PPR phase for visa-exempt countries = any difference?

[dhvs]

Hey folks!
I'm about to get my PPR in the next few days. I live in Brazil, a country that has recently been categorized as visa-exempt for tourism (as long as the person traveling has a US visa or already held a Canadian one).

I've seen people from visa-exempt countries getting PPR and, on the request email they received, it is asked a passport or a copy (the latter possibly due to the country being visa-exempt). Since Brazil now falls into this case, I wonder:

How is the post-PPR phase if I provide a copy of my passport, and not the passport itself?
1) Is it faster?
2) Should I wait some document back from the Visa Office (as it used to work with the passport, that came with the stamp), or they provide the COPR as an eletronic document?

I ask that because I have a tourism trip to US early June and I wanted to go directly from there to Canada, but the timing of the process to get the COPR concerns me.
Thanks!

 

[dhvs]

Anyone?

 

[mgnlky]

It's not necessarily faster. You will send them a copy of the Biometrics page of your passport rather than the hard copy. In return they send you a hard copy of the CoPR paperwork.

 

[dhvs]

It's not necessarily faster. You will send them a copy of the Biometrics page of your passport rather than the hard copy. In return they send you a hard copy of the CoPR paperwork.

Thanks for the reply!

One more question: if the COPR (hard copy) arrives at my Brazilian address and I am in the US... do you know if I can use a scanned version of it to do the landing in Canada? This way, I wouldn't need a flight back to Brazil to get the paper.

 

[mgnlky]

Thanks for the reply!

One more question: if the COPR (hard copy) arrives at my Brazilian address and I am in the US... do you know if I can use a scanned version of it to do the landing in Canada? This way, I wouldn't need a flight back to Brazil to get the paper.

I'm pretty sure you need the hard copy. But you should send a self-addressed return envelope when you send your passport info. They will return the CoPR documents to you in them-- to the address you provide.

 

[devnill]

You need a hard copy of COPR, there's 2 pages and one of them has one of the photos attached to it.

Assuming your visa office is in Brazil, I'm not sure if they will post it to the US.

 

[CaptainJG]

Hi all, I am from a visa exempt country Ireland. Received my PPR last Friday. Per instructions, I just have to submit a copy of my passport photo page. Not the passport itself. I can send this by mail (along with my two requested photos) or I can submit via the web portal (MyCIC). It does not, however, provide a link to how to upload on the website. Opinions welcome but if anyone has gone through this experience I'd definitely like to hear what you did.
Thanks.