In late June, it was about 10-14 days on average for inland applicants. (I'm outland, so mine is an exceptional case.)sachinsoman1988 said:
Your PPR Mail says if you are exempted from a visa then just copies of your passport are needed.AmericanMovingToCanada said:Still haven't sent mine - because I'm still not 100% positive I need to send my physical passport or just a copy of it as I'm an American citizen and don't need a Visa OR an ETA to travel to Canada. People on here have told me just a copy...I'm just really nervous because I don't want to screw it up. Couldn't get through on the phone today to CIC either
You've already been told here you're visa exempt and that you should only send photocopies. You can look for other American citizens on this forum and many other visa-exempt people have done this and gotten their COPR. Besides, you won't get rejected for doing the wrong thing at this point. Relax.AmericanMovingToCanada said:Still haven't sent mine - because I'm still not 100% positive I need to send my physical passport or just a copy of it as I'm an American citizen and don't need a Visa OR an ETA to travel to Canada. People on here have told me just a copy...I'm just really nervous because I don't want to screw it up. Couldn't get through on the phone today to CIC either
Haha! I'm just a worrier. But I did send up my photocopies today via Fedex! Due in Ontario Monday morning.bellaluna said:You've already been told here you're visa exempt and that you should only send photocopies. You can look for other American citizens on this forum and many other visa-exempt people have done this and gotten their COPR. Besides, you won't get rejected for doing the wrong thing at this point. Relax.
Back to the waiting game! 
IRCC doesn't have as many agents as applicants to update everything instantly. You are mailing a government agency, they don't jump out of excitement on every "you've got mail" notice. The passports are probably sitting on a pile waiting to be processed in batches.rohan.mukherjee2011 said:Hi All,
I had sent my passport on 12th July and it was delivered on 13th July to Ottawa office. I had requested for a signature on delivery but when I checked the tracker on 13th July there were no signatures even if it said that it was delivered.
I called CIC on 15th July to confirm if they have received my passport and the lady who was very helpful told me that there was no note on my application saying that they received it. This totally freaked me out and I rechecked the tracker and saw someone called J Thomas had signed and received it. I further asked the Lady that does it take time for CIC to update the note on the file confirming that they have received the passport to which she replied that it is generally immediate as it is a very important document.
I am now so scared as I am not sure why the Passport Received note was not added to my application even after 2 days since delivery.
