September 2014 OUTLAND Applications

[Raze]

Hi Siniors

I want to thank you all from the bottom of heart, i also want to thank Nisha who introduced me to this forum. I would have been lost with out this forum. Please Siniors update status on the spreedsheet. My out land application was submitted 26/09/2014. Medical and the criminal checks was upfront. February 5 the CIC requested RPRF funds on the 14 /02 when I log on the CIC website it says DM. A week later I received my CORPS from LONDON LV office. What made my case strange is we never received sponsor approval, it's seems that their processing both applications simultaneously. I will be landing in YYZ soon. Thank you all

 

[kettle]

I'm going to keep this short and post a more detailed update later.

Just wanted to let people know that I successfully landed by driving to the Carway border (Alberta/Montana) just this past Tuesday. It was drama filled, my husband I were made to feel like we were the reason the terrorists would win, and it was kind of awful. Basically it was, "We don't care what your paperwork says, or what your lawyer says, or what other people say. If you drive to the border to land, you're taking up valuable resources and preventing us from doing our jobs. You need to make an appointment through the CIC help desk and land at an office in Calgary." I'm paraphrasing, but not exaggerating. I'll post the particulars of that craziness later on. Still, so happy to be landed. Got my SIN on Wednesday and have been frantically applying for jobs every since.

Ridiculous.

We were going to land at Carway, but opted for Sweetgrass/Coutts and had zero issues. They were very polite and friendly and congratulated us. It was a Sunday evening.

Congrats all the same!

 

[Evadyrrehs]

I wanted to share this as after reading the threads about some peoples experiences landing we felt very worried and anxious about it, and carried that feeling all the way to the border. Here's our experience:


So after a 530km/329m round road trip to the Saint Stephen NB/Calais Maine border today, we have now landed! 8) It was a beautiful warm and sunny day for the drive and very uneventful at the crossing..

1) We had just one car in front of us in the only lane open for the USA out of eight or so, and we only had to wait about 3 mins for our turn.. The US border agent was friendly and I told him my wife is here to flagpole. He took both our passports and did his scanning and then handed them back, and then pointed us to the road to turn back and go through to the Canada border a few hundred feet away.. I asked if he was supposed to give us some sort of paper or stamp and he said no, but if we have problems just tell the CBSA to give him a call.

2) We headed back the few hundred feet to the Canada Border and only had one car in front of us again in the only lane open.. We told the Canada agent we were just through here to flagpole for my wife's PR, and he gave us a yellow paper that he wrote "Flagpole" on lol.. And then told us to go park in lane 1 and go on in to process the COPR.

3) We went inside the Canada Border building, and two agents waved us over to them and they were really friendly, and asked how they could help us. My wife told the one agent that we were here with her COPR and he asked what is a COPR?, and the other agent laughed and said it's their Confirmation OF Permanent Residence. It was funny cause the guy was like man I have so many abbreviations to learn, and they both were chuckling back and forth.. We had our goods to follow done and the guy was impressed because he said most don't have it all ready beforehand. Then they just told us to have a seat and then a few minutes later they asked my wife a few questions, stamped and finalized everything, said welcome to Canada and that the PR card will take about 67 days to arrive etc.. They also gave her a sheet that tells her about how to get her SIN card, Health card etc. That was it! Took all of under 15 mins or so..

4) We thanked the Border Agents and left with big happy smiles! Then we hugged and kissed right there just outside the doors and then headed on the journey back home

Thanks to everyone in this thread and elsewhere on the Forum for all your help and guidance! There is no way we could have done this without all of you awesome people! 8)

We are very very thankful!

Dave and Sherry

 

[lleahdoll]

So after a 530km/329m round road trip to the Saint Stephen NB/Calais Maine border today, we have now landed! 8) It was a beautiful warm and sunny day for the drive and very uneventful at the crossing..

1) We had just one car in front of us in the only lane open for the USA out of eight or so, and we waited for only about 3 mins for our turn.. The US border agent was friendly and I told him my wife is here to flagpole. He took both our passports and did his scanning and then handed them back, and pointed us to the road to turn back and go through the Canada border a few hundred feet away.. I asked if he was supposed to give us some sort of paper or stamp and he said no, and if we have problems just tell the CBSA to give him a call.

2) We headed back the few hundred feet to the Canada Border and only had one car in front of us again in the only lane open.. We told the Canada agent we were just through here to flagpole for my wife's PR, and he gave us a yellow paper that he wrote "Flagpole" on lol.. And then told us to go park in lane 1 and go on in to process the COPR.

3) We went inside the Canada Border building, and two agents waved us over to them and they were really friendly, and asked how they could help us. My wife told the one agent that we were here with her COPR and he asked what is a COPR?, and the other agent laughed and said it's their Confirmation OF Permanent Residence. It was funny cause the guy was like man I have so many abbreviations to learn, and they both were chuckling back and forth.. We had our goods to follow done and the guy was impressed because he said most don't have it all ready beforehand. Then they just told us to have a seat and then a few minutes later they asked my wife a few questions, stamped and finalized everything, said welcome to Canada and that the PR card will take about 67 days to arrive etc.. They also gave her a sheet that tells her about how to get her SIN card, Health card etc. That was it! Took all of under 15 mins or so..

4) We left with big happy smiles, hugged and kissed right there just outside the doors, and then headed on the journey back home

Thanks to everyone in this thread and elsewhere on the Forum for all your help and guidance! There is no way we could have done this without all of you awesome people! 8)

We are very very thankful!

Dave and Sherry

Congrats!! sounds like an enjoyable landing experience!!

 

[Mariac819]

So after a 530km/329m round road trip to the Saint Stephen NB/Calais Maine border today, we have now landed! 8) It was a beautiful warm and sunny day for the drive and very uneventful at the crossing..

1) We had just one car in front of us in the only lane open for the USA out of eight or so, and we waited for only about 3 mins for our turn.. The US border agent was friendly and I told him my wife is here to flagpole. He took both our passports and did his scanning and then handed them back, and pointed us to the road to turn back and go through the Canada border a few hundred feet away.. I asked if he was supposed to give us some sort of paper or stamp and he said no, and if we have problems just tell the CBSA to give him a call.

2) We headed back the few hundred feet to the Canada Border and only had one car in front of us again in the only lane open.. We told the Canada agent we were just through here to flagpole for my wife's PR, and he gave us a yellow paper that he wrote "Flagpole" on lol.. And then told us to go park in lane 1 and go on in to process the COPR.

3) We went inside the Canada Border building, and two agents waved us over to them and they were really friendly, and asked how they could help us. My wife told the one agent that we were here with her COPR and he asked what is a COPR?, and the other agent laughed and said it's their Confirmation OF Permanent Residence. It was funny cause the guy was like man I have so many abbreviations to learn, and they both were chuckling back and forth.. We had our goods to follow done and the guy was impressed because he said most don't have it all ready beforehand. Then they just told us to have a seat and then a few minutes later they asked my wife a few questions, stamped and finalized everything, said welcome to Canada and that the PR card will take about 67 days to arrive etc.. They also gave her a sheet that tells her about how to get her SIN card, Health card etc. That was it! Took all of under 15 mins or so..

4) We left with big happy smiles, hugged and kissed right there just outside the doors, and then headed on the journey back home

Thanks to everyone in this thread and elsewhere on the Forum for all your help and guidance! There is no way we could have done this without all of you awesome people! 8)

We are very very thankful!

Dave and Sherry

Awww.. This just made me tear up!.. I can't wait!.. congrats.. very happy for you!

 

[Evadyrrehs]

Thank you ladies! 8) I wanted to post about it as reading some of the negative landing stories can add a lot of unnecessary anxiety in many cases..

Tuesday and time for some ECAS updates! Lets get things happening Ottawa and other VO's that still have people waiting!

 

[Mulez]

Congratulations Dave and Sherry!! Awesome!

 

[michminn]

I just received DM in ecas this morning. The last line says:

4. A decision has been made on Michelle xxxxxx's application. The office will contact Michelle concerning this decision.

Has anyone else received this message as a GOOD sing? I thought it would say "Approved/Denied" in ecas? If so, and is approved; how long before you get something in the mail, and I was never asked for my visa? I am American, just worried.

 

[figtoria]

Congratulations!!! It's absolutely a good sign!! DM with no other requests for paperwork, etc 99.9% of the time means APPROVED.

 

[michminn]

Congratulations!!! It's absolutely a good sign!! DM with no other requests for paperwork, etc 99.9% of the time means APPROVED.

Thank you, a passport was not requested from me so I became nervous!

 

[Mulez]

I just received DM in ecas this morning. The last line says:

4. A decision has been made on Michelle xxxxxx's application. The office will contact XXXXXXX XXXX concerning this decision.

Has anyone else received this message as a GOOD sing? I thought it would say "Approved/Denied" in ecas? If so, and is approved; how long before you get something in the mail, and I was never asked for my visa? I am American, just worried.

It's definitely a good sign! congratulations!

 

[Evadyrrehs]

I will echo what others have said, it's absolutely a good thing! Time to do a happy dance michminn! 8) They won't ask for your passport as you're visa exempt and it will be stamped by the border agent when you land.. You can look forward to seeing your COPR in the mail soon.. Our's was in the mailbox 8 days after DM.. Congrats!

 

[Acecube]

I just received DM in ecas this morning. The last line says:

4. A decision has been made on Michelle xxxxxx's application. The office will contact Michelle Rae Robinson concerning this decision.

Has anyone else received this message as a GOOD sing? I thought it would say "Approved/Denied" in ecas? If so, and is approved; how long before you get something in the mail, and I was never asked for my visa? I am American, just worried.

Congratulations Michelle .

Your name still appears on the second sentence. I guess you would want to hide it.

 

[Mulez]

I just received DM in ecas this morning. The last line says:

4. A decision has been made on Michelle xxxxxx's application. The office will contact XXXXX XXXXXXX concerning this decision.

Has anyone else received this message as a GOOD sing? I thought it would say "Approved/Denied" in ecas? If so, and is approved; how long before you get something in the mail, and I was never asked for my visa? I am American, just worried.

It gives me a bit hope that you've received DM so soon after you send in that Original Police report!
I hope you receive your COPR very soon.

 

[michminn]

I will echo what figtoria said, it's absolutely a good thing! Time to do a happy dance michminn! 8) They won't ask for your passport as you're visa exempt and it will be stamped by the border agent when you land.. Look forward to seeing your COPR in the mail soon.. Our's was in the mail 8 days after DM.. Congrats!

OMG! YAY, finally. tytytyty