US outland applicants' thread :)

[Staunts2015]

I just received AOR!

Congrats!

 

[tigermilo]

Congrats!

Thank you! I hope to receive SA soon!

 

[MasterDen]

I (the sponsor) received an email saying that they have received my application.

Thank you! Glad to hear about your AOR! Wishing you a speedy process!

 

[tigermilo]

Thank you! Glad to hear about your AOR! Wishing you a speedy process!

Thank you! I hope we all have a speedy process!

 

[Sunset0505]

Scanning your foreign passport, instead of a PR Card, usually means that you have to see a primary officer...because it `confuses' their system.

Also, the email that you received has been received by most (if not all) 2016 PR recipients.

I have a Nexus pass now and was told bring my passports ( I am dual) but only use my Nexus pass because it confuses the system...

 

[Staunts2015]

We got our SA this morning! I'm so excited, I was thinking I'd be lucky to get approved by December 2017, but at this rate, we may be approved by Spring/Summer. This may be an odd question, but if we got approved before August 2017, but don't want to move until then, will that be ok? Is there a "deadline" to when we have to cross the border? We just want to have more money saved up before moving, and we both get a lot more hours during the Summer, so we planned on moving no earlier than that.

 

[CDNPR2014]

We got our SA this morning! I'm so excited, I was thinking I'd be lucky to get approved by December 2017, but at this rate, we may be approved by Spring/Summer. This may be an odd question, but if we got approved before August 2017, but don't want to move until then, will that be ok? Is there a "deadline" to when we have to cross the border? We just want to have more money saved up before moving, and we both get a lot more hours during the Summer, so we planned on moving no earlier than that.

the approval paper you get, known as the COPR, will have an expiration date on it, so you have to land by that date. it is usually the 1 yr anniversary date of the medicals, or it can also be 6 mo. from when they issue the visa. if the medicals will expire too soon from when they approve your application, then cic will extend the date a bit to help you land. there's really no way to determine what the date will be until you get your form.

if you applied in november, then more than likely you will see approval by march. the current processing time for us applicants is between 4.5-6 months total time. if you get a tight time frame for your specific needs, you can always go up to land and return back to the us to pack up and move.

 

[Staunts2015]

the approval paper you get, known as the COPR, will have an expiration date on it, so you have to land by that date. it is usually the 1 yr anniversary date of the medicals, or it can also be 6 mo. from when they issue the visa. if the medicals will expire too soon from when they approve your application, then cic will extend the date a bit to help you land. there's really no way to determine what the date will be until you get your form.

if you applied in november, then more than likely you will see approval by march. the current processing time for us applicants is between 4.5-6 months total time. if you get a tight time frame for your specific needs, you can always go up to land and return back to the us to pack up and move.

Ok, thank you. My medical exam was November 2016, so whether they do it ~6 months from receiving my COPR, or a year from medicals, it should fit in our timeframe.

 

[diding]

Sorry to post this somewhat different topic. But im just really curious about this. Im holding a permanent residency in US but about to move in Winnipeg with my spousal sponsorship visa. Since we will live near the border, i am thinking of working part time (2x a week) in the US but still live in canada with my husband.. Will there be any issues with regards to my canadian Residency? Im not really interested in applying for my us citizenship.

 

[Aquakitty]

Sorry to post this somewhat different topic. But im just really curious about this. Im holding a permanent residency in US but about to move in Winnipeg with my spousal sponsorship visa. Since we will live near the border, i am thinking of working part time (2x a week) in the US but still live in canada with my husband.. Will there be any issues with regards to my canadian Residency? Im not really interested in applying for my us citizenship.

You might be able to for a while, but if the US border finds out you've moved to Canada you could lose your green card. The requirements are pretty strict, just living in another country is considered "abandoning" it AFAIK.

 

[tigermilo]

When the status of review of eligibility on mycic is in progress how long is it in progress for? On average?

 

[tigermilo]

One more question, on my husband's application we forgot to mention that he also has his Citizienship from Mexico. He never lived there but since his parents are from Mexico he's a citizen of Mexico and the US. How should we go about fixing that?

 

[jeff198901]

Does any body know if wait times are expected to increase or decrease with the new forms?

 

[CDNPR2014]

Does any body know if wait times are expected to increase or decrease with the new forms?

no, noone knows. all we know is that they have announced that ALL processing, no matter where the applicant is will not take longer than 12 months. this does not necessarily mean Ottawa's processing time will increase, it just means no one should wait longer than 12 months now. we won't know how the offices handle the new process until it starts.

 

[Staunts2015]

You might be able to for a while, but if the US border finds out you've moved to Canada you could lose your green card. The requirements are pretty strict, just living in another country is considered "abandoning" it AFAIK.

Hmm, I'm kind of in a similar situation. My husband (Canadian) moved to the US and we went through the whole process to get his Green Card. We now want to move to Canada, and plan to settle there. Does he need to do anything/notify anyone, or will his Green Card just sort of get canceled on its own? If we wanted to move back to the US later on, do we need to restart the process?