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Ms Denney:

This concerns your application for permanent residence in Canada.

In order to continue processing your application, we require the following:

• Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF) x 1 must be paid by your sponsor direct to CPC Mississauga. For information, please visit: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse-apply-how.asp#step4

We require that the RPRF is paid within 30 days from the date of this email.

Please send a copy of the payment receipt to our office, as well as to CPC-Mississauga.

Immigration Section/Département d'immigration
Canadian Consulate General /Consulat Général du Canada
550 S. Hope Street, 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2627
Fax: 213-625-7154
Email: "los-angeles-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca"
www.losangeles.gc.ca

Definitely a good sign
Quickest to pay it online & print out the receipt (a few of them wouldn't hurt) and get it to them

susanskd Wrote:Ms Denney:
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This concerns your application for permanent residence in Canada.

In order to continue processing your application, we require the following:

• Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF) x 1 must be paid by your sponsor direct to CPC Mississauga. For information, please visit: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/sponsor/spouse-apply-how.asp#step4

We require that the RPRF is paid within 30 days from the date of this email.

Please send a copy of the payment receipt to our office, as well as to CPC-Mississauga.

[FONT=Arial]Immigration Section/Département d'immigration
Canadian Consulate General /Consulat Général du Canada
550 S. Hope Street, 9th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2627
Fax: 213-625-7154
Email: "los-angeles-im-enquiry@international.gc.ca"
www.losangeles.gc.ca

That is the kind of E-Mail I would love to see... very good news.

does a happy dance, whoo hooo

When they ask for the money, that is a great sign. Congratulations

Great news.

So great!

i just got the same letter, but from NYC - so glad it's good news!

at what point do they ask for this? Is it once its approved in Mississauga, or once its approved and the permanent residency is granted?

This would be at the almost approved phase, when they are ready to issue a visa . . . but until they have actually issued the visa, the application is not formally "approved" (for example, when one is asked to send in their passport, which in effect is for the purpose of affixing the visa in the passport, technically one still has not been completely approved even though the last steps in the process are largely a formality).

For Americans, since the sponsored partner PR applications are processed fairly promptly (barring issues, assuming qualification), and thus the payment of the Right of Permanent Residence Fee most likely will be required sooner rather than later, and since any additional step in the process is simply one more place where something can go awry, it is indeed better (as the guide suggests) to pay this fee up front, at the same time one pays the "processing fees."