Spouse Open Work Permit - Online Application - Approved (Timeline)

[etcoflife]

Dear all,

Kindly help me in my situation. I had applied for my student visa and open work permit for my wife. We had medical requests from CIC. I did mine from Ahmedabad and passed. My wife did the same from Kolkata and doctor told her to do many tests based on some initial. She did the same test from a very well reputed diagnostic center and found nothing. I must mention she stayed in USA for 2 years and came back in September.

Somehow I felt that the doctor was not honest and tried to take more money from various tests which was not at all required. I brought her in Ahmedabad. Now I cannot do medical in Ahmedabad as the file is opened in Kolkata.

Kindly help me.

Thanks

 

[jithin_peacelover]

Does anyone applied for SOWP on November 2016 got status update? If yes, please share the timeline..

 

[brij1701]

I will be applying for my pgwp at the same time i want to apply for sowp along with my application,i already have a job in NOC B and can provide last 3 pay stubs,as i was on a co op and rite after my co op i got a 1 year contract.
Is it ok to apply this way please help your guidance would matter to me,my spouse have 1 sowp rejection when i was student.

Kindly assist
Thank you

 

[rabrakha]

APPLIED SOWP ON 25 OCTOBER 2016. - PAPER BASED , CHANDIGARH
TODAY RECEIVED PASSPORT BACK WITH A MEDICAL REQUEST LETTER.
ALSO GOT MESSAGE ON GC KEY ABOUT MEDICAL REQUEST.

 

[Sowp]

Hi all,

First, let me thank you all for the support you gave me in going through this process. I landed in Canada last night. My timeline below":

1 TRV refusal

SOWP:
Applied March 21st Online Application - Attorney applied from Canada
April 11th Medical Requests
April 12th Medicals Done
April 17th Medicals Submitted
April 28th Medicals Passed
May 9th Refused
May 11th Email for reconsideration
June 30th Email from Delhi to submit an explanation letter
July 15th Submitted the letter
July 20th Case reopened
July 26th Passport request
August 1st Passport submission
August 5th Approval letter
August 8th Passport dispatched
August 9th Passport delivered
August 18th landed in Canada

Please ask me if you have any questions.. I will be really happy to help you. And I also pray that everyone waiting for an approval, specially guys applied in Chandigarh to hear from CIC soon

Hi Please could you suggest what should be written in letter of explanation please .... I am applying SOWP paper based Delhi... your help is very much needed please

 

[yadav]

plz share wat u explained in letter. i got 4 refusals already and never got a reply for my reconsideration email. where did u email for reconsideration?

thanks

 

[Dipankar_S]

Yadav. Thanks for your supporting words the other day. I got my Visa today Happy to help in anyway if I can.

 

[yadav]

sure Dipankar_S

share some information with me on how u did it? what u submit? just pm direct buddy thanks

 

[elm662]

Hey guys,

Me and my spouse are temporary workers until April 20th, 2017.
Our visas are expired and we want to apply for visa.
When I complete questions on my GCKey account, there is a question like:

What does your family member want to do in Canada?

I have to choose an option from the dropdown menu.
What should I choose?

If I choose "apply to remain in Canada as a worker" then in the check list it gives me the form 5710E which I don't think is correct because I have problem in question 3: he is applying for what? (definitely not a work permit because he already have one)

If I choose "apply to remain in Canada as a visitor" then in the check list it gives me the form IMM5708 which I don't think is relevant because again it is not for visa and I don't know how to fill question 3.

What should I do then? Cry Huh

I need to have the form IMM5257E for my spouse in the check list.
What should I do to add it to the check list?

 

[asdfgh123]

FOR THOSE WHO NEED HELP IN FILING SPOUSE OPEN WORK PERMIT

Hi everyone,
Greetings,

I have seen so many of you guys are struggling to find correct information regarding the application of your spouse work permit (For full time international students) but not getting the correct information,
Let me help you out with that.
I am a full time international student in Canada, came here in Sep. 2016 intake. I applied for my spouse in Oct 2016 for SOWP and got her visa in 20 days only. She joined me here in early Nov. 2016. Cool
Grin
There are certain mistakes you guys are making while filling this visa, resulting in refusal of your application. I will try to cover all these mistakes and also will help you with correct process and documentation.
Common mistakes made by us are:
1. Over whelming the application by attaching unnecessary documents.
2. Providing unsatisfactory explanation in Cover letter.
3. Weak demonstration of ties in home country.
4. Improper documentation.
5. Improper formatting and poor writing.


Coming to next section, what should we do to avoid these mistakes and file a proper visa application.

Although documents vary by application to application, but some of the docs are same and can be listed as:
For Applicant: MOST IMPORTANT : COVER LETTER, and
1. Passport
2. Medical (if applying on pre medical basis, however you can apply on post medical basis)
3. Highest degree of education.
4. Marriage pictures
5. Employment experience letters (if any)
6. Funds in Savings (only have to show if your spouse took any Loan while applying for study visa)

For Spouse (Already in Canada on Student visa)
1. Visa must be valid for at least 6 months from date of application.
2. College ID, Offer Letter from college, Study Permit, Student Visa, Passport
3. Savings if doing any part time job.


These are the only documents required to file this visa. However, some more docs may be needed in some special cases.

If you still have any doubt, or need help in filing visa, feel free to shoot me a mail on helpseeker@yahoo.com

You can also like,follow and join our page for further discussion on this topic.

https://www.facebook.com/StudentsForumCanada/

 

[yadav]

i applied on feb 7 thru vfs delhi.

and realized i could link my paper base application to cic account.
i just did that but it shows date submitted for application 16 feb.

can any1 suggest if it is submitted just today or its simply showing for online link today?

also i applied thru consultant so they have my tracking id. will linking it online stop showing update on vfs website using the tracking id/application id provided?

 

[rabrakha]

Hi
I jist received my passpprt with sipw visa but therr is no LOI with it or approval letter.

 

[paul234]

Hi,

Posting this through my husband's account.
I applied for SOWP on 9th of Jan, 2017, based off of my husband's PGWP (NOC A job). I applied online, and the application is processed in New Delhi office (banglore office confirmed this for me).
There has not been any movement with my application so far. No intimation to submit medical exam or additional documents. I think processing has not started for it yet. Into seventh week now, so I'm a bit worried as the processing times say it should take 9-10 weeks overall to complete processing and mine hasn't started yet.
Has anyone else who applied around that period heard back from CIC? If so, can you provide your timeline?
Thanks!

P.S: I haven't submitted my spouse's job offer details or pay stubs yet. Could that be a reason for the delay?

 

[jsghai]

Hi,

Posting this through my husband's account.
I applied for SOWP on 9th of Jan, 2017, based off of my husband's PGWP (NOC A job). I applied online, and the application is processed in New Delhi office (banglore office confirmed this for me).
There has not been any movement with my application so far. No intimation to submit medical exam or additional documents. I think processing has not started for it yet. Into seventh week now, so I'm a bit worried as the processing times say it should take 9-10 weeks overall to complete processing and mine hasn't started yet.
Has anyone else who applied around that period heard back from CIC? If so, can you provide your timeline?
Thanks!

P.S: I haven't submitted my spouse's job offer details or pay stubs yet. Could that be a reason for the delay?

I applied on 6th Jan/2017, didn't hear anything yet.

 

[paul234]

Thanks for the info. Do let me know when your application starts processing. Would help me get an idea of the timeline.