PASSPORTS / COPIES TO CPC-OTTAWA IN DECEMBER 2015 - LETS CONNECT!!

[dukhi]

17th december, ottawa office received them

 

[jamason]

Hi Jamason,

You can enter Canada by road in private vehicle with COPR. If you are traveling by air you must have PR card if you are not from visa exempt country. You can apply for or travel document. The link is given below.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/travel-document/

Correct me if I am wrong.

Thank you

Thank you Snail and Alpha4906

 

[ntwkengg]

Here's my Flag-polling experience -

We started at 11.00 am from Toronto with Rainbow bridge, Niagara as the destination in my GPS.
Reached the US booth @ 12.20 pm. handed over our two passports to the US official told them we need to enter Canada as Permanent Residents (We have US visas but we told them that we were not entering the USA). He was very co-operative and asked us what was our current status in Canada, and later explained the whole Flag-polling process to us! Then he paged a another officer and she escorted our car to the parking area right besides the booth and asked us to wait inside the car while she got our 'Refuse Entry' form. We waited for about 5 minutes inside the car and the officer got us our 'Refuse entry' and showed us the way towards Canada. On our way back we came across a Toll plaza on the US side and paid CAD 4.50 (USD 3.25) - GUYS - PLEASE KEEP SUFFICIENT CHANGE - debit card machine doesn't work there!!!
Then we drove across the Rainbow Bridge back to the Canadian side, where we were greeted by a CBS officer and she asked for our passports, and we told her that we need to Flagpole. She asked us questions like are you carrying cash CAD 10,000 or more? Any goods purchased from USA / duty free? Any items from back home that need to be brought over to Canada? Any plants/ animal products? Any weapons on your car today? My answer was NO to all questions. She gave us a yellow entry form and asked us to park besides the Canadian Border Services building right next to the booth and then go inside.

When we entered the building an officer took our passports and COPRs and the yellow form and asked us to wait for our turn in the waiting area, where a handful of other people were waiting too.
We were called in about 45 minutes later and the officer asked us for the following documents -

1. (She already had my passports and COPRs)
2. The Refuse Entry form from USA
3. Proof of funds (As I was FSW) - (I had obtained bank statements a day before)
4. Proof of Employment - (I had company employment letter from April 2015- It was old - though she accepted them!! + I took a couple of latest pay stubs which was helpful!!)

Then she asked us to wait for some more time and called us back in 15 minutes and asked us:

1. Have you been convicted ever?
2. Are you bringing in any more goods from your home country?
3. Do you have any other dependants that are not accompanying you today?

Answer to all questions was NO.

Then she made us sign both copies of COPR and handed us one copy and all our supporting documents back. She asked us for all the previous work / study permits - we had them so we handed them over to her - and she said she would shred them all as we don't need them any more, because .....

CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE NOW CANADIAN PERMANENT RESIDENTS !!!

And that was it.. Then we left the building ... took a nice selfie with the Rainbow Bridge in the backdrop, had a nice lunch in Boston Pizza and then drove back to Toronto to live happily ever after as Canadians!!!! ;D

Hope this helps my friends who would be flag polling pretty soon too!!

Wish you all good luck! Happy Holidays!! Long live Canada!!!


P.S. make sure you check the address on the COPR copy they give you before you leave, as that is the address the PR card would be shipped to!

thank you ravi for sharing your wonderful experience. good luck for your life and keep us posted for your pr card.

this words will help me as i am planning to do same at rainbow bridge once i get my passport and copr from ottawa. thank you again. and best wishes to your family.

 

[alex.121]

Thank you dukhi! All the best

 

[jamason]

I am planning to do flagpoling at Rainbow Bridge after receiving CoPR. Any idea is it possible to go during evening or night?

Anyone planning to do at Rainbow Bridge?

 

[ultra99]

I am planning to do flagpoling at Rainbow Bridge after receiling CoPR. Any idea is it possible to go during evening or night?

Anyone planning to do at Rainbow Bridge?

me, seems reasonable.

 

[dukhi]

Best time would be on weekdays i guess with less traffic

 

[ultra99]

Best time would be on weekdays i guess with less traffic

who travels on weekends in winter??

 

[jamason]

I am planning to go next day after I receive CoPR. I have no issue whether it is a week day or weekend.

 

[adi1989]

Any news on passports guys

Please share your timeline

 

[aaruhani]

I need help with the following:

1) What should I use for return envelope? Which carrier? I went to USPS but they said they cannot give the return envelope as its coming from CANADA.
2) Can I use fedex or UPS or anything else to send my passport to OTTAWA from USA?

Please help me out.

Below is my timeline:

COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE: USA

JUL 20 ITA FSW-Outland (454 pts)
JUL 28 AOR
AUG 10 Med Passed
AUG 24 Schedule-A Requested
AUG 26 Schedule-A Submitted
DEC 30 Passport Request Email - PPR

 

[MettyMyde]

I am planning to do flagpoling at Rainbow Bridge after receiving CoPR. Any idea is it possible to go during evening or night?

Anyone planning to do at Rainbow Bridge?

Hi Jamason

Happy New Year. I'm also planning to do mine at Rainbow Bridge on the same day I receive CoPR if possible. I got the PPR on Dec 30 and sent the docs via Canada Post on the same day. Fingers crossed.

I made the mistake of not copying the return tracking number before sealing the envelope so I'm gonna be relying on ppl with similar timelines to mine (Ntwkeng and others) to see when the return tracker gets activated.

 

[jamason]

Hi Jamason

Happy New Year. I'm also planning to do mine at Rainbow Bridge on the same day I receive CoPR if possible. I got the PPR on Dec 30 and sent the docs via Canada Post on the same day. Fingers crossed.

I made the mistake of not copying the return tracking number before sealing the envelope so I'm gonna be relying on ppl with similar timelines to mine (Ntwkeng and others) to see when the return tracker gets activated.

Good to know MettyMyde. Mine reached like 30th Dec. I will keep informed you and everyone when I receive mine. Did you got to know whether the package reached Ottawa? You can try calling CIC to get the return tracking number.

 

[dukhi]

I agree. My PP was supposed to arrive yesterday (Dec 31) but the tracking shows still in transit. I now expect it won't arrive until Monday Jan 4.

any updates?

 

[ntwkengg]

Hi Jamason

Happy New Year. I'm also planning to do mine at Rainbow Bridge on the same day I receive CoPR if possible. I got the PPR on Dec 30 and sent the docs via Canada Post on the same day. Fingers crossed.

I made the mistake of not copying the return tracking number before sealing the envelope so I'm gonna be relying on ppl with similar timelines to mine (Ntwkeng and others) to see when the return tracker gets activated.

hi mettymyde,

i have same problem. lady at canadapost didn't gave me tracking number for my return prepaid envelope. i told her to let me write it but she was in a hurry and gave me excuses.

so now i have to rely on jamason and other who dropped their passport on dec 30th around.

my passport reached next day to ottawa. so now i will keep an eye on my cic as before they will send my passport back they will change my EE application to approved and closed as per other threads.
so this is another way to look out.

i am planning to visit rainbow bridge for flagpolling anyone planning same? lets go in a group