Recently landed, SIN renewal question

[ba2323]

I recently landed yesterday and got my PR. Can I go to service Canada to update my SIN right away, or I have to wait for my PR card to arrive?

 

[LuckyAL]

Your COPR should be good. You dont need to wait for PR Card.

 

[redgdon]

I recently landed yesterday and got my PR. Can I go to service Canada to update my SIN right away, or I have to wait for my PR card to arrive?

I landed on Wednesday of this week, and was told Service Canada needed your PR card

 

[LuckyAL]

I landed on Wednesday of this week, and was told Service Canada needed your PR card

I am surprised. That would mean a newcomer cant work in Canada until he gets his PR card. Maybe someone can shed more light on this.

 

[LuckyAL]

The Service Canada website shows COPR as an accepted document. Take a printout and show it to them.

 

[Charlie79]

I landed on Wednesday of this week, and was told Service Canada needed your PR card

Did you land at a border or you landed inland at CIC office? If the latter is the case, then it means that you were already in Canada and must hold a valid temporary SIN which should be good enough for you to work in canada till you get your PR card.

I landed in a CIC office on wednesday where a new format COPR was printed for me. My old COPR was shredded and I was told that CIC system going through some major upgrade and is currently not synching up with Service Canada system. Service canada will not get any update about my PR (COPR) till next one week. Since my existing Temporary/WP SIN with '9xxxxxx' is still valid. the officer advised me to wait until I get my PR card and then go for a permanent SIN update.

If you lanaded at a border, then you can go to any Service Canada with your COPR from border and get a new SIN.

Hope this helps.

 

[redgdon]

Did you land at a border or you landed inland at CIC office? If the latter is the case, then it means that you were already in Canada and must hold a valid temporary SIN which should be good enough for you to work in canada till you get your PR card.

I landed in a CIC office on wednesday where a new format COPR was printed for me. My old COPR was shredded and I was told that CIC system going through some major upgrade and is currently not synching up with Service Canada system. Service canada will not get any update about my PR (COPR) till next one week. Since my existing Temporary/WP SIN with '9xxxxxx' is still valid. the officer advised me to wait until I get my PR card and then go for a permanent SIN update.

If you lanaded at a border, then you can go to any Service Canada with your COPR from border and get a new SIN.

Hope this helps.

Inland, still plugging away with the old temporary one.

 

[stray cat]

And I renewed my SIN with my CoPR just this week. Landed at border, not inland.

No questions or problems

 

[ba2323]

Thanks for the reply guys. I did call service Canada and they told me COPR is good enough. I renewed my SIN the following day after landing.