Lock in period starts once you submit your application electronically. I received my AOR two months after my nomination "expired", which is also four months after I submitted my federal PR application online. Important thing is, you submit your application online before the nomination expiry date.I got an OINP Employer Job Offer Stream - Foreign Workers nomination in February. I applied for Non-Express Entry PR in April. Based on current trends, it looks like the AOR is taking 4-5 months. My nomination has an expiry of 6 months, which is in August. If the AOR is delayed or any issue arises, how difficult is it to extend the nomination expiry to get more time to submit the documents? Please guide me, or is the nomination expiry irrelevant after applying for PR in Non-Express Entry?
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