I’m in the exact same boat. I only paid the $100, but after reading all this I just paid the remaining $155 and I might just go to the cic office here in town where I live and see if I can’t submit the receipt through them.
I wouldn’t know where to start with calling!! Would love to know how it works out for you.
I read it on multiple threads that CIC only returned their OWP application and proceeded with their PR application.
For example, you can see it on
@niamahmoud 's timeline, an applicant from May 2018:
(PR & OWP) received: May 1 2018
AOR: June 12 2018
OWP Returned (Due to insufficient funds): June 14th 2018
OWP resent to Vegreville: July 16th 2018
Medical Request: 26th September 2018
RCMP Fingerprint Check request + Updated Passport Request: 26th September 2018
Medical Received: 22nd October 2018
Medical Passed (as seen on GCkey): 25th October 2018
OWP Approved: 26th October 2018
As you can see, he got his AOR first but then after 2 days (due to insufficient funds), he got his OWP application returned. He sent it back in July and just got his OWP approval yesterday.
Hope this gives you guys a bit of a relief