Urgent - Visa Office change request after PPR

[karenn1617]

Yes they mention that if you are residing outside North America then drop mail to change VO. But as we are holding Indian Passports, it is illegal to send it by courier outside residing country. This is why I asked them to change the VO to USA. But not sure whether they're going to change it or she would have to send her Passport by courier only

Hey Manil,

Good Luck buddy and keep us all posted with further progress.

Best,
K

 

[manil]

Yes they mention that if you are residing outside North America then drop mail to change VO. But as we are holding Indian Passports, it is illegal to send it by courier outside residing country. This is why I asked them to change the VO to USA. But not sure whether they're going to change it or she would have to send her Passport by courier only

Should we wait further for VO change or submit passport to Ottawa? If wait then till how long? It's been 17 days and our deadline is 23rd July.

 

[karenn1617]

Should we wait further for VO change or submit passport to Ottawa? If wait then till how long? It's been 17 days and our deadline is 23rd July.

Manik,

One suggestion that try calling Canada's Delhi VO tomorrow morning as possibly they can offer you some potential solution. Make sure you tell them that you already mailed CIC but still no reply comes back and now you are in condition where you are left with 13 more days only.

Hope this helps. Keep us posted.

K

 

[manil]

Hi karenn1617,

I got response for VO change request to Delhi and going to submit my Passport tomorrow. But I am still waiting for my wife's VO change. She is in the US and we requested CPC to change her VO to US.

 

[karenn1617]

Hi karenn1617,

I got response for VO change request to Delhi and going to submit my Passport tomorrow. But I am still waiting for my wife's VO change. She is in the US and we requested CPC to change her VO to US.

In that situation my friend will say that try to call Delhi's VO while since you are going tomorrow yourself, then you can ask the staff yourself in-person while their contact details can be checked at -
http://www.vfsglobal.ca/canada/india/contact_us.html

BTW how much total time CIC take to reply you back and can you share the email via personal message. Just want to go through it for reference for myself.

Good luck.

 

[manil]

VFS(India) or CHC, New Delhi is no where related to VAC or CHC in USA. So I don't think they can help.
In my case, they took almost 14 days to reply for one request out of two. VO change response looks like this

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Date: July X, 2015
UCI: XXXXXXXX
*XXXXXX*
Application: XXXXXXX
*XXXXXX*
Applicant Name
- Address

Dear Co-applicant Name:
This is in reference to your application for permanent residence. To finalize your application, we require:
1) Passports
• Please provide passports or travel documents for yourself and each accompanying dependant, along with a copy of this letter, to the visa office in New Delhi. Please see the VFS Visa Application Centre (India) website for details on how to transmit your passports to the Canadian High Commission: http://www.vfsglobal.ca/Canada/India/.
• Please note that permanent resident visas cannot be placed in Diplomatic, Official or Military passports.
• There must be at least two blank pages in each passport.
• We are unable to issue a visa beyond the expiry date in your passport. You passport must be valid for at least six months.

2) Photographs
• Please provide two (2) recent photographs along with your passports for yourself and each accompanying dependent. For instructions on photo requirements and specifications, see: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3998E_tempA.pdf.

3) Change in Circumstances
Should any of the following circumstances apply to you (or any person included in your application), you must inform this office immediately:
• Change in marital status, for example due to marriage, divorce, annulment or death;
• Death of applicant, dependant of sponsor/assisting relative;
• Birth of a child and/or pregnancy (please provide expected date of confinement);


• Change in health;
• The laying of criminal charges or conviction for a criminal offence;
• A change in availability of funds for use in Canada;
• Change of address or phone number

4) Submitting your passport(s) in Canada (CPC-O)
If you and all the accompanying dependents on your application are currently in Canada and plan to be in Canada for at least three months, you may submit your passport(s) to the Case Processing Centre – Ottawa (“CPC-O”). You are required to send your passport(s) together along with a copy of this letter by mail or courier to the following address. If sent by regular mail or Canada Post Xpresspost (recommended option)
CPC – Ottawa
PO Box 9780
Ottawa, ON, K1G 4B9
• Purchase two prepaid letter-sized (32 x 24 cm) Canada Post Xpresspost envelopes (Regional if you live in Ontario or Quebec; National for other provinces and territories), at any Canada Post retail outlet.

• Complete the mailing label showing your full mailing address in the “Deliver To” field.

• Make a note of tracking numbers for each envelope.

• Enclose both envelopes along with your passport and a copy of this letter.

• You can purchase a Canada Post shipping label on line: http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/tools/cst/intro-e.asp
If sent by private courier (only)
CPC – Ottawa
365 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON, K1A 1L1
• If you choose to not provide us with a return Xpresspost envelope, we will return your passport(s) via regular mail (Canada Post Lettermail). Passport(s) will not be returned by private courier. Do not provide any pre-paid courier envelopes: These will not be used.

 

[karenn1617]

VFS(India) or CHC, New Delhi is no where related to VAC or CHC in USA. So I don't think they can help.
In my case, they took almost 14 days to reply for one request out of two. VO change response looks like this

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Date: July X, 2015
UCI: XXXXXXXX
*XXXXXX*
Application: XXXXXXX
*XXXXXX*
Applicant Name
- Address

Dear Co-applicant Name:
This is in reference to your application for permanent residence. To finalize your application, we require:
1) Passports
• Please provide passports or travel documents for yourself and each accompanying dependant, along with a copy of this letter, to the visa office in New Delhi. Please see the VFS Visa Application Centre (India) website for details on how to transmit your passports to the Canadian High Commission: http://www.vfsglobal.ca/Canada/India/.
• Please note that permanent resident visas cannot be placed in Diplomatic, Official or Military passports.
• There must be at least two blank pages in each passport.
• We are unable to issue a visa beyond the expiry date in your passport. You passport must be valid for at least six months.

2) Photographs
• Please provide two (2) recent photographs along with your passports for yourself and each accompanying dependent. For instructions on photo requirements and specifications, see: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pdf/kits/guides/3998E_tempA.pdf.

3) Change in Circumstances
Should any of the following circumstances apply to you (or any person included in your application), you must inform this office immediately:
• Change in marital status, for example due to marriage, divorce, annulment or death;
• Death of applicant, dependant of sponsor/assisting relative;
• Birth of a child and/or pregnancy (please provide expected date of confinement);


• Change in health;
• The laying of criminal charges or conviction for a criminal offence;
• A change in availability of funds for use in Canada;
• Change of address or phone number

4) Submitting your passport(s) in Canada (CPC-O)
If you and all the accompanying dependents on your application are currently in Canada and plan to be in Canada for at least three months, you may submit your passport(s) to the Case Processing Centre – Ottawa (“CPC-O”). You are required to send your passport(s) together along with a copy of this letter by mail or courier to the following address. If sent by regular mail or Canada Post Xpresspost (recommended option)
CPC – Ottawa
PO Box 9780
Ottawa, ON, K1G 4B9
• Purchase two prepaid letter-sized (32 x 24 cm) Canada Post Xpresspost envelopes (Regional if you live in Ontario or Quebec; National for other provinces and territories), at any Canada Post retail outlet.

• Complete the mailing label showing your full mailing address in the “Deliver To” field.

• Make a note of tracking numbers for each envelope.

• Enclose both envelopes along with your passport and a copy of this letter.

• You can purchase a Canada Post shipping label on line: http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/tools/cst/intro-e.asp
If sent by private courier (only)
CPC – Ottawa
365 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, ON, K1A 1L1
• If you choose to not provide us with a return Xpresspost envelope, we will return your passport(s) via regular mail (Canada Post Lettermail). Passport(s) will not be returned by private courier. Do not provide any pre-paid courier envelopes: These will not be used.

Manil,

Thanks for sharing the letter.

Well over asking, I believe even if they are not related, it still not be an issue on asking them at the time of your submission.

Hope this helps.

K

 

[manil]

u r welcome

definitely I'll ask tomorrow but I am sceptical

 

[Asivad Anac]

@Manil, another member reported that their PPR contained a CIC link where they could change the VO.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/submit-envoyer/offices-bureaux-eng.asp

I think my application might have been processed by Warsaw, but I can not know for sure.

Those guys from my country who were processed by Ottawa got PPRs with directions to send their passports to Ottawa. In my PPR I was given a link to a CIC web page where I could choose my country and find out where to submit my passport in my country.

 

[manil]

Hi Asivad Anac,

I went through the link. It has mentioned some question numbers(7&9) but in the application, questions are not numbered.

Thanks for your reply.

 

[Asivad Anac]

Hi Asivad Anac,

I went through the link. It has mentioned some question numbers(7&9) but in the application, questions are not numbered.

Thanks for your reply.

I haven't tried logging into MyCIC to check but they seem pretty sure of themselves. Worth a shot?

To access your application in MyCIC

Log into your MyCIC account.
On the MyCIC welcome page, under “what would you like to do today”, navigate to the “View my submitted applications” section.
Click on “Check status and messages”.
On the “Application Details” page, click on “view submitted application”.
Your application will open in a new window.

In your application form, if you have answered:

YES to question 9, use the country/territory you provided to question 7
NO to question 9, use the country/territory you provided to question 9

 

[manil]

I tried but there is no numbering in questions

 

[curious_123]

I am getting scared now..I am in Canada and my spouse is outside canada... I got my PPR last Friday, I will send email tomorrow... Looks like it takes some time...

 

[manil]

Hi Curious_123

There is nothing to be scared of in your case.

They will change your spouse's VO once you send the letter. And you can submit yours in Canada. In my case we needed to change the VO for both of us as my wife is in USA and I am in India.

Now they have changed it for me but for my wife there is no response yet.

Thanks
Manil

 

[curious_123]

Hi Curious_123

There is nothing to be scared of in your case.

They will change your spouse's VO once you send the letter. And you can submit yours in Canada. In my case we needed to change the VO for both of us as my wife is in USA and I am in India.

Now they have changed it for me but for my wife there is no response yet.

Thanks
Manil

but why you have to change for your wife..She is in USA right. doesnt she have to send it to Ottawa ..it says in my letter :


If you have a mailing address in the United States: To allow you to track your Confirmation of Permanent Residence (IMM 5688) and, if a visa is required, your passport through the mail, you must purchase a pre-paid shipping label from Canada Post and include it with your passports and a copy of this letter. Follow the link to purchase your shipping label:
http://www.canadapost.ca/personal/tools/cst/intro-e.asp
Clients located in the US only, if unable to submit a pre-paid Canada Post shipping label, should provide an envelope from a private courier for the return of their passports. We do not accept registered mail or postage coupons.
For reasons of passport security, CPC-Ottawa does not return passports by regular mail. CPC-Ottawa accepts no responsibility for any passport lost in the mail. These instructions are also highly recommended for persons exempted from a visa. If you are exempted from a visa and do not submit a return prepaid Xpresspost envelope, we will return your Confirmation of Permanent Residence by regular mail.