PNP - PR - April-May-June 2015 Applicants!

[PKG92]

Congratulation, we received my passport yesterday too!
We are planing to land today!

i have a question ..

when you cross the border how much time you have to spend in us to do your landing procedure

 

[mf4361]

i have a question ..

when you cross the border how much time you have to spend in us to do your landing procedure

Any time you want

You can tell the US border people that you want to return to Canada to landing (This is called flagpoling) or enter into US. Grab a lunch or sth, buy some cloths.

 

[MM3]

No, you cant only be there till they finish your documents u cannot stay there for long as the officer from canadian boarder services will question you why you took so long. And if u have friends coming with u have to make sure they have Pr card and passport with them because they will be question if they dont have it.

Any time you want

You can tell the US border people that you want to return to Canada to landing (This is called flagpoling) or enter into US. Grab a lunch or sth, buy some cloths.

 

[mdh]

Received passport yesterday with the visa at 1 pm. Went to Coutts Border ( Sweetgrass, Montana) yesterday at 10:22 PM from Edmonton. Did flagpole to Canadian Border and officially became Canadian permanent resident at 11:16 pm. It took 29 months (AINP and federal). Atlast came to an end. Very pleasant experience at the border. Both US and Canadian Border officers were super nice....

congratulations!!!!

can u share more in detail how all was.
I am planning to do same flagpole in Coutts when i get ppr...hopefully soon!

Did u just arrive there and tell the officer that u got permanent residence of canada and want to do flagpole or how you tell that to them?
what did they ask apart your documents tha confirm you were approved for permanent resident?
any work permit or anything else?

thank you for sharing and congrats again!!!

 

[AlbertaRocks]

congratulations!!!!

can u share more in detail how all was.
I am planning to do same flagpole in Coutts when i get ppr...hopefully soon!

Did u just arrive there and tell the officer that u got permanent residence of canada and want to do flagpole or how you tell that to them?
what did they ask apart your documents tha confirm you were approved for permanent resident?
any work permit or anything else?

thank you for sharing and congrats again!!!

Thank you. First went to US border (Coutts) at 10:22 pm. The officer asked my how many people are on board. I told the officer that we are a family of 4. We want to flagpole. And I handed him 3 passports (2 passports with PR visa, 1 Canadian passport) and 1 birth certificate(Alberta) and told officer that children are Canadian citizen by birth. The officer asked why you want to flagpole, is for your work permit or for permanent resident. I told him for our PR. Then he told us to park the car and come inside the office. Waited there for around 10 mins. Another officer came and handed us our passports and the refusal letter. Also advise us that in future if you apply for US visa, answer yes and write flagpole to the question "Have you ever refused to enter US?" There will be no negative impact on your future US visa application. Then he escorted us to the Canadian border. Both officers were super nice. At Canadian Border (10:47pm) the office asked how many people are on board. I told the officer that we are a family of 4 and just flagpoled from US to Confirm our PR. The officer asked why you went to south (Montana) and again I answered we just flagpoled to do the landing. Then I handed him 3 passports (2 passports with PR visa, 1 Canadian passport) and 1 birth certificate(Alberta). The officer asked why you came so late. I told him received the passports today at 1 pm and left from Edmonton at 3 pm. Then the officer laughed and said can't wait to become Canadian and I said yes cant wait. He told us to park and come inside. Went inside and handed the refusal letter, passports , COPR and previous study and work permits to another officer. The officer went through the COPR with us and get our initials. Waited there around 15 mins. The officer called us in the counter told us to sign the COPR and congratulate us to became Canadian immigrant. Also advise us that we will receive the PR cards within 90 days and told us to update (sin, health card, etc) with this COPR. Both Canadian officers were super nice. That's how the whole landing process went through.

 

[Whitelion08]

Hello,

I am Sept 2015 Inland applicant and I am planning to go to my home country in December. Can i submit the passport in my home country VFS office if I receive the passport request while I am in my home country?

Any feedback on this? I called IRCC and they said they do not have definite answer to this question.. Just wondering if any of you have came across a case similar to this..

Thanks!

 

[mdh]

Thank you. First went to US border (Coutts) at 10:22 pm. The officer asked my how many people are on board. I told the officer that we are a family of 4. We want to flagpole. And I handed him 3 passports (2 passports with PR visa, 1 Canadian passport) and 1 birth certificate(Alberta) and told officer that children are Canadian citizen by birth. The officer asked why you want to flagpole, is for your work permit or for permanent resident. I told him for our PR. Then he told us to park the car and come inside the office. Waited there for around 10 mins. Another officer came and handed us our passports and the refusal letter. Also advise us that in future if you apply for US visa, answer yes and write flagpole to the question "Have you ever refused to enter US?" There will be no negative impact on your future US visa application. Then he escorted us to the Canadian border. Both officers were super nice. At Canadian Border (10:47pm) the office asked how many people are on board. I told the officer that we are a family of 4 and just flagpoled from US to Confirm our PR. The officer asked why you went to south (Montana) and again I answered we just flagpoled to do the landing. Then I handed him 3 passports (2 passports with PR visa, 1 Canadian passport) and 1 birth certificate(Alberta). The officer asked why you came so late. I told him received the passports today at 1 pm and left from Edmonton at 3 pm. Then the officer laughed and said can't wait to become Canadian and I said yes cant wait. He told us to park and come inside. Went inside and handed the refusal letter, passports , COPR and previous study and work permits to another officer. The officer went through the COPR with us and get our initials. Waited there around 15 mins. The officer called us in the counter told us to sign the COPR and congratulate us to became Canadian immigrant. Also advise us that we will receive the PR cards within 90 days and told us to update (sin, health card, etc) with this COPR. Both Canadian officers were super nice. That's how the whole landing process went through.

Wow i appreciate very very much u share details of your experience.
This will help all the ones that r waiting to do landing.

Congrats again

 

[Xtro]

July 16th inland applicant: still waiting :-[ :-[ :-[

 

[rosvita]

Hello,

I am Sept 2015 Inland applicant and I am planning to go to my home country in December. Can i submit the passport in my home country VFS office if I receive the passport request while I am in my home country?

Any feedback on this? I called IRCC and they said they do not have definite answer to this question.. Just wondering if any of you have came across a case similar to this..

Thanks!

i do not think it is a good idea that send ppr request and passport to the visa office in your home country.

PNP required you stay in the province and work here. if you send it to the visa office in your home country, they might think you do not want to stay in the province...

 

[movincool]

Hello,

I am Sept 2015 Inland applicant and I am planning to go to my home country in December. Can i submit the passport in my home country VFS office if I receive the passport request while I am in my home country?

Any feedback on this? I called IRCC and they said they do not have definite answer to this question.. Just wondering if any of you have came across a case similar to this..

Thanks!

You will have to email CIC for a definite answer when you get your passport request. They will either provide you with an extension to submit passport when you get back or allow you to submit passport in your home country. You have to follow instructions given to you and can't just submit it anywhere.

 

[karan.m]

completed 16 months today...called up cic twice...the first agent said your file is complete and youn should expect final decision any time from now on. I called up second time but the agent was very rude this time and said your background check is complete and 16 months is only an estimate and not a sure time. she said you can call back in 2-3 months again.....SERIOUSLY!!!!!
THIS IS CRAZY
I even asked the agent if I can travel and is there any way to send the passport from my home country but she had no answer...

 

[Gloryintoronto]

Congratulations! And thanks for the detailed description of the flagpole process. Sorry to bombard you with questions but it seems everyone is driving to the border and doing the flagpole using their car to drive to and from the border. I wonder can one flagpole as a passenger travelling by bus or a taxi or on foot? Is it possible to walk from the border on foot and look for taxi or bus?

Thank you. First went to US border (Coutts) at 10:22 pm. The officer asked my how many people are on board. I told the officer that we are a family of 4. We want to flagpole. And I handed him 3 passports (2 passports with PR visa, 1 Canadian passport) and 1 birth certificate(Alberta) and told officer that children are Canadian citizen by birth. The officer asked why you want to flagpole, is for your work permit or for permanent resident. I told him for our PR. Then he told us to park the car and come inside the office. Waited there for around 10 mins. Another officer came and handed us our passports and the refusal letter. Also advise us that in future if you apply for US visa, answer yes and write flagpole to the question "Have you ever refused to enter US?" There will be no negative impact on your future US visa application. Then he escorted us to the Canadian border. Both officers were super nice. At Canadian Border (10:47pm) the office asked how many people are on board. I told the officer that we are a family of 4 and just flagpoled from US to Confirm our PR. The officer asked why you went to south (Montana) and again I answered we just flagpoled to do the landing. Then I handed him 3 passports (2 passports with PR visa, 1 Canadian passport) and 1 birth certificate(Alberta). The officer asked why you came so late. I told him received the passports today at 1 pm and left from Edmonton at 3 pm. Then the officer laughed and said can't wait to become Canadian and I said yes cant wait. He told us to park and come inside. Went inside and handed the refusal letter, passports , COPR and previous study and work permits to another officer. The officer went through the COPR with us and get our initials. Waited there around 15 mins. The officer called us in the counter told us to sign the COPR and congratulate us to became Canadian immigrant. Also advise us that we will receive the PR cards within 90 days and told us to update (sin, health card, etc) with this COPR. Both Canadian officers were super nice. That's how the whole landing process went through.

 

[benc123]

Anyone waiting for PPR, I finally got mine on the 18th November 2016.

They received my application June 19th and had my medical done by May25th. I did have to redo one form due to mistyping a date, which put me behing about a month) Hopefully that should give you some idea of a timeline. Fingers crossed for you all, it was a big relief to finally get word from them.

I sent them a quick message in the Case Specific Enquiry Form and after 8 days I received PPR and no response to that message, so not too sure if that had anything to do with it, but may be worth a try if you've been over 16 months since applying.

Best of luck, will try to update once confirmation arrives. Anyone know how long it takes from sending photocopy of passport to receiving confirmation?

 

[rorydent]

Anyone waiting for PPR, I finally got mine on the 18th November 2016.

They received my application June 19th and had my medical done by May25th. I did have to redo one form due to mistyping a date, which put me behing about a month) Hopefully that should give you some idea of a timeline. Fingers crossed for you all, it was a big relief to finally get word from them.

I sent them a quick message in the Case Specific Enquiry Form and after 8 days I received PPR and no response to that message, so not too sure if that had anything to do with it, but may be worth a try if you've been over 16 months since applying.

Best of luck, will try to update once confirmation arrives. Anyone know how long it takes from sending photocopy of passport to receiving confirmation?

Nice one! What kind of message did you send to them? I may do the same. I have tried all sorts of avenues to speed it up.

 

[87arq]

Hi guys.

I would like to ask those of you who got PR many weeks ago, how long did it take you to get your PR cards??

I have finally bought my tickets to travel for vacation and I am leaving on December 25th. I really hope I get my pr cards before that day.... if they follow processing times I should get it by December 12th....so I have 10 days gap just in case....