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Immigration Forum / Canada / September 2006PR card - pickup in person or receipt by mail?
Hello, I am going to land as a permanent resident in Canada soon. When I apply for my first PR card do I receive the card by mail to the canadian address I give or do I have to pick it up in person? I have heard of conflicting accounts about this matter. Thanks for any help, Peregrinater. > Hello, > I am going to land as a permanent resident in Canada soon. When I apply [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks for any help, > Peregrinater. They mail it to your address. >> Hello, >> I am going to land as a permanent resident in Canada soon. When I apply [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > They mail it to your address. and on occasion ask you to pick up in person. > Hello, > I am going to land as a permanent resident in Canada soon. When I apply [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Thanks for any help, > Peregrinater. Hello, Peregrinater: I just saw your post, and as you have been given questionable information let me clear it up for you as my partner and I have just been through the process - successfully, I might add. You will receive permanent resident papers for landed immigrant status. But this is not your permanent resident card. You will be given, in these papers, a short window of only about four months or so for you to COLLECT IN PERSON your permanent resident card from the Canadian border. If you do not collect it by the due date, you will forfeit your right to permanent residency status and will have to start the process all over again. You will then be grilled by an immigration officer at the border, and you would be well advised to spend at least a few days in Canada before you return for your belongings, unless you decide then and there to stay in Canada. After your papers are stamped, you hold on to them, but you cannot start work in Canada until the permanent resident card actually arrives at your Canadian address, which takes, I am told, about six weeks. We went up three weeks ago, so we have at least another three weeks to wait. I hope this has cleared it up for you. Good luck. laurice4 >> Hello, >> I am going to land as a permanent resident in Canada soon. When I apply [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > you. Good luck. > laurice4 Hmm........ So I guess my sister was lucky in that they "SENT IT VIA MAIL" late last yr. I had to pick mine up (arrived bout 3 yrs before sister). honest answer is that it could be either esp. if they request you to go back for another photo (has happened on occasion as a search through the group archives will show). You were not given "questionable information" in either of the first two answers. AFAIK you would have received a "passport request" to send your passport in for the one shot entry visa to be stamped in there. You used to get papers but that was some years ago now. I got an "IMM 1000" I think it was ? Yet my sister got the passport request under the newer rules. If you search through the archives (held on Google under the groups page not the web) you will find or there may even be some threads still hanging around in here (depends on settings in your news reader). These will help clarify (or confuse) things a bit more. Sorry the answer is not straight forward as "laurice4" made out but happy landings anyway. Hi >> Hello, >> I am going to land as a permanent resident in Canada soon. When I apply [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > you. Good luck. > laurice4 What BS. 1. When you "land" your PR card will be processed at that time (picture taken or they will use yours). The actual processing is done in Sydney NS. 2. If you give Immigration an address in Canada, the PR card will be mailed there. The card can then be forwarded to you by your friends at the address. 3. If you don't have a Canadian address, you have 180 days to give CIC one. If not then you would have to re-apply for the PR card in Canada and would have to pick it up. 4. if there is a problem with the photo on the PR card, you will be informed by mail at the address that you gave, that you must attend a CIC office and have the picture re-taken. Once that is done, the card is re-processed and you have to pick it up at the office where the picture was taken. 5. After you are "landed" you have to reside in Canada for 2 of the following 5 years. Not having a PR card does not invalidate your PR status. PMM Hey laurice4, Please read the OP's question before providing them with misleading information and calling other people's advise questionable. He is asking about the PR card. And where did you learn that you cannot start working till you get your PR card. As soon as you land you apply for your SIN card and they immediately give you your SIN (the number) and send the card by mail. As long as you have your number you can start working. OP - Please look at PMM's reply below. He clearly describes the process. L |
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