change.

• Processing times refer to the time in which 80% of applications were finalized by IRCC. The processing time is measured from the day a complete application is received until the time a final decision is made by an immigration officer.

When to order GCMS notes?

The GCMS refers to the programmed called Global Case Management System (GCMS) used by IRCC that holds the entire processing record of your application, including the the notes pertaining to eligibility by an officer evaluating your file.

All applications go through the following stages:

R10
Medicals
Criminality
Eligibility
Security

R10 or the completeness check is the first stage of the processing, wherein it is verified that your application is complete and all documents are submitted. Filing a complete application is the responsibility of the application, and if a document is missing, a reason and an exemption request should be filed.

If an application is incomplete, it will be rejected. R10 usually happens within 30-45 days of filing your application, around the time when medicals are passed. The exact date will be available in your GCMS notes.

There is no point requesting GCMS notes at this stage, since if your application is incomplete, it will be rejected anyway, and for the medicals, the MyCIC account does inform you of when your meds are passed.

GCMS notes become important only for the eligibility stage, which does not start until 3-4 months. Eligibility takes place in 2 stages. First a case assistant or an analyst will review and make a recommendation. This is then reviewed by an officer who makes the final decision on the eligibility. Since each document you submitted has to be reviewed twice, this is the most time consuming stage.

Only for this stage are the GCMS notes relevant.

While GCMS is a great tool, use it sparingly and only after 3-4 months have expired.

Hello

I would greatly appreciate it if you could assist me in understanding this situation better

My application has been transferred from the Centralized Intake Office (CIO) to the Case Processing Centre in Ottawa (CPC-Ottawa). On the very same day, CPC requested a Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF). Is it conceivable that my eligibility has been determined positively? Or is it possible that CPC-Ottawa reviewed my eligibility on the same day my file was transferred to them? Additionally, my background check status was marked as not applicable (N/A) since I received the Acknowledgment of Receipt (AOR) and then transitioned to 'We are processing your background check' after the request for the RPRF.