Common law sponsorship application submitted to IRCC.. what now

[Mryoung]

Hi there

After working with our immigration lawyer over the course of 3 months we finally submitted the common law sponsorship application to the IRCC for my partner.

What happens after this process? Anyone else gone through this process as well? It’s an outbound application.

 

[lovindahubby]

Hi there

After working with our immigration lawyer over the course of 3 months we finally submitted the common law sponsorship application to the IRCC for my partner.

What happens after this process? Anyone else gone through this process as well? It’s an outbound application.

Good start, submit application and wait for AOR and other instructions.. but I’ve been seeing some did not receive AOR but receiving different communication from ircc .. after receiving this you can link you application on gckey and tracker to get updates on your file.. you can also call them as well.. if anything else someone else will come and add to the forum !
good luck

 

[Amiah_world]

Outbound meaning Outland ?
I swore Outland has to be marriage (spousal) and not common law if my memory serves me correctly.

 

[Mryoung]

Outbound meaning Outland ?
I swore Outland has to be marriage (spousal) and not common law if my memory serves me correctly.

Yes correct. Our situation is different because my partner has children in Columbia. you’re aloud to reside in Canada and submit a Outland application. We did this to have more flexibility for my partner in case an emergency happens in her home country

 

[Mryoung]

Good start, submit application and wait for AOR and other instructions.. but I’ve been seeing some did not receive AOR but receiving different communication from ircc .. after receiving this you can link you application on gckey and tracker to get updates on your file.. you can also call them as well.. if anything else someone else will come and add to the forum !
good luck

Thank you greatly

 

[armoured]

Outbound meaning Outland ?
I swore Outland has to be marriage (spousal) and not common law if my memory serves me correctly.

Your memory is incorrect, outland can be common law just as inland can.

 

[thanhtam23]

Your memory is incorrect, outland can be common law just as inland can.

i saw someone submitted common-law application with one year cohabitate in the past and they’re not cohabitating at the moment, is it not allowed?

 

[scylla]

i saw someone submitted common-law application with one year cohabitate in the past and they’re not cohabitating at the moment, is it not allowed?

A person can certainly do that outland. But not for inland. For inland, you need to be cohabitating (regardless of whether common law or married).

 

[thanhtam23]

A person can certainly do that outland. But not for inland. For inland, you need to be cohabitating (regardless of whether common law or married).

haha, sorry somehow i read armoured’s post as “your memory is correct, common law can’t be applied as outland”

and yes, i’m fully aware of inland’s requirements which is quite strict and with the current policy i don’t know what’s the point to apply as inland, everyone should opt for outland regardless of where they’re living

 

[armoured]

and yes, i’m fully aware of inland’s requirements which is quite strict and with the current policy i don’t know what’s the point to apply as inland, everyone should opt for outland regardless of where they’re living

I mostly agree but someone pointed out one major case, those applicants who are out of status - there's a specific policy that protects them only if they apply inland.

One other reason that could make a difference is processing times, both overall and for the open work permit. Right now overall inland and outland are pretty close, at times they have been quite different. I don't think there's enough info to know if they differ for the OWP, but my impression is somewhat longer for the OWP (but I'm going to call that a guess and not an estimate - I have very little data).

The other outstanding is that hypothetically interviews are held in home country (official country of residence) of principal applicant - but those seem so infrequent (even rare) that not worth taking into consideration.

But definitely: since we see here not-infrequently that people who apply inland 'have something come up' and have to leave and then run the risk of having their inland app cancelled and/or not being able to return, my own opinion is that almost everyone should apply outland even when in Canada. The 'benefits' to inland apps are too narrow and limited EXCEPT for the case of principal applicants who are out of status.

All of the above IMO, YMMV.