Same situation. Hubby out of status almost 2 years. We got married July 2017. Put together application and was ready to be sent off except for
Police certificate from his country which was to arrive via courier in 2 days.
Because of the app process, CBSA was alerted and they showed up at my door. Hubby wasn’t here. He was told to turn himself in the next morning. Hubby went and was put under administrative arrest, given an exclusion order and let go with the condition to sign in once a month. At that time the officer said techically he was to start the removal order process that day but would stall for a month to give us a chance to get our sponsorship app sent off. He also stated if toronto office calls us in 1st, then it would be out of his hands. He said he would give him prra package at 1st sign in appointment. 10 months have gone by and that still hasn’t happened. About a week ago we finally got an interview letter and are to travel to Mississauga office tomorrow for it. I have read ur only slightly protected ( Not a definitely but have a chance) once u reach AIP. We are very very close to that but def not by tomorrow. But when hubby told the cbsa officer at his last sign in what’s happening , he said not to worry. He still thinks we will be ok. He said because the app is in period they may just agree to wait for a decision ( he knows we haven’t reached aip yet and knows we did not even have app in when issued the exclusion order) He said ask for deferral if not ( which I thought was only for people who had app IN BEFORE exclusion order. He doesn’t think it will go this far, but also suggested applying for prra to buy time as a last resort. So worried about tomorrow. Everything our local officer has told us really goes against everything everyone in the forums has told me. Praying he’s being honest with us or isn’t giving us bad Info by maybe not remembering our situation clearly. Good luck
Ps our app was sent around Feb or March 2018. Sent back to us. Recieved again April 2018