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carpetbagger

(5,516 posts)

9. 6 months.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #5)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 03:04 PM

Feb 2026

I still have another month or two before my card is in hand, but I got approval (technically, I just sent off my P1 packet to IRCC yesterday for them to start my COPR).

The hockey thing will be funny. When I was a kid in New York, my neighbour was a man we called Mr. Trottier.

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My permanent residency has been approved. [View all] carpetbagger Feb 2026 OP

Congrats! SheltieLover Feb 2026 #1

Congratulations. sinkingfeeling Feb 2026 #2

Congrats! 2naSalit Feb 2026 #3

Congrats, as long as Alberta stays a Canadian province;) Ilikepurple Feb 2026 #4

That's what I told my realtor. carpetbagger Feb 2026 #8

Have you decided where you stand on the real battle for Alberta? Oilers or Flames? Ilikepurple Feb 2026 #13

Oilers. carpetbagger Feb 23 #18

How long did the entire process take? True Dough Feb 2026 #5

6 months. carpetbagger Feb 2026 #9

As in Bryan Trottier? True Dough Feb 2026 #10

Yep. carpetbagger Feb 23 #15

Congratulations and good luck! Fiendish Thingy Feb 2026 #6

Great news sorcrow Feb 2026 #7

Alberta? PJMcK Feb 2026 #11

Yes. carpetbagger Feb 23 #16

Yeah, we're over 62 PJMcK Feb 23 #19

Took me four years and Congressional intervention to get my wife her green card AZLD4Candidate Feb 2026 #12

I've read a lot about it from you on DU. carpetbagger Feb 23 #17

And the end result is my wife doesn't go anywhere without my parents or me accompanying her AZLD4Candidate Feb 23 #20

Lucky you! mgardener Feb 2026 #14

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