Hi... yes for sure! Yes we won’t get our OWP until we get our AIP my representative contact CIC and that’s what they said!! Here is the answer they gave:Hi cldinha,
We can follow each other’s time I guess I sent in November . Am in a same situation. It’s been 4 months no update on work permit. I think we have to wait for AIP . Because I have seen people applied in nov got approved work permit .
“As of December 22, 2014, open work permits may be issued to eligible applicants under the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class at an earlier stage in processing if they meet certain criteria. We verified the information on file. However, it has been determined that you do not meet the eligibility criteria.
Your application for the open work permit remains valid and will be processed once your sponsorship application is approved in principle.”
The only thing is that I’m not sure how long does it take!! I feel that is a bit of waste of money cause some people told me that it takes around of 10 month to get the AIP and the PR takes 12 so is just a 2 month difference! :/