Hello all,
I would like to share my landing experience here! I did my landing in Montreal IRCC office. It took less than 20 min, and it doesn't need to make an appointment in advance! Actually, I first called CIC to make an appointment, but the agent told me that the Montreal's office does not require appointments any more! After I did landing, I went for the SIN number and healthcare card! It took me two hours in total! For the landing part, just keep in mind that they need two passport size photos ( if you do the landing at the border, they don't need photo), so it is not a bad idea that when you received the golden email, take 4 photos; two for CoPR and two for landing! For the healthcare card, they need proof of address and they take photo themselves for 10.35 CAD.
My timeline:
Package received March 22nd, 2017,
File Number: May 15th 2017
Start processing according to ECAS: May 15th 2017
Medical request: Dec 18th, 2017
Medical done: Jan 10th 2018,
Pre-arriaval letter: Feb 24th, 2018
Approval email: July 4th, 2018