March 2025 - Inland Spousal Sponsorship

[LunaaStarr]

Hey! Could I ask how you made the account with the AOR? Not sure how I can find the UCI or application number without it

Yeah absolutely!
So I will add, I was able to make the tracker but I still don't have AOR because when they sent me an email asking me for additional documents which was just to fix the imm5669e form (wrote the wrong date on one of my addresses), it had the application number and the UCI at the top of the letter. It didn't let me track it until the next day and AFTER I had submitted the document (and got an acknowledgement of reciept of the additional documents. Status just says "in progress.

 

[Nakul.bawa]

• Application Submitted: March 30, 2025
• Applicant Nationality: India (married)
• Sponsor: PR living in Canada
• AOR: -
• Pre-arrival services Letter: -
• AIP: -
• Sponsor Eligibility: -
• Sponsor Eligibility (2nd): -
• BIL: -

Good luck to everyone in the wait.

 

[davidsson3]

Hi All,

Got the AOR yesterday. Details below:

• Application Submitted: March 16, 2025
• Applicant Nationality: Indian (married)
• Sponsor: Citizen living in Canada
• AOR: - April 14, 2025
• Application linked to portal: April 15, 2025
• Pre-arrival services Letter: -
• AIP: -
• Sponsor Eligibility: -
• Sponsor Eligibility (2nd): -
• BIL: -

 

[ttf07]

• Application Submitted: March 11, 2025
• Applicant Nationality: Ghanaian
• Sponsor: Canadian Citizen living in Canada
• AOR: -
• Pre-arrival services Letter: -
• AIP: -
• Sponsor Eligibility: -
• Sponsor Eligibility (2nd): -
• BIL:

AOR: April 14th

 

[HelpExchange]

Received BIL letter, but no AOR. Does anyone else had same experience or knows someone who has received BIL before AOR and how long it took them to receive AOR after BIL?

• Application Submitted: March 18, 2025
• Applicant Nationality: Indian
• Sponsor: Canadian Citizen living in Canada
• AOR: -
• Pre-arrival services Letter: -
• AIP: -
• Sponsor Eligibility: -
• Sponsor Eligibility (2nd): -
• BIL: April 17, 2025

 

[davidsson3]

Hi All,

Another update:

• Application Submitted: March 16, 2025
• Applicant Nationality: Indian (married)
• Sponsor: Citizen living in Canada
• AOR: - April 14, 2025
• Application linked to portal: April 15, 2025
• Bio-metrics Letter: April 17, 2025
• Prearrival services Letter: - April 17, 2025
• Sponsor Eligibility: -
• Sponsor Eligibility (2nd): -

 

[davidsson3]

Received BIL letter, but no AOR. Does anyone else had same experience or knows someone who has received BIL before AOR and how long it took them to receive AOR after BIL?

• Application Submitted: March 18, 2025
• Applicant Nationality: Indian
• Sponsor: Canadian Citizen living in Canada
• AOR: -
• Pre-arrival services Letter: -
• AIP: -
• Sponsor Eligibility: -
• Sponsor Eligibility (2nd): -
• BIL: April 17, 2025

This does see odd. Your BIL will have the Application Number and UCI. Login to the PR tracker portal https://ircc-tracker-suivi.apps.cic.gc.ca/en/login and see if the AOR was issued or not.

 

[LunaaStarr]

• Application Submitted: March 16th, 2025
• Applicant Nationality: United States of America (common law)
• Sponsor: Canadian Citizen living in Canada
• AOR: -
• Pre-arrival services Letter: -
• AIP: -
• Sponsor Eligibility: -
• Sponsor Eligibility (2nd): -
• BIL: -

AOR RECEIVED!!!

I did notice my spouse got a different UCI number than me (I was able to make the PR tracker account when I had go submit the document requested that needed to be fixed). Is that normal? I also cant log into my PR tracker account since the AOR was recieved.

 

[Dawinderkaur4]

Inland Spousal sponsorship

• Application Submitted: March 13, 2025
• Applicant and sponsor Nationality: Indian (Married)
• Sponsor: Permanent Resident of Canada / living in Canada
• AOR: -

AOR Received

• Inland Spousal sponsorship
  • Application Submitted: March 13, 2025
  • Applicant and sponsor Nationality: Indian (Married)
  • Sponsor: Permanent Resident of Canada / living in Canada
  • AOR: - April 17, 2025
  • Application linked to portal: April 17, 2025
  • Bio-metrics Letter: April 17, 2025
  • Prearrival services Letter: - April 17, 2025

 

[thanhtam23]

Does anyone know how long the OWPs if approved are given for?

My Vistitor Visa expires May 7th. If Imy partner doesn't get the AOR by 2 weeks before hand, it looks like I can apply straight for the OWP without the AOR according to the site.
I'm wondering, do they approve the OWPs for the estimated time that it takes for the Sponsorship Applications to run (est. 24 months atm)? Curious as to other's understanding or experiences.

2 years

 

[davidsson3]

• Application Submitted: March 16, 2025
• Primary Applicant Nationality: Indian
• Sponsor: Citizen living in Canada (married)
• AOR: April 14, 2025
• Application linked to portal: April 15, 2025
• Bio-metrics Letter: April 17, 2025
• Prearrival services Letter: April 17, 2025
• AIP: April 17, 2025 (Did not realize the letter PA got meant the status was AIP)
• Application linked to GCKey: April 24, 2025 (was struggling to link as you have mention +1 in number of family members)
• Medical Request: -
• Sponsor Eligibility: -
• Sponsor Eligibility (2nd): -

 

[James Russo]

• Application Submitted: March 16, 2025
• Primary Applicant Nationality: Indian
• Sponsor: Citizen living in Canada (married)
• AOR: April 14, 2025
• Application linked to portal: April 15, 2025
• Bio-metrics Letter: April 17, 2025
• Prearrival services Letter: April 17, 2025
• AIP: April 17, 2025 (Did not realize the letter PA got meant the status was AIP)
• Application linked to GCKey: April 24, 2025 (was struggling to link as you have mention +1 in number of family members)
• Medical Request: -
• Sponsor Eligibility: -
• Sponsor Eligibility (2nd): -

Are you really sure that you got AIP in a month only?

 

[davidsson3]

Are you really sure that you got AIP in a month only?

Yes, wife (PA) received a letter on April 17, 2025 stating:

"It has been determined that you meet the eligibility requirements to apply for permanent residence
as a member of the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class. Please note that a final
decision will not be made until all remaining requirements for becoming a permanent resident
have been met. These requirements include medical, security and background checks for you
and, if applicable, all of your family members, both in Canada and abroad, even if they are not
applying to join you in Canada at this time. You cannot become a permanent resident until you
and all your family members have met these requirements."

It matches the description in the IRCC glossary: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html

Saw a ghost update today on the portal. We still have not received the Medical Request and I suspect we might not have to do it since her recent (student visa) medical was in Feb 2021. Per the public policy we seem to be exempt; but I could be wrong: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/2022-foreign-exempt-ime.html and more details here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...eements/public-policies/excempt-ime-2024.html

 

[James Russo]

Yes, wife (PA) received a letter on April 17, 2025 stating:

"It has been determined that you meet the eligibility requirements to apply for permanent residence
as a member of the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class. Please note that a final
decision will not be made until all remaining requirements for becoming a permanent resident
have been met. These requirements include medical, security and background checks for you
and, if applicable, all of your family members, both in Canada and abroad, even if they are not
applying to join you in Canada at this time. You cannot become a permanent resident until you
and all your family members have met these requirements."

It matches the description in the IRCC glossary: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship/helpcentre/glossary.html

Saw a ghost update today on the portal. We still have not received the Medical Request and I suspect we might not have to do it since her recent (student visa) medical was in Feb 2021. Per the public policy we seem to be exempt; but I could be wrong: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/2022-foreign-exempt-ime.html and more details here: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigratio...eements/public-policies/excempt-ime-2024.html

That's incredible. Congrats.

 

[LunaaStarr]

Anyone know if this situation is normal?

IRCC asked me to fix one small error on document (wrote a date backwards) and gave me a month timeline to resubmit (I submitted the same day) which was May 9th.

I submited April 9th, the day it was asked for. AOR was recieved by Sponsor April 17th, but since then I haven't gotten BIL or anything.If they give you a certain time to submit, do they usually not check back in until that date? It's worrying me just a bit.