AOR (Acknowledgement of Receipt) is just an email in which CIC inform you that they received your application on a specific day and usually gives you a UCI (unique client identifier) and a file number that you are able to check your application in the eCAS with.rosalee said:Hello,
I am new to this forum. I am applying under spouse class in January. I can see on the cic homepage under the timelines that spousal sponsorship Inland takes about 16 months at the moment. I read here a lot about a AOR, what exactly is that and when will I receive it ? When we receice AOR does that mean that my boyfriend (in 2 weeks we getting married) is as a sponsor approved ? thank you everybody for any answers.
The sponsorship approval is the part of Approval in Principle / First stage approval, but in order to get the full AIP the applicant is also need to meet the requirement to apply for permanent residency.
Right now it takes about 1 months to get AOR, but with the new pilot program it can be longer.
The AIP is 16 months now, but CIC process only 2-3 days of apps in a week, so it became one months longer in every second month or so. This can also change in January, it can better or worse.