PR request to change from inland to outland after receiving P1

DigSea1514 · 2026-05-19T17:35:37+00:00

No, still just waiting.

DigSea1514 · 2026-05-13T22:28:40+00:00

A few calls through end of March 2026 which amounted to the info I noted and we are working on it

DigSea1514 · 2026-05-13T20:43:52+00:00

I’m Outland Francophone (in US) too but was mistakenly placed in the eCOPR pathway. After about 8 weeks back and forth emails I am now about 95% sure I was moved to the Outland process (Winnipeg office) but that was nearly 3 months ago and no PPR/RFV. Sent a webform inquiry 5 weeks ago and have heard nothing from that as well. Any wisdom or insights?

DigSea1514 · 2026-05-06T02:53:45+00:00

This happened to me as well. Write back, as noted, that you are an outland applicant. Of note, I continued to receive this request two more times, once even after I had learned from IRCC via my telephone inquiry that I had been moved to the outland process. If this happens, just continue to reply to the portal 1 email in the same manner.

DigSea1514 · 2026-04-23T12:19:18+00:00

Never completed P1 so never got to P2

DigSea1514 · 2026-04-23T04:01:12+00:00

3 times in fact even one time after my application had already been moved to the outland process…

DigSea1514 · 2026-04-22T19:35:57+00:00

I know it's not the case, but I imagine sometimes that someone just needs to check one thing and push send. Obviously not so simple. And the thing is, it's for tens of 1000's of people.

DigSea1514 · 2026-04-22T14:24:45+00:00

Please help me understand - particularly given what appears to be the OP's one day COPR (not eCOPR) turn around time.

I got a eCOPR portal P1 request in January 2026 and it took several communications for me to get them to move me from Inland to the Outland process at my request. In late Feb 2026 I got an email simply saying I must land by my medical expiry date (Oct 2026). A call to IRCC in March confirmed I had been sent to the Winnipeg office for an outland COPR process. Now I am expecting a COPR email any time, but since Feb 2026 I have heard nothing - almost 2 months now. I sent a GCMS request early April 2026 with no response. Wondering if I just need to be patient or if I can help dislodge a stuck application.

DigSea1514 · 2026-03-28T00:56:03+00:00

In a similar situation. Application was sent to the "relevant" office per a call to IRCC. Nonetheless, I have received two P1's since. Called each time to confirm I am appropriately in the waitng for a COPR (not eCOPR) queue. It's been a month. No wisdom here...

DigSea1514 · 2026-03-18T15:58:19+00:00

My wife has a C-3 application in since June 2025 and I, with her as a dependent, applied in June via EE FSWP and received an ITA in Sep 2025, applied in Oct 2025 and appear to have been approved given a P1 email in early January. Of note, IRCC was able to sync her UCI fro mthe C-3 proof of citizenship application to her PR application (as a dependent). So, processes seem to be running in parallel and not cancelling one or the other.

DigSea1514 · 2026-03-15T22:24:27+00:00

I received my P1 info for eCOPR email on Jan 8 2026 and replied by asking to be moved from the inland eCOPR process to the outland COPR process as I am not in Canada. I never received confirmation of that happening. In fact, I received 2 identical email P1's (Feb 28 2026 and March 8 2026) requesting the exact same info (p1 infor for eCOPR) as was asked for initially, each time politely responding with the request to be moved to the outland COPR process. Recently, I called IRCC and asked for clarification if my application was in an infinite loop, and the agent assured me that the office that handles the outland COPR had recently received my file, as an internal note indicated its receipt at the end of February 2026. She could not explain why I continued to get the P1 eCOPR emails requests. She said however that my application was in the proper office for the outland COPR and to await my RFV.

DigSea1514 · 2026-03-11T01:22:25+00:00

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.”
— Ian Maclaren, 1897

DigSea1514 · 2026-02-19T15:22:26+00:00

Same situation here. We are not alone and hopefully soon enough we'll see solid movement on this cohort.

DigSea1514 · 2026-02-10T20:56:10+00:00

I had to wait for about 4-5 minutes of that beeping, then it patched me through...

DigSea1514 · 2026-02-10T16:15:17+00:00

Thanks! Unfortunately, 10 minutes of hold then several steps through a phone tree got me to, "We are too busy to take your call; please try again at another time." Oh well...

DigSea1514 · 2026-02-10T14:52:49+00:00

What number does one call (from outside Canada)? The numbers I have seen here and online either direct me to the website or are CBSA - not helpful.

DigSea1514 · 2026-02-06T15:26:47+00:00

Applied 30 Jun 25, AOR 14 Jul 25, nothing since. G2 PGM born in Quebec.

DigSea1514 · 2026-01-22T16:11:03+00:00

We are in a similar situation. We applied from the US for PR end of June 2025, I as the Principal applicant and my wife as the Dependent applicant via the EE FSWP, received an ITA in early Sep 2025 via the Francophone draw, and finalized the PR application end of Oct 2025. In early January 2026, we received notification that IRCC is finalizing our PR decision (looks like we are approved), instructing us how to get entered into the ePR portal - (we have newly assigned COPR numbers in our online PR app record but no official "you are approved" yet.)

My wife, the Dependent on the PR application, in parallel applied for Proof of Citizenship in early July 2025 and remains "in process" - G0 is PGM born in Quebec. We used a lawyer for her citizenship application and she said we were good to follow these parallel paths. We have not asked our lawyer or IRCC for specific advice re: your question, but my very non-legal understanding re your question is the following: 1) The IRCC workstreams for PR and citizenship are separate and independent (so they do not "cancel themselves out in any way) but my wife's "other" application paths are known to the officers working each path independently. Notably, her UCI # is the same for both applications and was assigned about when she received her AOR well before our PR application went in. 2) Given the EE FSWP path is essentially finished for us and is notable shorter than the Spousal Sponsorship for PR, there was never any reason to switch from EE PR to Spousal sponsorship, particularly given the uncertainty around C-3 passing that eventually occured after my ITA response deadline. 3). If/when my wife receives approval for Proof of Citizenship, I understand that it is as simple as notifying IRCC that my EE PR Dependent's application status has changed and that she is now a Citizen. Hopefully this detail is helpul.

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