Hello, thank you for your post and update!
Please let us know if your wife had any problems getting a job with the OWP with restrictions, or did she get a job after flagpoling to obtain OWP without restrictions.
I currently have an OWP with restrictions (waiting for CIC to request Med exam) and have started looking for jobs, but I am in the health field and will have to apply for positions that don't entail patient contact, for now, until I can remove restrictions down the road, after I pass my Med Exam.
Thank you again for sharing and it is great to hear that you and others are well on their way toward permanent residency status!