PR Renewal - Status Message

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Dear Gurus,
My PR renewal application is approved and I see below status message

Your request for a permanent resident card was approved on June XX, 2013, and will be issued shortly. Although the majority of permanent resident cards are mailed directly to applicants, it is possible that a card be sent to a CIC office as part of the quality assurance program. If this is your case, you will receive a notice asking you to pick up your card at the CIC office nearest you.

I haven't see the above message in any forums before... When I checked last week the status message was different. It was something like below which is common message on all the forums.

"Your request for a permanent resident card was approved on June XX, 2013. You will be notified within 2 to 4 weeks regarding the pickup.

I have met all the residency criteria etc. I am worried because, I have applied for Citizenship and got a pre-test RQ + Fingerprint. 

Regards,

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pretestRQ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Junior Member Joined: 15 Dec 2012 Status: Offline Points: 31	Post Options Post Reply Quote pretestRQ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: PR Renewal - Status Message Posted: 25 Jun 2013 at 1:39pm
	Dear Gurus, My PR renewal application is approved and I see below status message Your request for a permanent resident card was approved on June XX, 2013, and will be issued shortly. Although the majority of permanent resident cards are mailed directly to applicants, it is possible that a card be sent to a CIC office as part of the quality assurance program. If this is your case, you will receive a notice asking you to pick up your card at the CIC office nearest you. I haven't see the above message in any forums before... When I checked last week the status message was different. It was something like below which is common message on all the forums. "Your request for a permanent resident card was approved on June XX, 2013. You will be notified within 2 to 4 weeks regarding the pickup. I have met all the residency criteria etc. I am worried because, I have applied for Citizenship and got a pre-test RQ + Fingerprint. Regards,

Spellbound Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Junior Member Joined: 24 Jan 2013 Status: Offline Points: 43	Post Options Post Reply Quote Spellbound Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 25 Jun 2013 at 6:29pm
	No need to worry - I have the same standard message. I also got RQ (no fingerprints though). It does not really matter whether it will be mailed to me or I will have to pick it up. I would actually prefer to pick it up as I noticed that some letters and magazines are lost by Canada Post.

pretestRQ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Junior Member Joined: 15 Dec 2012 Status: Offline Points: 31	Post Options Post Reply Quote pretestRQ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 27 Jun 2013 at 12:23am
	Thanks Spellbound

pretestRQ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Junior Member Joined: 15 Dec 2012 Status: Offline Points: 31	Post Options Post Reply Quote pretestRQ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jul 2013 at 3:29pm
	I got my renewed PR card by mail. One less thing to worry now :-) . Just an FYI if you are curious ... Initially the status was "Decision Made" with below message, at that point it was not clear if I will get the card by mail or a letter to pick the card. Later the status changed to "Complete" with the same message, I received the card in 3 days after the status changed to "Complete" . Your request for a permanent resident card was approved on Month XX, YYYY, and will be issued shortly. Although the majority of permanent resident cards are mailed directly to applicants, it is possible that a card be sent to a CIC office as part of the quality assurance program. If this is your case, you will receive a notice asking you to pick up your card at the CIC office nearest you.

dpenabill Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Top Member Joined: 29 Nov 2009 Status: Offline Points: 6407	Post Options Post Reply Quote dpenabill Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jul 2013 at 11:46pm
	Thank you pretestRQ for updating us with this information. There has been a bit of confusion about the messages PRs get when applying for a renewed PR card and your clear explanation helps clarify things.
	Bureaucracy is what bureaucracy does, or When in doubt, follow the instructions. Otherwise, follow the instructions. BTW: Not an expert, not a Can. lawyer, never worked in immigration

pretestRQ Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Junior Member Joined: 15 Dec 2012 Status: Offline Points: 31	Post Options Post Reply Quote pretestRQ Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 10 Jul 2013 at 2:08pm
	You're welcome :-) Also, I forgot to mention in the above post that it took 30 calendar days to change the status from "Decision Made" to "Complete".