Losing your COPR shortly before a planned soft landing is stressful, especially with a one-time entry visa expiry looming. Group members shared two practical options.
What group members advised:- Raise a webform request or email IRCC. Use the webform or the email address provided in your final passport request/COPR issuance communication to formally report the lost document and request a replacement or guidance.
- You can often get a replacement printed on arrival. At the port of entry, border officials can print another copy of the COPR for you — so as a backup, you can still travel on your existing one-time entry visa and resolve it at the airport.
- Prioritize entering Canada before your visa expires, even if the COPR replacement process is still in progress — letting the one-time entry visa lapse is described as risking your immigration status, not just an inconvenience.
The practical takeaway: contact IRCC via webform/email as a first step, but don't let that process cause you to miss your entry window — arriving before the visa expires and getting a reprint at the border is a workable fallback.