Canada2004

Hi all,

We applied for permanent residence status in an embassy not
responsible for our country.

We received yesterday a letter from the Canadian embassy, asking us to
provide either an address in Canada or an address in one of the
countries, which are served by the embassy to receive our visas.

We have relatives in Canada, who can receive visas for us, but in the
letter from the embassy is stated: "You must ensure that the person
receiving the mail has been duly authorized by you to receive
registered mail in your name, according to the rules of the postal
service in the country where it will be delivered."

How can we authorize our relatives in Canada to receive the registered
mail for us? Is there any form available for this purpose?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Canada2004

Vladimir Menkov

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Canada2004 <> wrote:
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    >We have relatives in Canada, who can receive visas for us, but in the
    >letter from the embassy is stated: "You must ensure that the person
    >receiving the mail has been duly authorized by you to receive
    >registered mail in your name, according to the rules of the postal
    >service in the country where it will be delivered."
    >How can we authorize our relatives in Canada to receive the registered
    >mail for us? Is there any form available for this purpose?

The Canada Post web site says that they would have to bring a "letter
of authorization" from you, but does mention any details, such as
notarization, signature guarantee, etc.:


http://www.canadapost.ca/textonly/co.../default-e.asp

If I were in your Canadian relatives' position, I would check with my
local post office (which is probably just a postal counter in a corner
of a drug store :-) in person as to what exactly is required, and
whether a simple free-form letter signed by you is enough, or
something more formal is necessary.

In any event, it is probably a good idea to request that CIC sends
the passport to you in an envelope with a "c/o" ("care of") address,
e.g.

Ivan Bobrov
c/o Stepan Losev
123 Maple Street, Toronto, ON

where the first name is yours, and the second is that of the person
who'll actually walk to the post office to pick the letter. (Well,
thinking of it, maybe you can simply ask CIC to only put *that*
person's address on the envelope, but I don't know if they'll agree).

--vld.

Canada2004

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