PR card renewal status: "Your Permanent Resident card was sent by mail", but my home address is abroad?

[barabashka]

Dear All
Perhaps someone knows the answer. I have submitted my PR card renewal application in August while being in Canada, and have indicated in the application the address where I resided at the time of the application submission.
I then moved back abroad a few weeks later, and updated my address through webform, and my home/mailing address has been updated to my current address abroad in the system (I have checked...).
I have then checked my application status today and it says "Complete" and when I click on it it says "Your Permanent Resident card was sent by mail on...".
Since the current address in the system is my address abroad - does it mean they sent it to my foreign address? I thought they do not do this and expected to be asked to pick up the card in person in the local office...
Is it possible they sent it to the address where I resided at the time of the submission of the application? I do not live there anymore...
Is there a way to know to what address the PR card has been sent?

p.s. I meet PR residents obligations as I accompany my Canadian Citizen spouse abroad

Many thanks!

 

[scylla]

Dear All
Perhaps someone knows the answer. I have submitted my PR card renewal application in August while being in Canada, and have indicated in the application the address where I resided at the time of the application submission.
I then moved back abroad a few weeks later, and updated my address through webform, and my home/mailing address has been updated to my current address abroad in the system (I have checked...).
I have then checked my application status today and it says "Complete" and when I click on it it says "Your Permanent Resident card was sent by mail on...".
Since the current address in the system is my address abroad - does it mean they sent it to my foreign address? I thought they do not do this and expected to be asked to pick up the card in person in the local office...
Is it possible they sent it to the address where I resided at the time of the submission of the application? I do not live there anymore...
Is there a way to know to what address the PR card has been sent?

p.s. I meet PR residents obligations as I accompany my Canadian Citizen spouse abroad

Many thanks!

IRCC will not send a PR card outside of Canada. It would have been sent to a Canadian address. If the card was already sent, it would have sent your PR card to the Canadian address you used when you applied. It's 100% safe to assume IRCC has not sent it to your address outside of Canada.

 

[barabashka]

IRCC will not send a PR card outside of Canada. It would have been sent to a Canadian address. If the card was already sent, it would have sent your PR card to the Canadian address you used when you applied. It's 100% safe to assume IRCC has not sent it to your address outside of Canada.

Thanks scylla!
I guess I have to ask my friends to chase up the card with people who currently live at that address...
I am puzzled why I was not asked to come to pick it up in person...that is what I have expected...
Cheers
barabashka

 

[scylla]

Thanks scylla!
I guess I have to ask my friends to chase up the card with people who currently live at that address...
I am puzzled why I was not asked to come to pick it up in person...that is what I have expected...
Cheers
barabashka

Yeah - I can't answer that. Sounds like they messed up. But they definitely won't send to a foreign address.

 

[barabashka]

Yeah - I can't answer that. Sounds like they messed up. But they definitely won't send to a foreign address.

Thanks!
Based on ECAS it was sent on Dec 29th...
From PR card processing centre, to Vancouver, BC - approximately when to expect the card to arrive?
Cheers
barabashka

 

[scylla]

Thanks!
Based on ECAS it was sent on Dec 29th...
From PR card processing centre, to Vancouver, BC - approximately when to expect the card to arrive?
Cheers
barabashka

Generally 2-3 weeks but maybe slower due to the holidays.

 

[barabashka]

Generally 2-3 weeks but maybe slower due to the holidays.

Thanks, scylla.

 

[steaky]

Thanks, scylla.

The cold weather might also slow things.

 

[barabashka]

The cold weather might also slow things.

Thanks, steaky and scylla.

I do not want to start the "chasing up" process too early, but also probably best not to postpone it too much as new tenants might just throw it away...
Perhaps contacting the landlord would be the best thing to do...
I made such an effort to avoid this situation, and yet finding myself not knowing where the card is.

Do you think submitting a webform asking where the card was sent to is something worth pursuing? I cannot call IRCC I believe as I am abroad at the moment.

Cheers
barabashka

 

[barabashka]

Generally 2-3 weeks but maybe slower due to the holidays.

Dear All
It has been 3 weeks now since the card was mailed, and it is not yet at my old address (Vancouver, BC).
Are there known current delays with Canada Post letter mails to BC?
I am starting to worry - hopefully needlessly...
Thanks!
barabashka