Thread For applications Through SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) Office

[c12345]

wish I had known that I could email the passport copies instead of couriering it...oh well!
what happens when we get the COPR? My husband is here (in Mississauga) on a visitor visa with me. I guess we will have to cross at Buffalo to officially "land"??

 

[Sweden]

wish I had known that I could email the passport copies instead of couriering it...oh well!
what happens when we get the COPR? My husband is here (in Mississauga) on a visitor visa with me. I guess we will have to cross at Buffalo to officially "land"??

yep - you go to the border, with passport + COPR + your address, and that's it. You exit Canada, and re-enter, and ask to land as a PR. It takes 10 min to check papers, make it sign, and that's it!
the PR card is mailed later on to the address you provide at the border.
Sweden

 

[matthew_fitzy]

Actually it was weird, we checked ecas at 430pm and it still said application received. but then 2 hours later I got an email requesting the passport copies. Ecas never changed to in process at all

I keep checking ecas thinking it will change soon, but now a fair few of us are getting PPR and the status is remaining at received! Congrats to you on PPR, I am next on the sheet so fingers crossed lol. Also crossed for the people above me!

 

[figgy]

my fiance's PR card came in the mail yesterday process completed! best of luck to everyone else for a smooth process

 

[Dawn5095]

Hi Guys, this is my first post here.
I applied at Feb 22, 2013 for Sponsorship to Mississauga, my wife lives in Sydney.......................

Dawn

 

[Robhi]

my fiance's PR card came in the mail yesterday process completed! best of luck to everyone else for a smooth process

Congrats figgy! Looking at your timeline (July 2012 to Feb 2013 = 7 months) gives me hope that August / September applicants like myself will be getting our PR's soon (hopefully!).

 

[rachiy]

my fiance's PR card came in the mail yesterday process completed! best of luck to everyone else for a smooth process

That was fast for the PR card! Some others in the PR Card tracking thread have waited for 3 months and still not received it.
I landed a couple of weeks after you, so hopefully I will get the card in the mail soon. Not that it really matters I guess, but it would be good to get it and close the door on the whole process.

Next stop - Citizenship.

 

[yannie]

Hi Marco,
I know!The expense of sending just the pics and don't even know why they needed new ones.(Actually emailed them asking whether I can scan the photos as well which of course could'nt.(They actually replied lol ) Another thing, just found my e-cas changed from app.received to in process when I checked last friday. It states they began processing my file on Feb.1st , I got PPR on Feb. 5th.

Hi Freezing_aussie-thanks! I just entered my dates on the spreadsheet.

Hope more wil be getting good news soon!

 

[marcopolocan]

HI Yannie.

LOL. I had to giggle with the scanned photos comment as well. UPS sent us an email indicating the package was delivered already. I think the letter said 5-10 working days to process. So its just a waiting game now.

Good luck

 

[Robhi]

Hi Marco,
I know!The expense of sending just the pics and don't even know why they needed new ones.(Actually emailed them asking whether I can scan the photos as well which of course could'nt.(They actually replied lol ) Another thing, just found my e-cas changed from app.received to in process when I checked last friday. It states they began processing my file on Feb.1st , I got PPR on Feb. 5th.

Hi Freezing_aussie-thanks! I just entered my dates on the spreadsheet.

Hope more wil be getting good news soon!

Hi Yannie -- glad you got your PR, and glad to see they are actually updating ecas to reflect this.

Also, hope you don't mind, I sort of moved your entry in the spreadsheet up along with the other March 2012 PR application filings so that it was properly sorted by date!

 

[yannie]

Hi Robhi,

Not at all, thank you for doing that. I'm not very good with it, gotta admit :-[. I am still waiting for the COPR as I did not provide a return courier so it will arrive via snail mail. Hope yours will come up soon as I think they are now starting to get to August applicants.

 

[c12345]

We received our COPR in the mail today and will be crossing the border to "land" this weekend. I have updated the spreadsheet. we are so excited, hopefully there will be some more positive updates from the rest of august soon!!

 

[Robhi]

We received our COPR in the mail today and will be crossing the border to "land" this weekend. I have updated the spreadsheet. we are so excited, hopefully there will be some more positive updates from the rest of august soon!!

Congrats c12345! freezing_aussie and I applied around the same time as you, so I hope this means great news for us is just around the corner.

 

[freezing_aussie]

I just checked eCAS, and finally, a change! Now stating in process since March 8. Yes! I'll update the spreadsheet now.

Robhi and BCRain, you should see a change soon, too. I have my fingers crossed for all of us!

 

[Robhi]

I just checked eCAS, and finally, a change! Now stating in process since March 8. Yes! I'll update the spreadsheet now.

Robhi and BCRain, you should see a change soon, too. I have my fingers crossed for all of us!

This is great news! Keeping my fingers crossed freezing_aussie!

Question: Should I be concerned that I still haven't received Stage 2 Approval? I see people who submitted long after me that have gotten it. Also, does the notification of stage 2 approval usually come by email (like Stage 1 Approval)?