May I know who told you need to pay 200 dollars for status restoration?It happened to me too .
I sent it again on March 19 .
I was told that if you are out of status you need to pay 200 dollars for status restoration otherwise they keep that aside till the sponsor is approved , what may takes 10 months to happen.
I have ETA,in May it’s gonna be 6 months that I came to Canada.
Do I need to get some kind of visa or anything to live more than six months just in case my OWP didn’t get approved by then?