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Hello! As long as you hold valid status in Canada, you are eligible for the OWP through the pilot program. If you don't have valid status, you'll need to apply to restore your status first, or wait until you get approval in principal. I don't know if the pilot program OWP can be done online or...

Don't worry! Do you know why they may have asked for an interview? Do you have any red flags (big age difference, different religions, stuff like that)? I'm sure you'll be fine. If I was in your position I would be stressed too - but your relationship is genuine, you will be just fine! There is...

Hello! We lost status due to a really stupid error - we applied inland and sent the wrong open work permit form with our application. If we'd sent the correct one, we would have been covered under implied status, but unfortunately we weren't notified of our error until after my husband's 6 month...

We got our AIP email today (Monday), but nothing has been updated on ecas yet. I'm assuming that will happen tomorrow.

Honestly, the first thing I said to my husband when he mentioned that he got an email was, "I feel happy! But also guilty!" I just hope this means good news is on its way for you as well!

That's not as bad as I thought honestly - if I remember correctly my husband paid nearly 400 euros for the privilege last time. There's only one doctor in my city unfortunately - hopefully he is up to speed with the technology! Otherwise, we may need to make a day trip out to Calgary just to be...

Something tells me this is going to be expensive... any chance Alberta health care would cover some of it?

Guys! We got sponsorship approval and AIP today along with a meds request! This is moving much quicker than anticipated. I hope that means good things are soon to come for the people who applied before us! Quick question - they've asked for a new medical within a month, but it can take Canada...

Congratulations! Happy landing and welcome to Canada :)

Is this normal? When we got AOR, we were given a UCI and application number to use on ECAS to access the PR application. My husband just got his work permit in the mail, and the UCI listed on it doesn't match the one I've been using to check ECAS. Shouldn't there be one for the whole application?

Hello everyone! Just checking in - I see that quite a few applicants from September 2015 have received AIP already! That's amazing. Hopefully that means we will find a nice surprise in our email inbox sometime soon. CIC received our application on Sept 11 2015, and started processing it on Dec...

I'm not sure what it is like in Ontario, but I imagine it's similar to Alberta. I was able to get my husband an Alberta health care number by heading down to the registry office with proof of his valid legal status here and proof of our marriage. We used his open work permit but any valid...

Hello everyone! Just a quick update: We got our OWP today! We sent the original form to Mississauga back in September but due to a mixup (we sent the wrong one and my husband lost status as a result) things were delayed. We had to send an application for restoration of status along with the...

Hello, everyone! A few months ago I posted asking for advice about an unusual situation with our PR application. Basically what happened is this: My husband came to Canada as a visitor in May 2015. In September, we sent our Inland application with an open work permit included to Mississauga...

The Situation so far: We've been married since July 1, 2014. My husband arrived to Canada from a visa-exempt country (Austria) as a visitor on May 13, 2015. He was granted the full 180 days of visitor status upon entry (Until Nov 9, 2015). We sent our inland PR app and work permit together to...

Update: I have found a couple of websites that claim that some out-of-status applicants can apply for a restoration of status in a new category (meaning a visitor who loses status can apply for a restoration of status under a new category as a worker). Here...

Thanks for replying. I really appreciate it. This whole situation is so confusing, frustrating, and frankly is giving me a headache. Spending 5 hours on the phone (the majority of which was spent on hold or trying to navigate automated menus) in the last 2 days didn't help. I can't believe...

One more question just to confirm: My husband was here legally when we sent the inland sponsorship application out. Does an inland application in process on its own grant implied status? In other words, is he truly out of status now even though the inland application is in process? I know that...

We're still trying to figure it out.. we called CIC for instructions but have been told a number of different things. I've been frantically researching all day to figure out what our next steps are. It seems like we need to restore his status somehow, then apply for the work permit. But we...

We could withdraw our inland application and go outland instead, but it wouldn't solve the problem of my husband currently in Canada without proper status. He'd have to leave until he gets PR via outland, or have the restoration of status granted in the meantime. Plus, outland would likely take...