Should I rebook my ticket? (just received PPR, what happens now?)

[Silmarien]

Hello everyone,

this place has been amazing for support, I hope it's okay if I ask another question.

Since both my husband and I expected the whole process to take much longer, I was supposed to visit him. I booked a ticket a while ago, for the 9th of June.
Surprisingly enough, when I opened my e-mail today (May 16th) I found a PPR request, which I mailed right away, it will reach the Embassy tomorrow (May 17th).

I do not need a visa to enter Canada, I was only required to send a photocopy of my passport and the photographs. I am unsure if Embassy is to issue me a special document that I will need to pick up from there before I leave for Canada?

Should I rebook my ticket to a later date or is there a possibility everything will be concluded before my scheduled flight?

I do not know how the process looks like after one receives a PPR, so I would love to hear from someone who already did it.

 

[Kayaker]

They will send you a document called COPR (Confirmation Of Permanent Residency) which you use to "land" in Canada as a Permanent Resident. I might have heard somewhere (on the forum here) long ago about someone who showed up at Toronto Pearson airport without the COPR, but CBSA was able to see in the system that she has been granted PR and was able to process her landing. However, that might have been a lucky case; I wouldn't be at all surprised if you were not allowed to "land" without your COPR.

If you tell us which VO is handling your case, others might be able to say from experience how long it took them to received their COPR.

Since you are visa exempt and you have your passport, there is also this possibility - if you do not get your COPR by June 9, fly to Canada, enter as a "visitor", and when the COPR arrives in your home country, ask someone to send it to you in Canada. Then you can drive to the closest US border and re-enter Canada and show your COPR and make your landing.

Of course, you could fly to Canada on June 9 as planned, return to your home country, and fly there again later. The COPR usually has an expiry date - 1 year from the date of your medicals. You need to land before that date without exception. (Once the COPR is issued with an expiry date, it is difficult to get that changed, unless there are special circumstances, such as the COPR being already expired when you receive it.)