Post PPR/landing interview – What to do?
After you receive PPR, everything is almost done, however, notice that you are not considered as a PR until you do the landing. Sending photos, verifying them, landing, etc. are part of the process of PR. After you do the landing, you will finally be considered as PR. Steps after PPR: (If you received landing interview, you are lucky, you can jump to Step 3
1- You need to take 2 photo ids (if you are in North America, the cheapest place is Costco), write your name behind it and ask them to seal the photos and put the date behind it. There is also a form in the email for your address. Fill it, and send it alongside the passport and photos. If you are in Canada, use Canada post, and choose the option that allows you to track the parcel.
2- After CIC received your passport, it takes a couple of weeks for them to stamp your visa on the passport and send your COPR to you. In that time, you will see another update and your status will change to “Approved”. Please note that it takes a couple of days for them to send the documents back to you. So, don’t be worried if you saw your return tracker is not activated.
3- After receiving COPR, you need to do landing. If you are an outland, you will do the landing in the first time that you enter the Canada. There is an immigration custom in all international airports. Please note that you need to the landing in the first airport that you enter Canada (Toronto, Calgary, and Montreal). If you have connecting flights, you need to do the landing before your connecting flight. If you are an inland, you can do either inland landing or you can go to a border. If you want to do the inland landing, you need to raise a CSE and request for an appointment for inland landing. For those who choose to go the border, this link has a detailed experience from a person who did that
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/pr-applicants-from-iran.605489/page-118#post-8189212
If you received landing interview, you are lucky. You can simply prepare the documents in previous steps and go to your appointment.
4- So, congratulations! After landing, you are finally considerd PR of Canada and you can go ahead and withdraw BOWP if you have applied.
5- You don’t have to apply for PR card. They will apply for it and will send it to you. However, you can link the PR application to your account to monitor it. Sometimes, they don’t accept the photos, and linking the application to your account will help you find out about it faster. You can find instruction how to link your PR card application here:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/linking-pr-card-application-to-track-pr-card-after-landing-flagpole-landing-interview-is-complete.617040/
6- You can follow this thread to find out about the live processing time of PR card
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/track-your-pr-card-timeline-and-processing-times-here.394703/
7- Finally, you will receive your PR card and that is the last step of your application. Congratulations for PR and for your Patience. Good luck with other stages of your life