My wife accompanied me from Korea in March. We got married here in Canada and have submitted an application to sponsor her for PR and OWP. Her status as a temporary resident would expire in September.
From what I understand, it is not necessary to submit a separate application to extend her temporary resident status, because she has implied status while we have applied for a OWP. I would only need to apply for this if we could not submit the PR application before her visitor status expired, right? But I read a few threads suggesting applying for a visitor extension while the OWP is pending just in case the OWP is denied. But there's no reason the OWP would be denied with the PR application pending, is there?
Another thing -- because she came from Korea as a temporary resident, we didn't receive any evidence of status, not even a passport stamp. This means she is not able to apply for any services in BC (such as health care, a local driver's license, or even a bank account at most institutions). We need an AOR which is taking months right now. If we applied for an extension and it was approved, we'd receive proof of status. But I guess that's similarly backlogged, and it seems extensions are often rejected anyway.
Thanks for any help. This forum has been a really valuable resource while we were filling out the application.
From what I understand, it is not necessary to submit a separate application to extend her temporary resident status, because she has implied status while we have applied for a OWP. I would only need to apply for this if we could not submit the PR application before her visitor status expired, right? But I read a few threads suggesting applying for a visitor extension while the OWP is pending just in case the OWP is denied. But there's no reason the OWP would be denied with the PR application pending, is there?
Another thing -- because she came from Korea as a temporary resident, we didn't receive any evidence of status, not even a passport stamp. This means she is not able to apply for any services in BC (such as health care, a local driver's license, or even a bank account at most institutions). We need an AOR which is taking months right now. If we applied for an extension and it was approved, we'd receive proof of status. But I guess that's similarly backlogged, and it seems extensions are often rejected anyway.
Thanks for any help. This forum has been a really valuable resource while we were filling out the application.