After Approval Question: AOR - Interview - Passport - Visa -

[Eeriest Elk]

My spouse is approved as my sponsor. Next up is AOR from the Visa Office...

Then what? The CIC website says:
After you apply: get next steps

If you have filled out your application properly and meet all the requirements, we will mail your card to you. We will only mail PR cards to residential addresses in Canada.

In some cases, we may ask you to pick up your card at a local office. If so, bring your passport and the original documents you sent when you applied. If you do not pick up your card within 180 days, the card will be destroyed and you will have to re-apply.

We will contact you if there are problems with your application.

This is pretty vague. The March 2013 Spreadsheet that NicAnn is moderating has Interview requested, Passport Requested, Visa Received.

We applied family PR outbound and will be landing as soon as July 1st or mid August 2013. We have a residence in BC. Should I expect to be requested to interview? Do they need to get my US Passport at some point?

The Visa received is puzzling to me as well. Per the CIC website: United States citizens and permanent residents: You do not need a visa to visit or transit in Canada if you are a United States citizen or a person lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence who is in possession of their alien registration card (Green card) or can provide other evidence of permanent residence.

What should I, a US Citizen applying for PR with my Canadian Wife as a Sponsor, expect?

 

[amikety]

There's a good chance you won't get AOR from your Visa Office in Stage 2. Only a handful from Jan 2013 got AOR.

You're using Ottawa, right? You will probably not need to send in the physical passport, only a photocopy of the pages.

If you're American as well, chances are you won't have an interview. Take a look at the Ottawa spreadsheet (in my signature, as is Jan 2013 Outland) and see how many people got called for an interview!

"Landing" means taking your PR visa and becoming a PR as you enter Canada. Is that what you meant? Or do you just mean entering Canada? You can do it as a visitor - take proof of the PR application. Most Americans are allowed to wait out the process in Canada with their spouse as a visitor.