Hi there,
Hoping to get some guidance.
My partner and I recently sent an application for PR under the CEC stream. My partner is the principal applicant, with myself as his common law partner. The application was received by CIC on 30 December. He is NOC 0621.
My partner's IEC visa is due to expire on or around 13 August 2015. We will need to apply for a BOWP before his current visa expires. I understand that we cannot do that at any time before mid April (being no more than 4 months before his current visa will expire). By that time, we are hoping to have received the AOR for our PR application.
My question is, when we apply for his BOWP, can we also apply for a spousal OWP for myself, even though I am outside of Canada (I am still living in Australia)? From reading other forum posts, I am just a little confused about whether an application for spousal OWP is limited to spouses who are actually in Canada.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Hoping to get some guidance.
My partner and I recently sent an application for PR under the CEC stream. My partner is the principal applicant, with myself as his common law partner. The application was received by CIC on 30 December. He is NOC 0621.
My partner's IEC visa is due to expire on or around 13 August 2015. We will need to apply for a BOWP before his current visa expires. I understand that we cannot do that at any time before mid April (being no more than 4 months before his current visa will expire). By that time, we are hoping to have received the AOR for our PR application.
My question is, when we apply for his BOWP, can we also apply for a spousal OWP for myself, even though I am outside of Canada (I am still living in Australia)? From reading other forum posts, I am just a little confused about whether an application for spousal OWP is limited to spouses who are actually in Canada.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanking you in anticipation.