Syed Khan – 2 Aug 2021
Even in COVID-19 pandemic times, Canada has continued to receive applications for
permanent residency. IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) has
launched Virtual landings to confirm the PR status of the applicants.
Virtual landings for PR status confirmation
From March 2020, IRCC is not making the traditional in-person landing appointments
required to check the documents of Confirmation of Permanent Residency (CoPR).
Instead, the IRCC referred to virtual landing a few times to complete the process.
On June 21st, 2021, Canada announced that people with valid CoPRs (not in Canada)
could travel to Canada to complete their immigration process.
Canada PR confirmation portal
Presently, IRCC is using a new online permanent residence confirmation portal to
confirm the status of the permanent resident.
The new portal is convenient for people to check the status of their PR applications. It
also issues new PR cards at a faster pace. The new PR confirmation portal is not
similar to the Express Entry portal.
The PR confirmation portal is totally separate from the IRCC Express Entry portal you
used to submit your application for permanent residency.
How does the Permanent Resident confirmation portal work?
After receiving approval of the PR application from IRCC, an invitation is sent to check
and finalize the PR status in the PR confirmation portal if the individual who does not
have an account in the portal can confirm the email address to receive the details, of the
account of the new portal.
After receiving the confirmation, IRCC will create an account in the portal and send an
email with login details. Make a note that the account cannot be created individually.
IRCC will create an account under the principle applicant’s account for every applicant
under 18 or any other individuals who chose to act on behalf. This depends upon the
email id which the individual provides in the first email.
To finalize the PR application in the new portal, the individual need to:
● Confirm his/her presence in Canada
● Provide residence address
● Upload a photo which should be a digital photo or a scanned photo but not a
picture taken with a camera or a paper photo
After IRCC accepts the uploaded photo, it will show in the new portal. Later the PR card
is issued with the same photo. Then the IRCC sends you the PR card within a week
after submission.
The individual can use the online proof of PR status until they receive their PR card.
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