Nothing much to look into apart from waiting for the AOR. Let's hope for the best. !
April 2021 OUtLand Spouse Sponsorship
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Just a waiting game, though your sponsor might get the sponsor approval email first before aor... you might not even get an aor.. it doesnt really matter. The actual thing you should be waiting for is the biometrics and medical requests
just check ecas once you know your application number, when it goes to in progress your on your way
On going through the data being posted in the tracker spreadsheet, it seems like at present there is about a duration of 40 days on an average between application received and AOR. So, the files are moving in the right direction but slow and steady.
Sponsor - if PR - must be a resident of Canada throughout the process. "Short trips" are okay. No-one knows what short trips means; four weeks or so as the question was posed is almost certainly okay.
Hi guys, I live in Australia with my husband and twin daughters, myself and daughters have dual citizenship here and Canada. My husband is Australian so we need to get a spouse visa for him . We looked at getting one last year but decided to kind of wait it out here. A year on and it doesn't seem much is changing so we are looking at going ahead and applying now. Does anyone know around how long its taking for visas to process if we're outside Canada? Also I still have our Federal Police Check from July 17th 2020 it says its valid for a year on the government website but I'm thinking maybe we should go ahead and get a new one? Any other info you can throw my way would be great thanks 
You want to apply for PR status for spouse under spousal sponsorship?Hi guys, I live in Australia with my husband and twin daughters, myself and daughters have dual citizenship here and Canada. My husband is Australian so we need to get a spouse visa for him . We looked at getting one last year but decided to kind of wait it out here. A year on and it doesn't seem much is changing so we are looking at going ahead and applying now. Does anyone know around how long its taking for visas to process if we're outside Canada? Also I still have our Federal Police Check from July 17th 2020 it says its valid for a year on the government website but I'm thinking maybe we should go ahead and get a new one? Any other info you can throw my way would be great thanks
You would be better to get a new police certificate. No-one can say how long it may take. 12 months is still the guidance / estimate.
Your spouse should be able to come on eta and remain in Canada for part of the process (or even all) but would have no right to work for quite some time.
My husband doesn’t want to go to Canada until he has a visa, fair point as he has a great job here. Is the wait time more then a year if we apply from Australia?
Guidance is that most files are done in less than a year. The rest depends on how complex the file is and ircc internal.
Applicants from Aus may be quicker because security checks usually easy, and couples with kids together for years usually have fewer issues showing genuine relationship. But covid the biggest factor right now.
Wild guess? Six to twelve months. Apply earlier to wait less.
Also note that as a citizen living abroad you'll need to show intent to return to Canada.
Covid is the big wild card so I could be quite wrong. Good luck.Ah ok that’s not bad at all I was thinking 12 months or a bit more, so maybe less is a bonus. I’m currently getting paperwork together to apply. Thanks for that information