Hi all. My partner and I recently submitted an inland sponsorship application. I am the sponsor, he is principal applicant. We met common law requirements many months ago and have excellent proof of our relationship being genuine. I have a lot of confidence in our application. We recently received the AOR and plan to apply for his OWP. He has never lost status while living here but has worked illegally as he had a visitor permit. We were honest in the PR application about his illegal work.
I understand that the public policy, so long as you have submitted an inland family class application, offers a sort of protection from deportation for out of status applicants while the PR is being processed. My question is - if he is honest about his illegal work in his OWP application will this affect his ability to get a OWP? Or will they deny the OWP while the PR is being processed. I don’t know if the OWP and PR will be viewed and assessed with the same public policy so am curious to hear what others’ experiences have been.
I also understand there may be very severe consequences to misrepresentation. With the processing time of inland applications being 24+ months, we are really keen to get his OWP. We are stressed as I’m sure many others are too!
I understand that the public policy, so long as you have submitted an inland family class application, offers a sort of protection from deportation for out of status applicants while the PR is being processed. My question is - if he is honest about his illegal work in his OWP application will this affect his ability to get a OWP? Or will they deny the OWP while the PR is being processed. I don’t know if the OWP and PR will be viewed and assessed with the same public policy so am curious to hear what others’ experiences have been.
I also understand there may be very severe consequences to misrepresentation. With the processing time of inland applications being 24+ months, we are really keen to get his OWP. We are stressed as I’m sure many others are too!