I applied for OWP for my spouse and TRV for my 2 year old. My kid got approved in Aug 10th received the passport back already with the stamp. I got AIP Aug 17th and nothing changed for my spouse. I ordered GCMS and both of us are final approved since July 7 but they are holding the passport request. Obvious my kid can’t travel alone so we are patiently waiting to receive the request on or before the 20th. When I questioned IRCC over the phone I was told that each application can be reviewed by different officers and that is why sometimes the decision does not come at the same time.I applied for SP together with SOWP on August 8th. I received an approval for SP but my spouse case does not have any updates (except for passing medical exam on Sep 16th). Since all of you know that international students will be allowed to enter on/after October 20th my husband and I started to ask questions to IRCC about what documents might be missing. This is what we learned today:
1. Even though our application got split in two on GC key, we are still processed together.
2. I received my decision first, but it does not count as being issued SP. An approval is when PPR is issued (which is not possible due to travel restrictions despite VAC being opened)
3. We will receive an approval together (PPR) once travel restrictions lift. I imagine it is going to be once my DLI is on the list.
I wrote this post just to calm down those spouses who applied together for SP and fear of being separated if one is rejected and the other is approved. Don’t worry and if in doubt, order GCMS notes (like I did already hahaha)