Actually one can apply for the BOWP 4 months before the current WP expires (not 3months)gracemar14 said:I heard from one of my collegues that when youre already in canada, the medical in valid for 24months. I hope this helps. I read a thread on this as well here. And since your papers is in process, if ever theres no update on your papers yet, you can renew another BOWP. But you need to renew it 3mos before expiration.And who knows your papers will bump when u renew, and they will finalize your papers.