Visitor Record & OWP question

[missh]

Hi everyone,

First of all, I'd like to thank everyone here for all the valuable information. My husband and I found all our answers here while applying for his PR.
I have 2 questions:

1. My Australian husband and I (Canadian) traveled to the US by land and on our way back, the Canadian immigration officer told my husband that he will need to get a Visitor Record. We recently applied for his PR (inland) & OWP 2 months ago and are still waiting to hear back. He still has 3 more months on his visitor visa. Does anyone have any information about getting a Visitor Record?

2. As for the OWP, does anyone have any experience sending in the application with the PR application? How long did it take?

Thank you in advance!

 

[CDNPR2014]

1. generally, visitor records are given at the land borders so CBSA can track a person's stay or if the person needs to extend their current visit. Perhaps he was suggesting your husband will need to apply to extend his stay as a visitor? I believe the extension "visas" received by visa-exempt applicants are technically visitor's records. if he was allowed in, then he doesn't need to do anything until 1 month before his current stay will expire, unless he submits an application for the OWP prior to his current status ending. An OWP application gives someone implied status until a decision is made on that application.

2. it takes 4 months to receive the owp application when applied with the pr application.