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okokobiokoman:
This petition is for an extension of validity and not re opening the application as IRCC website suggests a re assessment of application

IRCC does not suggest a reopening of the application except the COPR holder allows their COPR to expire before contacting them. They have advised that all COPR holders should let them know if they are unable to travel which you should do before the expiry date. If you fail to do so and it expires, then they will reopen your application. It is a case of people ensuring they do what they need to do at the right time.

okokobiokoman:
Dear all

Kindly help sign this petition
Expiry of Visas due to the Covid19 pandemic

http://chng.it/MbBT8nfHDR

Why is a petition necessary when IRCC has laid out specific guidelines for COPR holders to follow to indicate their inability to travel because of the pandemic?

bekayy:
Hello. I am a bit confused. Does that mean if i inform IRCC before my PRV expires, they would just extend the date?. I have read the info but is still unsure. Thanks.

I don’t know if it will be an extension or just an annotation that you can use it anytime. However, whichever it is, it is safer to inform them before it expires so you are not at risk of a reopened application.

bekayy:
We plenty. It's quite confusing. Was meant to come next month. COPR expires May 30 but we are hopeful, life and health 1st.

Please ensure you raise a CSE and inform them you are unable to travel. The travel advice says permanent resident applicants in possession of a COPR or PRV must inform IRCC by webform within the validity of their documentation. If submitted after the validity expires, officers are to re-open the application and review within 90 days.

glitchyyy:
Dear all ,

Please help my case .

I am post AOR but just got married .
I would like to add my spouse as non-accompanying to my application . I understand that it requires my to increase my POF to funds for a family of 2 but i didn't envisage that I would also be required to pay RPRF and processing fees since my husband does not require the PR . He is an American citizen.
I have read most of the adding spouse threads but no case seems close to mine.
Does anyone have any advice or opinion on how to go from here?
Please assist .

I don’t know if you have received a response to this. If you and your husband plan to live together in Canada at any point (and you don’t want to have to go down the sponsorship route) you may want to add him now as accompanying and let him also become a Canadian PR. If you want to do it later, then you will have to sponsor him to become a Canadian PR as his American citizenship only gives him the right to visit Canada for a specific period without a visa or ETA. It does not permit him to live in Canada. If he wants to live or work in Canada, he requires the correct documentation which is a resident visa or a work permit. However, if you add him as non-accompanying, there is no need for you to make the RPRF payment for him but you will have to show evidence of POF for a family of 2.

ladymarshall:
Please can you share the website where you got this information. I couldn’t find this anywhere on platforms online or on the Canadian government websites. I also need to see the date when this law or policy was passed. People have been appealing PR refusals even until last month and VOs have reopened their cases. I’m not sure this info you shared is recent and authentic except you can prove otherwise. I also believe the VO has some measure of discretion and independence in their immigration decisions. Let’s not misinform people here and cause them to take a wrong decision if they’re refused. Share your source.

The information is correct. Requesting a visa officer to kindly review/revisit/reopen your application based on information that was missed or an update you can provide etc is not an “Appeal” in the sense of Canadian immigration law but a request for reconsideration. An official Appeal is one sent to the Immigration Board (IRB) which is what was quoted in that article. If you are applying for PR in Canada, your official recourse after a refusal is a Judicial Review as rightly stated except some classes e.g. Protected Persons or a Sponsor appealing on behalf of a member of the family class who can appeal to the IRB. What you are referring to is not an official Appeal but a reconsideration by a visa officer and they are not under obligation to accede to the request if they don’t want to except they realise they missed something and it can be grounds for you to get a Judicial Review. Note that an “Appeal” to the Federal Court is actually the same as a “Judicial Review” and that is the term mostly used to differentiate it from an appeal to the IRB.
@ladymarshall