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Permanent resident portal no AOR

NiclasB

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Sep 15, 2019
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Hi. I sponsored my wife through the permanent residence portal on march 28. Now we are applying to extend her work permit. But they want us to include her AOR, but we haven't received one. And her visa expires on may 5th. What do we do?
 

DimT44

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Apr 5, 2021
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Hi. I sponsored my wife through the permanent residence portal on march 28. Now we are applying to extend her work permit. But they want us to include her AOR, but we haven't received one. And her visa expires on may 5th. What do we do?
Some ideas: Because you applied online, you have to wait for AOR and hope it arrives before May 5th.

You should have applied on paper, and sent PR and OWP together, but probably too late now.

It's probably worth exploring the your options with getting a visitor record, since your timeline is very tight.
 

NiclasB

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Sep 15, 2019
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Some ideas: Because you applied online, you have to wait for AOR and hope it arrives before May 5th.

You should have applied on paper, and sent PR and OWP together, but probably too late now.

It's probably worth exploring the your options with getting a visitor record, since your timeline is very tight.
What would happen if i sent it in by paper now. She works on implied status and we add AOR when she gets it. Could she get denied in the future?
 

Konan1982

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Mar 22, 2012
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Hi. I sponsored my wife through the permanent residence portal on march 28. Now we are applying to extend her work permit. But they want us to include her AOR, but we haven't received one. And her visa expires on may 5th. What do we do?
in worse case scenario apply for visitor record and get her visitor status
 

DimT44

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Apr 5, 2021
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For sure. It just sucks if she can't work as she would hate that. I'm thinking applying on paper and she can work on implied status
You can't apply on paper now. The way this specific paper application works is by sending both PR and OWP together.
 

Konan1982

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You can't apply on paper now. The way this specific paper application works is by sending both PR and OWP together.
wrong. I never sent OWP. The first time I sent paper-based it was ok got returned due to missing documents. The second time sent documents without OWP again and now waiting AOR
 

NiclasB

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Sep 15, 2019
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I found this page on canada.ca where it says that "If you have already submitted an application for permanent residence but have not yet applied for an open work permit, you can complete the work permit application. Send your completed application, along with the appropriate fee, to: ". So it seems like you can send it in paper based without the AOR if you've already applied for PR.


link: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/open-work-permit-pilot-extended-2020.html
 

DimT44

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Apr 5, 2021
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I found this page on canada.ca where it says that "If you have already submitted an application for permanent residence but have not yet applied for an open work permit, you can complete the work permit application. Send your completed application, along with the appropriate fee, to: ". So it seems like you can send it in paper based without the AOR if you've already applied for PR.


link: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/notices/open-work-permit-pilot-extended-2020.html
How can you show IRCC that you submitted a PR application without having AOR?
 

NiclasB

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Sep 15, 2019
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A question I have. If we apply on paper and she gets denied or they ask for AOR. Will she be able to apply for a visitor visa or does she have to leave the country immediately.
 

DimT44

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Apr 5, 2021
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We do have the email from ircc saying that her permanent resident application has been successfully submitted
That does not prove you have a current PR application. It proves you sent documents, but in some cases your pr application might he returned as incomplete. So to close this loophole for IRCC basically AOR is the real proof.