TECC_Seneca said:
Asivad/Rajkamal
I have a question for a friend. She will be doing her landing from India here in August. Now she has her visa stamping on the old passport which expired. She already has her new passport issued and the COPR. Is this fine while she does the landing? or she needs to get a visa stamping on her new passport?
Appreciate your response.
Also any idea how long does it take for the PRTD to be processed in India particularly Bangalore?
Thank you once again
Hey! Replying to you, since no one else did.
First off - a COPR is only valid till either passport expiration date OR medical exams, whichever expires first. How does your friend have a valid COPR with a stamp on an expired passport?
Now, I am basing my answer on the assumption that your friend raised a CSE with the attachment of her new passport and has sent it to CIC already - which means it should reflect as part of her application. She needs three essential things for landing - her COPR, her passport (that she used to apply for the PR) with the visa stamp and her POF (along with other landing-related documents). So, I would recommend that she carry her old and her new passport. She cannot get her new passport stamped using the COPR, because the COPR will probably have the old passport number on it - unless CIC was already informed and her COPR mentions both old and new passport numbers.
A PRTD usually takes anywhere between 1 to 4 weeks, depending on the office. Probably, contact the Bangalore office for this info - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/missions/bangalore.asp
Further, if the PRTD is intended for your friend, I am not sure she is eligible because a COPR is only a "promise" of a PR. However, a person becomes an actual PR holder only "after" they complete their first landing using the COPR. This in only my understanding - Please check with others/Google to confirm.
Hope I helped