Aperture

COPR = Confirmation of Permanent Residency

Traditionally (for outland applications via London, at least), the order of actions went like this:

Application submitted to CPC-M
Sponsor approved by CPC-M
Application sent from CPC-M to London VO
Permanent residency approved by London VO
London VO requests passport from applicants (a.k.a. "PPR")
Applicants send passport to London VO
London VO sends passport back to applicants with visa stamped inside and COPR document
Applicants enter Canada with visa and document, and "land" as permanent residents
Applicants received PR card in the mail

victorfoxtrot

I bloody well hope so! I'm starting to get that feeling that I might be left behind......it seems that everyone just ahead of me had either had COPR/PPR (or whatever the heck they are doing these days) or some kind of Ecas update. I'm trying to stay positive!

Congratulations APERTURE! I know you were beginning to wonder where your PPR was but now you can rest easy. When are you going to land? You said you had an international trip coming up, are you doing it then or before you head off? Good luck, let us know how the landing goes!

janham

CONGRATULATIONS Aperture, I'm hoping this is happening to us too, we didn't even receive confirmation of sponsorship approval and think if we'd had'nt chased it we would have skipped to the next stage without even knowing, I agree if can be very hit and miss. If you look at the spreadsheet some people took ages getting stage 1. sponsorship and then got PPR quickly and others have it the other way round. It really is a rollercoaster.

Bet you are really chuffed and so you should be

Aperture

victorfoxtrot, thank you! We won't be back from our international journey until after my partner's medicals expire, so we have to land before. We plan to flagpole at Niagara Falls (we've never been, so we're looking forward to it as a fun day-trip anyway). I'll be sure to post an update on the landing process--here's hoping it's a smooth one!

janham, I hope you, too, end up with a similarly quick route to COPR. (We can barely believe it ourselves.) Our stage one sponsorship was very straight-forward (right on time according to the CIC website), but the lack of contact after that was very worrying. "Chuffed" doesn't even begin to describe how we feel now!

shudda

WWOOOOHHOOOOOO!!! Just got an email saying I've been approved as a sponsor! So happy!!

Aperture - so happy for you!!! So glad the new process is in full swing!

YAY all around!!!!!!

Aperture

Congratulations! May you be subject to a speedy process through the London VO.

lozzyblue

So this 'new process' means you don't have to send in passports?? Can someone explain?

Canuck_eh

FANTASTIC NEWS, BRILLIANT RESULTS! We are all very happy for you! Hopefully all of us will hear something soon. Cant wait for ours. Sent Nov/15 and rec'd in Mississauga Nov/17. Fingers / toes crossed for me and those who are waiting with us.

123me

Awesome, so happy for you!

shudda

Thanks 123me - you were right, I had no need to worry xx

lozzyblue

Anyone?

123me

Right, but easy for me to say. Now we can wait together for the next stage.

shudda

Hey lozzyblue

From what I can make out from here and the other forum is that if the migrant is from a visa-exempt country, they don't need to send their passport. It seems to be quite the mix of the new process and old process still though. So you'll either go the old route and get a request for your passport or you'll be asked for photocopies of the picture page and then they send you a certificate.

lozzyblue

Ah thanks Shudda! So did you send your copies in if you now have your COPR?

peng

Our First Post this evening...to celebrate receiving the exciting email to say we had completed Stage 1! Roll on London

The whole process is amazing in how random it seems to be - it so difficult to know what to plan to do -oh well we will keep checking the email and typing in the UCI number!