Unfortunately it does not come until almost the very end.
Yes, what he said was that a temporary resident visa would slow down my application and not make a difference for OWP. I don´t know what to think or expect anymore. I will contact a lawyer, at least they seem to have it easier to talk to a human on the phone. It sucks if they grant it closer to the end nowadays, but the guy on the phone said that in situations like mine they took into account the circumstances, which is very vague but I think he meant that I wouldn´t have to wait for OWP after I get AIP, that they might be issued at the same time. Take that with a million grains of salt.
AIP isn't the first stage. It's almost the final stage. I think we got AIP 1 or 2 months before we got the decision made email.
Maybe I misunderstood what he meant? None of us had the best English. I figured he meant AIP, but what he said was first stage, so I´m even more confused now. He also said that it really depended on the application, some get it halfway, some closer to the end.
Go and take a look at the timeline of 2017 inland applicants' AIP and DM dates.
You didn’t misunderstand. Colloquially, AIP is sometimes referred to as first stage approval.
Looking at the timeline there´s something I don´t understand. It takes most people about 12 months to complete the whole application but most of the spreadshit most of those people got AIP after around a year and a half. This is scaring me a lot.
I´m sorry but I do go crazy because that will mean 11 months without being able to work, seven more months than expected. It is a big problem :S
