Overseas spouse and dependents of protected person and convention refugee timeline - Share here

[Odin90210]

You need to select Category: Refugee and then Sub category: Refugee PR on the IRCC WebForm. When you choose this, the question asking whether your application is being processed by an overseas office does not appear, dependents under a protected person case are not processed as spousal sponsorship. They fall under the Refugee category, the refugee applications start with G, and spousal sponsorship applications start with F.

I wish I saw this earlier. I already submitted under the spouse category. I guess my application will be returned

 

[champ55]

I wish I saw this earlier. I already submitted under the spouse category. I guess my application will be returned

Resubmit it

 

[Odin90210]

I wish I saw this earlier. I already submitted under the spouse category. I guess my application will be returned

I don’t know if I should go ahead and resubmit the document again under the refugee PR category or wait till I get a response.

 

[Odin90210]

Resubmit it

Thank you

 

[champ55]

I don’t know if I should go ahead and resubmit the document again under the refugee PR category or wait till I get a response.

you will not get the response

 

[Odin90210]

you will not get the response

Yeah thanks. I just resubmitted.

 

[God's own 269]

All panel physicians do upfront Medicals
All you need is your UCI number and passport.
Medicals is Medicals , whether upfront or after it’s requested it’s same thing
It just saves the time of waiting between when it requested untill you get it done
My home country only has two approved panel physicians
So appointments are not easy to get .
I choosed upfront to avoid delays of waiting for a slot after it’s requested

Hi. When you do upfront medical, do you submit through webform or you submit after it is requested?

 

[Odin90210]

you will not get the response

On form IMM0008 are we meant to select Refugee PR too? Or family class? What I googled said Refugee PR is for those just applying for refugee protection.

 

[Gfr]

Hi. When you do upfront medical, do you submit through webform or you submit after it is requested?

Submitted via webform
Medicals was in may - upfront

 

[eise]

My minor dependent abroad just received pre arrival when can I expect a passport request?
I became PR in April

did your minor child was asked to do a medical as well? did you get your eCOPR in April?

 

[Gfr]

did your minor child was asked to do a medical as well? did you get your eCOPR in April?

Yes

 

[Brainsys]

Yes

i received my eCOPR in Jan 2026 and my dependent did medical in dec 2024 after that no update ,i called many time to IRCC and agent told me background check in process.

 

[Gfr]

i received my eCOPR in Jan 2026 and my dependent did medical in dec 2024 after that no update ,i called many time to IRCC and agent told me background check in process.

I pray God does it for you soon

 

[SpiritualWonderWomen]

I already received my final decision for my application inside Canada. I have dependant outside Canada.

How to calculate the processing time for our dependant outside Canada. Is it day we filed our application and submitted to IRCC inside Canada or the day we passed eligibility and our dependants file was transferred to VO outside Canada ?

I filled my application on November 2023 with my dependant outside Canada, I received my final decision this week. On February 2025 the CPC-Mississauga transferred my dependant’s file to VO outside Canada. When is the processing starts ? The time we filed our application or the day it was transferred to VO ?

We have no news from February 2025 (other than requested updated forms) no medical no pre-arrival yet for my dependant.

 

[Gfr]

I already received my final decision for my application inside Canada. I have dependant outside Canada.

How to calculate the processing time for our dependant outside Canada. Is it day we filed our application and submitted to IRCC inside Canada or the day we passed eligibility and our dependants file was transferred to VO outside Canada ?

I filled my application on November 2023 with my dependant outside Canada, I received my final decision this week. On February 2025 the CPC-Mississauga transferred my dependant’s file to VO outside Canada. When is the processing starts ? The time we filed our application or the day it was transferred to VO ?

We have no news from February 2025 (other than requested updated forms) no medical no pre-arrival yet for my dependant.

Starts counting frim day you applied
Most depends abroad get final decision after primary gets ecopr between 6 to 12 months