PR Card timescales
#31
Re: PR Card timescales
I landed on Wednesday, Saskatoon CIC reckon I'll get the card in 3 months
#32
Re: PR Card timescales
SO - I am off to LA on Tuesday til saturday - my PR card is yet to arrive - due in November (first one not a renewal).
I rang CIC as stated earlier - they said I need to go ot CIC in LA and get a permit to travel to return back to canada - pfft an only there for 3 days dont really want to spend my time arseing around in the visa office!
Just tried ringing LA cic - OH no no no no no, you cant talk to any one there - so i have emailed them . . . . .this is the response:
We have received your email to the Consulate General of Canada's
Immigration Section in Los Angeles and will review it shortly. Please
note: if the information requested is available on our websites
(www.losangeles.gc.ca or www.cic.gc.ca), or your application is still
within standard processing times
(www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/index.asp"http://www.cic.gc.ca/en
glish/information/times/index.asp), we will not provide a response to your
message.
Fantastic - so lok again on website - processing time for a PRTD - 3 months!! WTF!! thats the same time as the PR card issue !
and $75
now what do it do??
I asked in my email how long and how much - so they will probably not answer me - but that was for people with expired, lost or stolen PR cards - mine isnt - its just not here yet!
So am going any way and we shall see what happens on my return - or not return - wish me luck!
I rang CIC as stated earlier - they said I need to go ot CIC in LA and get a permit to travel to return back to canada - pfft an only there for 3 days dont really want to spend my time arseing around in the visa office!
Just tried ringing LA cic - OH no no no no no, you cant talk to any one there - so i have emailed them . . . . .this is the response:
We have received your email to the Consulate General of Canada's
Immigration Section in Los Angeles and will review it shortly. Please
note: if the information requested is available on our websites
(www.losangeles.gc.ca or www.cic.gc.ca), or your application is still
within standard processing times
(www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/index.asp"http://www.cic.gc.ca/en
glish/information/times/index.asp), we will not provide a response to your
message.
Fantastic - so lok again on website - processing time for a PRTD - 3 months!! WTF!! thats the same time as the PR card issue !
and $75
now what do it do??
I asked in my email how long and how much - so they will probably not answer me - but that was for people with expired, lost or stolen PR cards - mine isnt - its just not here yet!
So am going any way and we shall see what happens on my return - or not return - wish me luck!
Good luck
Juliet
#33
Re: PR Card timescales
A friend just sent me this link - I am travelling Air canada: I may be saved!!
http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelin...traveldoc.html main bit says:
Permanent resident (PR) cards
Only Canadian permanent residents from non visa-waiver countries travelling outside Canada are required to carry a valid Canadian permanent resident (PR) card or a valid visa, in addition to a valid passport, to return to Canada by commercial carrier. The PR card provides proof of your immigration status. Without it, you will not be allowed to board the carrier back to Canada. Canadian citizens and Canadian permanent residents from visa-waiver countries do not need a PR card.
yay - Uk is a visa waiver country -
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp
but am printing it all of just in case!!
http://www.aircanada.com/en/travelin...traveldoc.html main bit says:
Permanent resident (PR) cards
Only Canadian permanent residents from non visa-waiver countries travelling outside Canada are required to carry a valid Canadian permanent resident (PR) card or a valid visa, in addition to a valid passport, to return to Canada by commercial carrier. The PR card provides proof of your immigration status. Without it, you will not be allowed to board the carrier back to Canada. Canadian citizens and Canadian permanent residents from visa-waiver countries do not need a PR card.
yay - Uk is a visa waiver country -
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/visit/visas.asp
but am printing it all of just in case!!
#34
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Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 556
Re: PR Card timescales
It is nice that Air Canada wants to interpret it that way, but I do not think that matches the official Canadian rules...
#35
Re: PR Card timescales
[QUOTE=bewillow;9674314]It is nice that Air Canada wants to interpret it that way, but I do not think that matches the official Canadian rules...[/QUOTE
Maybe not but if that's what theu have put I am goinmg with it! ]
Maybe not but if that's what theu have put I am goinmg with it! ]
#36
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Joined: Aug 2010
Posts: 114
Re: PR Card timescales
just commenting so I can remember this thread!
Good luck on your trip . Ill be in the same situation in a month or so and want to see how yours turns out. I would be surprised if there is a problem though.
Good luck on your trip . Ill be in the same situation in a month or so and want to see how yours turns out. I would be surprised if there is a problem though.
#38
Re: PR Card timescales
Hi
As the processing time is 39 business days, and you haven't received yours, then there is a problem. Contact the call centre 1-888-242-2100
As the processing time is 39 business days, and you haven't received yours, then there is a problem. Contact the call centre 1-888-242-2100
#40
Re: PR Card timescales
Good luck - I'm following this one as I may have to travel to the US on business soon and am still waiting for my PR card. Surely there won't be any problem if you have your COPR document?
#43
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Joined: Apr 2009
Posts: 556
Re: PR Card timescales
Once you get to the Canadian border guard, you should never have a problem. Your COPR and their computer records will set them straight. The only real issue is if the airline people want proof that you can reside in Canada - a COPR may not convince them.
#44
Re: PR Card timescales
I landed at Peace Arch, BC, on Aug 20th and my PR card arrived in the mail today, pretty much bang on the timescale as per the CIC website.
#45
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When I landed in August, I was told by the officer that I should expect my PR card to arrive in approx 6 weeks. It arrived today, one day shy of exactly 8 weeks but bang on the timescale according to the CIC website. Not sure why they told you 3 months!