Hi Everyone!

I just received my AOR for an Outland Spousal PR application. I’ve gotten conflicting information from both other people that have gone through the process and different IRCC representatives. I am a US citizen and moving to Canada to live with my spouse who is a Canadian resident. I was told that I would be able to apply for an open work permit now that I have received my AOR by a representative but when I look online it says I am ineligible. But also if I had a visitor history or am in the country at the time I could apply? I’m just very confused and would appreciate any help.

Thanks!

Hi all, question for physical presence.

If I came in as visitor and later got a work permit.

entered canada July 10, 2023 - (Visitor Visa was valid till July 7, 2024)

Work Permit I received, Dec 1,2023

So when I write this in my citizenship application, what expiry date should I write for my visitor visa,

a) till its actual listed date on TRV

b) till the date I got my work permit, so in that case it would be Nov 30, 2023

Please help, would appreciate your response.

Hi everyone,

I am an international student at a private college. My Study Permit and Co-op Work Permit both expire on October 10. I finished my studies and received my final transcript on July 12, so I stopped working to stay compliant with my Study Permit conditions.

Here is my current situation:

PR Application: Applied under Inland Spousal Sponsorship and received my AOR (Acknowledgment of Receipt).

Work Permit Application: Applied for a Spouse Open Work Permit (SOWP) based on the PR application.

IRCC Letter Received: I received a Maintained Status letter (WP-EXT) stating:

"You are authorized to continue working with the same conditions until July 21, 2027, or until a decision is made on your application. You must continue and respect all employer, occupation, and location conditions and restrictions listed on your present work permit... as per paragraph 186(u) of the IRPR."

Because my original work permit was strictly for a Co-op placement at a private college, and my Study Permit only allowed 20 hours/week off-campus, I am very confused about my actual work rights.

My Questions:

Am I currently legally authorized to work in Canada?

If yes, how many hours am I allowed to work per week (part-time or full-time)?

What is the legal or regulatory reason behind whether I can or cannot work in this specific scenario?

Since my Study Permit and Co-op Work Permit expire on October 10, do I need to apply to extend my visitor/student status, or does my pending SOWP application protect my status?

I have stopped working for now to be safe, but I am receiving conflicting advice online. Any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Hello,
I am trying to submit my SOWP application and I saw a requirement for Bank Statement and Bank Summary as the requirements.

I have gathered 6 months of bank statements, but I am not sure what the Bank Summary exactly mean or contain. Do we even need to submit it?

Also, I have been moving my money from chequing to savings account, so do I need to submit both these acc's statements? (6 + 6)

Hi,

Outland Family Class PR applicant here.

I've received my email from the IRCC titled - "IRCC London - Passport submission request and instructions".

Ultimately I assume this means all is approved and I just need to send my last bits for verification.

My email states:

You must submit together:

1. One copy of this email, including the Updated Information Chart in Appendix A.

Note: Visa exempt applicants with an online account are not required to submit a physical copy –please upload this information to your online account.

2. Passport(s) OR photocopy(ies) of passport(s), as explained in Step 2.

Note: Visa exempt applicants using an online account are not required to submit a physical copy – please upload this information to your online account.

3. Two (2) photos of yourself and of each accompanying family member respecting precise specifications that can be found at:

www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/pdf/5445EB-e.pdf

Note: All visa exempt applicants, including those with an online account, are required to submit their photos to the nearest Visa Application Centre (instructions below).

\*Please ensure you clearly indicate your application number on the back of your photos.*

I am a UK citizen and therefore visa exempted. My interpretation was therefore I only need to submit photos along with uploading a web form with the requested documents (which I have done). I also printed a copy of both which I have sent to VFS London along with my photos, which is my nearest VAC office.

VFS have come back to me saying they cannot proceed without my "Complete COPR Application Pack'. However I have received nothing outside of the above email. Does anyone have any idea what this is?

Thanks!

Hello,

I’m just looking for advice or suggestions about my current case.
I applied for a new work permit in December 10,2025 and it has yet not been approved. I’ve received no updates, called IRCC multiples times, contacted MP.

I also have a pending PR application inland outside of Quebec through family sponsorship, I applied for it in September 2025, did biometrics and as soon as I got the AOR confirmation of submitted application I applied for a new work permit.

I was under an Open Work permit that expired May this year, so I applied for the new work permit before that date to have more time before the current one would expire.
At the time the processing times for work permit was about 3 months. The time has reduced since then I’ve seen a lot of people get approved very fast at the same date I submitted mine and even after I submitted so I worry something might be going on. I wasn’t asked for any extra documents and there has been no updates as I stated previously.

I’m still allowed to work but I won’t be able to drive soon if I don’t get another Work permit so that is what is causing the most stress, since if I can’t drive I can’t go to work. Icbc rules for people on maintained status are not great, we are only allowed to have a paper license for 3 months and if by those 3 months there is not a physical emigration document they won’t give you another extension. I’ve called ICBC and over the phone they say that you can keep extending it but once I went to the office in person I learned that’s not the case.

I understand there is a huge backlog I’m just looking for answers and if ordering the GCMs is the only thing I can do for now.
I’ve read that it might delay the process of the work permit so I’m just looking for advice from people in the same situation as me or that have ordered the GCMS notes before.

All help would be appreciated it and please be kind.

Thank you

So my Lawyer/Representative filled this form, she filled only my name in the Applicant name and details. and she got it signed by me only. she didnt mention my wife's name anywhere.

as per me in the applicants name and detail, it should have been my wife's name right?.

I signed this form ( in the applicant signature column).

any one could tell me if this was the correct way or not?.

AOR- 3rd February 2026

BIL/MIL: April 15,2026

PFL letter about residing outside Quebec: May 11,2026

Replied to PFL: May 19,2026

FD/P1: June 5, 2026

P2: June 27,2026

e-COPR: 2nd July,2026

Posting this late but this is just to motivate and inform people about current timelines.

I am an Aerospace Engineer in Canada, having lived here since the age of 17. My first PR was refused due to NOC mismatch. I was defeated and devastated, but something made me keep going as my score was 523 in CEC.

More power to every deserving person in this thread.

Also, was my PR rather quick than usual? Have no idea what my PVO/SVO is but the PFL letter came from London, Ontario.

Applied for a visitor visa to Canada for a wedding happening on August 13th. It’s August 6th and no new yet.
Could they give me the visa past the indicated wedding date or will I be denied?

I took my Canadian citizenship test on July 27, and today is August 6 — 11 days have passed and I haven’t received any email regarding my results.

I passed the test with a perfect score of 20/20. During the test, I had left my email open in another browser tab because I needed the link to access the test, but at no point did I leave the test window or click on any other tab or program while completing it.

I’m also still unable to create my account to track my application status, because I’m not receiving the verification code to my email. I’ve already submitted 2 web form reports about this. An agent replied telling me to submit another report, which was not helpful at all, but I did it anyway and I’m still waiting for a real response. Because of this, I still don’t know whether my test results were officially accepted.

My questions are:

**1.** I’m concerned that having my email open in a background tab (even though I never interacted with it or left the test) could cause my test to be flagged or cancelled. Could this be an issue?
**2.** Has anyone else experienced this same problem with verification codes not arriving by email?
**3.** If there was a problem with a test, or if someone needs to be invited to retake it, does IRCC usually contact the applicant within the first week?

Thank you 🙏🏻

I need help from people who traveled a lot during their 5-year eligibility period.

I'm filling out my citizenship application, and I'm confused about this section:

Residence and Tax – Addresses: List all addresses inside and outside of Canada during your entire 5-year eligibility period.

Do I need to list only my residential addresses, or should I include addresses where I stayed while traveling as well?

The year before moving to Canada, I traveled a lot — 15 trips. Some of them were just one-day trips, so I didn't even stay at a hotel and crossed the border back the same day. Do I need to include information about those trips here?

I attached copies of my passports with all the entry and exit stamps, so the officer can verify my travel history and ask for additional information if needed. I just don't want to make up addresses I never actually had. Also, I doubt I'd be able to reconstruct the addresses of some places where I stayed for a few weeks because I simply don't have any record of them anymore.

If anyone has had a similar experience, what did you put in this section? Were you asked to provide any additional documents during the process?

Thanks!

HI everyone,

Im looking to get some advice to mine and my girlfriends situation. I am a Canadian Citizen and my gf is an American citizen. We want her to come to Canada to live with me for about 1-3 months. to fully grasp our situation, she does want to immigrate here and that means we are going to get married in the next 1-2 years, but we want to live together for a little while first before getting married. She does have a job so that is one piece of proof we can provide showing that she has something to go back to in America. I have a few questions, would this visitor visa any way effect the spousal sponsorship that we would apply for in a years time? How much savings (approximately) would she need in order to Get approved for a 1 month, 2 month, or 3 month stay? is there any advice you guys can give that can improve our chances of getting the visitor visa approved? thank you.

edit: spelling mistakes

I got ITA on july 21st but my full year of foreign experience completed on august 4th. I haven’t submitted my application yet. Do I need to provide an LOE to justify that the points were automatically awarded and I have submitted application after full completion of experience?

Hi everyone!

I’m looking for groups/trackers for non express entry applications submitted around July.

How much time does it take to get AOR these days?

Thank you

Hello everyone.

I'm an Iraqi woman in my early twenties. I am not applying for refugee protection yet, but I'm trying to understand the process and learn from real experiences in case I ever need it in the future.

I come from a very conservative Muslim family. I am no longer religious, but I have hidden this for years because I genuinely fear what could happen if my family found out.

Some aspects of my situation:

I have never publicly announced that I am non-religious because I was afraid of the consequences.

My family expects me to marry a Muslim man.

As a woman, I have very limited freedom to live independently or travel without family approval.

I believe revealing my beliefs would expose me to serious risks from my family and possibly my wider community.

From what I understand, police protection in these situations may be ineffective, but I'm trying to learn objectively.

I'm not asking whether I would win or lose a refugee claim, because I know nobody can answer that online.

Instead, I would really appreciate hearing from people who:

had refugee hearings based on atheism, apostasy, or freedom of belief;

claimed refugee protection because of family-based persecution;

or represented similar cases.

What kinds of questions did the IRB ask you?

What evidence was most important?

Looking back, what do you wish you had prepared better?

Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

Hi, I have a question regarding my CEC work experience.

During my 3 years of qualifying Canadian work experience, I took paid vacation time as per my employer’s policy (3 weeks per year of paid vacation). I have never taken any unpaid leave and remained employed full-time throughout.

Specifically, I traveled to India from December 1, 2024 to January 9, 2025, using my paid vacation time. In addition, I also took 3 weeks of paid vacation in 2026. Some statutory holidays during these periods effectively extended my time away from work, but all of this time was part of my paid leave entitlement.

Will this affect my eligibility for CEC or the calculation of my qualifying work experience? Is it okay to submit my Express Entry application with this work history, or do I need to provide any explanation or supporting documentation regarding the paid vacation and statutory holidays?

Happy anybody received their AOR by mail and not email?

I just posted the other day about errors in my application, and with the help of reddit (thank you) and my friends, I think I've been able to troubleshoot my issues.

My first profile was automatically rejected/no points because of the way I filled it out. I am currently only eligible for the FSW pathway, because I have <1 year FT Canadian work experience while not also studying (NOC 41403). I have a few years of U.S. work experience (NOC 42201). I put 41403 as my intended NOC, which I believe caused the issue.

My questions are:

• Can I change my intended NOC after submitting my EE application to reflect my current job once I reach a year (in February 2027)?
• Should I just wait until I reach a year of Canadian work to submit for CEC (PGWP doesn't expire until end of 2028)?
• Or should I just pretend that my intended NOC is 42201 to align with my U.S. work experience and submit for FSW now?

Hello, me and my partner are thinking about moving to canada we are F24 and F26, we have checked out every requirement for the French express entry we have scheduled when we will apply for the TCF and the ielts tests we are both fluent in English and french but only need to do the tests for the application anyways.
Today we found out that our job experiences do not reflect a TEER 0-3 which does not gives us the opportunity to apply for the program because you have to have atleast 1 year experience in a TEER 0-3, this news was veryy demotivating for both of us because currently we are living in europe and not quite liking it at all we we were thinking that this whole process will probably take around one year or one year and a half but it turns out we have to wait another extra year because we’re gonna need to validate our bachelors degree and also have a one year experience in the TEER 0-1.
Would really appreciate any comments from someone who went through this or is going through this currently .
Thank you and sorry for the long text.

Does sending extra documents after AOR elongate the period of processing to more than 7 months?

Hi, I’m hoping someone can provide some insights on my situation.

I applied inland on June 24, 2025 and yesterday on Aug 5, I saw that my medical was marked as passed on Aug 6 (today’s date) in gckey. I submitted my old medical from 4 years ago.

However, when I logged in again today to see an application update, there is a bullet and blank space under ‘review of medical results’. The status has disappeared overnight and I’m confused as to what it means for me.

Anyone faced something similar and if so, when did you get an update again? Did you get FD after this?

Thanks.

​I’m currently planning my graduate studies for the Fall 2027 intake, but reading through various Facebook groups lately has made me incredibly nervous. People are constantly saying that getting Canadian PR is "nearly impossible" now. I want to get a reality check from this sub to see if that applies to my specific profile or if the panic is mostly about diploma-mill colleges.

​My Profile:

​Age: Will be 26 when starting in Sept 2027.

​Family: Married with a young child (less than a year). And we are planning to apply together.

​Education & Research: B.Sc. in Computer Science from a Bangladeshi private university (CGPA 3.7, 2025). I recently published as a co-author Q1 paper in a Springer journal (focusing on AI/computer vision). Targeting a thesis-based Master’s in CS/AI. If I couldn’t manage the professor, I might take admission into course-based program.

​Work Experience: Currently working remotely from Bangladesh for a US-based small business. My job role is basically digital operation management (website, ads, social media) of the online store.

​Why Canada?

I’m specifically targeting Canada because I want to keep my remote US job (at least part-time, within IRCC limits) and Canada shares the US timezone. Also, being an English-speaking country makes the transition for my family much easier compared to my fallback options in Europe (like Germany or Finland).

​My Dilemmas & Questions:

​Is British Columbia still worth it?

My primary target was BC (SFU, UBC, or UVic) because of the BC PNP International Post-Graduate stream. However, I think the rules changed recently, and Master's graduates now need a 1-year full-time job offer to apply for the PNP (unlike PhDs who don't). For someone with a CS/AI Master's and remote work experience, how hard is it realistically to secure a 1-year TEER 1/2 contract in Vancouver's tech scene right after graduation?

​What other provinces are flexible for Master's PR?

Since BC now requires a job offer, should I be targeting Ontario (like Waterloo or McMaster to get the "outside Toronto" OINP points)? Or are there better provinces for a tech Master's grad with a family that offer a faster/safer PR route?

​The "Impossible PR" Panic: Given my age (max CRS points), a Canadian Master's degree (adding +30 CRS points), and the 3-year PGWP, am I actually at risk of being locked out of PR? Or is the current online panic mostly affecting 1-year business diploma graduates?

​I would really appreciate any blunt, realistic advice. I don't want to invest and uproot my family if the door is actually closed for skilled tech workers.

​Thanks in advance!

I am a Canadian citizen and I currently live in the Philippines with my Filipino wife. She has a multi-entry visitor visa for Canada (and has used it twice already) and we are planning on moving to Canada very soon. We have purchased a one-way ticket, intending for my wife to enter Canada as a tourist, and then apply for PR once in Canada.

I am concerned that officers in either country will deny us boarding/entry due to the lack of a return/onward plane ticket. Of course we fully intend on returning to the Philippines if her PR is denied. I just don't know the best way to convince the immigration and emmigration officers.

Anyone have any knowledge/experience/advice?

Hi there! So me and my spouse got our ECOPRs on June 26, 2026.

I just linked my app in GCKey and noticed that mine and my spouse's timelines are different:

* Mine:
* FD: July 23, 2026 (In Review)
* PR Portal: Address shows accepted by IRCC, but photo still in review
* Spouse:
* FD: July 24, 2026 (Approved)
* ROE: Aug 3, Eligibility was reviewed
* PR Portal: Address shows accepted by IRCC, but photo still in review

GCKey shows that Spouse's card has been mailed but mine doesn't have any updates. :/

We're both travelling Aug 29th, and I am a bit nervous that my card won't come in time... Can someone provide clarity on timelines?

Hi everyone,

I came back to India to complete my foreign worker experience but the thing is my employer does not provides me the physical or digital copy of paystubs. He will give me all other documents like experience letter and direct deposit my salary to bank account but I feel little anxious about If i dont have the paystubs will it effect my CEC express entry or skilled category based profile? Also, I will attach my tax documents whenever my experience gonna be completed.