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Waiting for PR CARD - 2015 / 2016

bukeluke

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Apr 24, 2015
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Hong Kong
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
16-12-2014
Doc's Request.
30-09-2015
Nomination.....
n/a
AOR Received.
03-03-2015
IELTS Request
n/a
File Transfer...
11-03-2015 (SA)
Med's Request
n/a
Med's Done....
3-12-2014
Interview........
Waived
Passport Req..
n/a
VISA ISSUED...
03-11-2015
LANDED..........
20-11-2015
GustavesF said:
We are talking about the picture you submit when you land, for your physical PR card.
It's nighmare after getting COPR. Getting PR card even longer than getting COPR. CIC is suck, they just focus on handling Syria refugee....
 

458_Bridge

Star Member
Jan 27, 2015
148
2
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30 Sep 2014
AOR Received.
Nov 12th, 2014 / Second AOR June 19th, 2015
Med's Done....
Upfront
Interview........
Sponsor Approval / AIP - Dec 31st 2015
VISA ISSUED...
DM - Jan 4th , 2016
LANDED..........
January 19th, 2016
tom_from_sk said:
Good morning everyone!

My wife and I submitted our application in late August 2015 and I presume this was still using the old picture format (I don't recall what the specs were)...

Last week (Feb 28) our ECAS changed to DM with no requests for new pictures. We are still awaiting COPR in the mail, but now I am curious if they have the incorrect picture size, even though it wasn't flagged in the system? Will this cause a delay?

Thank you in advance!
By the time you land, all of this mess should be cleared out. You will probably have the new pic requirement sent to you.
You haven't have to go through this long delay.
 

458_Bridge

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Jan 27, 2015
148
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Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30 Sep 2014
AOR Received.
Nov 12th, 2014 / Second AOR June 19th, 2015
Med's Done....
Upfront
Interview........
Sponsor Approval / AIP - Dec 31st 2015
VISA ISSUED...
DM - Jan 4th , 2016
LANDED..........
January 19th, 2016
2015/2016 new PR card spreadsheet http://tinyurl.com/gn4c3z9
 

GustavesF

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Oct 29, 2014
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App. Filed.......
01-04-2014
AOR Received.
26-01-2015
LANDED..........
08-10-2015
bukeluke said:
It's nighmare after getting COPR. Getting PR card even longer than getting COPR. CIC is suck, they just focus on handling Syria refugee....
I wouldn't even say it has much to do with Syria at this point, it just has everything to do with CIC being absolute garbage.

Even if they were "extremely busy" there's no reason why they can't just issue the damn PR card.

They need to axe the entire, *the entire* workforce, all the stupid bureaucracy, everything.
Throw their garbage, POS government union in a landfill, ditch that trash.

Axe it all, hire new, the job can be done by trained gerbils, we already know that much.
Sorry for the exaggeration, the gerbils don't need to be trained.
 

nyctomtl

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Nov 10, 2015
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Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
11 August 2015
Doc's Request.
11 January 2016 CSQ
AOR Received.
16 September 2015
File Transfer...
07 October 2015
Med's Request
Upfront
Med's Done....
06 August 2015
Passport Req..
Decision Made 5 Feb 2016
VISA ISSUED...
COPR 8 Feb 2016
LANDED..........
20 Feb 2016
458_Bridge said:
2015/2016 new PR card spreadsheet http://tinyurl.com/gn4c3z9
Thanks for setting this up. Very useful info. I'd like to add my details but the spreadsheet is "read only". Is that by design?
 

458_Bridge

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Jan 27, 2015
148
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Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30 Sep 2014
AOR Received.
Nov 12th, 2014 / Second AOR June 19th, 2015
Med's Done....
Upfront
Interview........
Sponsor Approval / AIP - Dec 31st 2015
VISA ISSUED...
DM - Jan 4th , 2016
LANDED..........
January 19th, 2016
nyctomtl said:
Thanks for setting this up. Very useful info. I'd like to add my details but the spreadsheet is "read only". Is that by design?

Not my sheet, someone else is managing it. I will follow up with more info on adding stuff to it.


__________________________________________


SO you can update your information here: http://tinyurl.com/j7k8995


Follow the updated sheet here : http://tinyurl.com/gn4c3z9
 

GustavesF

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Oct 29, 2014
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01-04-2014
AOR Received.
26-01-2015
LANDED..........
08-10-2015
For anyone who landed prior to January 4th and has had to redo pictures due to CIC being a pile of manure, how long did it take to get your PR card after sending in new pictures?
 

458_Bridge

Star Member
Jan 27, 2015
148
2
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
30 Sep 2014
AOR Received.
Nov 12th, 2014 / Second AOR June 19th, 2015
Med's Done....
Upfront
Interview........
Sponsor Approval / AIP - Dec 31st 2015
VISA ISSUED...
DM - Jan 4th , 2016
LANDED..........
January 19th, 2016
Hi Folks -

Got our PR Card on March 9th in the mail.

Landed January 19th - Calgary

No request for new pictures.

Ecas was not updated -Regular mail - Canada post.


Good luck to you guys. Hopefully ur wait if over soon.
 

chilkootcee

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Mar 3, 2015
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Visa Office......
Abu Dhabi
App. Filed.......
03-Jun-2015
Interview........
None required
LANDED..........
01-Apr-2016
Everyone knows that they can still leave Canada without PR card and have two options on returning:

1) apply for a one time Travel Document
2) have the PR card couriered to you (I wouldn't trust regular mail) to the location where you are at

or have I missed something?

C.
 

canvis2006

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Dec 27, 2009
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Toronto
Visa Office......
Paris, France
NOC Code......
FC4 - PGP
App. Filed.......
May 2009
Doc's Request.
March 2012
File Transfer...
Jan. 2013
Med's Request
May 2013
Passport Req..
July 2013
VISA ISSUED...
August 2013
LANDED..........
Sept 2013
GustavesF said:
I wouldn't even say it has much to do with Syria at this point, it just has everything to do with CIC being absolute garbage.

Even if they were "extremely busy" there's no reason why they can't just issue the damn PR card.

They need to axe the entire, *the entire* workforce, all the stupid bureaucracy, everything.
Throw their garbage, POS government union in a landfill, ditch that trash.

Axe it all, hire new, the job can be done by trained gerbils, we already know that much.
Sorry for the exaggeration, the gerbils don't need to be trained.
not only that, it takes them forever to generate a PR Card, what a shitty system they use.
It should be generated from the CIC system which already has all the info, insert photo and it should be done.
The mere fact that they use non-digital photo these days is one of the reasons for the slowness.
The CBSA should get a digital photo at POE and COPR data can easily generate a freaking card, they deliberately use crap to keep the unions in business otherwise the process can be automated quickly leading to reduced processing times.

The excuse they use is that CPC-Sydney can only handle this much, well its common sense if u need bigger facility so get a new bigger one, duh!
 

GustavesF

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Oct 29, 2014
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01-04-2014
AOR Received.
26-01-2015
LANDED..........
08-10-2015
canvis2006 said:
not only that, it takes them forever to generate a PR Card, what a *censored word* system they use.
It should be generated from the CIC system which already has all the info, insert photo and it should be done.
The mere fact that they use non-digital photo these days is one of the reasons for the slowness.
The CBSA should get a digital photo at POE and COPR data can easily generate a freaking card, they deliberately use crap to keep the unions in business otherwise the process can be automated quickly leading to reduced processing times.

The excuse they use is that CPC-Sydney can only handle this much, well its common sense if u need bigger facility so get a new bigger one, duh!
All of CIC is just so useless and terrible that I can't even think about it without feeling embarrassed for Canada.

The fact that applying for a work permit when you're inland doesn't just involve checking a box.
The fact that these morons take more than 2 years to determine that a sponsor isn't dead or on welfare.
The fact that they are so stupid they don't even know if an application package has arrived for a 10 month period.

All these facts add up to a body of incompetence.

With the Liberals in power we'll see plenty of money being dumped down this well.
Doubling their budget can't do much, it's like paying a basket full of hamsters a million dollars to paint your house. Misguided funds.
They just can't do it, they're too garbage.
 

Ponga

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Oct 22, 2013
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I don't understand all the fuss regarding the new photo requirements:
www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/enf/enf27-eng.pdf

See section 7.8


In cases where a client reports for the interview without a satisfactory photograph, or other
information is missing, as per R58(1)(a) and (b), the officer may adjourn the interview and
invite the client to return at a later date in order to allow the client to comply with any
outstanding requirements.

IRCC offices are equipped with cameras to retake photographs according to the
specifications in Appendix A, if required
. Local procedures may allow for immediate retakes
of photos as part of the examination if all other requirements are met.



So...why can't they just take the new picture at the landing interview, as mentioned in their own enforcement manual?!
 

extreme001

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Jan 5, 2015
99
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White Plains, NY
Category........
Visa Office......
Ottawa
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
May 19, 2015
AOR Received.
June 11, 2015
File Transfer...
July 27, 2015, IP: October 9, 2015, DM: November 26, 2015
Med's Done....
April 29, 2015
Passport Req..
November 27, 2015
VISA ISSUED...
December 8, 2015
LANDED..........
January 23, 2016 (YVR Airport)
Two of my new photos of size 50mm * 70mm have been delivered to the PO Box of the CIC Office in Sydney, NS yesterday (March 14, 2016);

Hopefully the card producing process can be finished very soon......
 

CANzanillo

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Aug 20, 2014
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Calgary, Alberta
Category........
Visa Office......
CPC Miss/Mexico City
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
19-01-2015
Doc's Request.
14-09-2015 including PGR submitted 07/10/2015
AOR Received.
AOR 20-03-2015 - SA 24-03-2015 confirmed by phone 27-03-2015. AOR2 received 14-09-2015
File Transfer...
...within a month I was told - Update 22-04-2015 - was told my file transferred to MCVO on 20/04/2015
Med's Request
Upfront/Extended for one year to 12/01/2016
Med's Done....
16-12-2014
Interview........
Waived Thank God!
Passport Req..
03-12-2015
VISA ISSUED...
09-12-2015
LANDED..........
20-12-2015. PR Card Rec'd Feb 20, 2016
chilkootcee said:
Everyone knows that they can still leave Canada without PR card and have two options on returning:

1) apply for a one time Travel Document
2) have the PR card couriered to you (I wouldn't trust regular mail) to the location where you are at

or have I missed something?

C.
3) Return via land border crossing where CBSA can confirm your CoPR documentation in their system...
 

Ponga

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CANzanillo said:
3) Return via land border crossing where CBSA can confirm your CoPR documentation in their system...
Yes, but a person can expect to be sent inside (Secondary Inspection). This is generally where they can confirm PR status.