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Application Type: Inland Spousal Sponsorship
Sponsor: Canadian Citizen
Principal Applicant (PA): Germany
Application Submitted: September 11, 2025
Acknowledgement Of Receipt (AOR): Awaiting
I received my biometric instruction letter today.
 
Happened to see this group today. I am the sponsor for my common law partner. Our timelines are:

September 24th 2025 - Application submitted
October 2023 - AOR received
June 11 2026 - BIL completed
October 30 2025 - SOWP submission
December 24 2025 - SOWP Approval
Aug 28 2026 - Sponsorship Eligibility Letter received
Sep 24 2026 - Pre-Arrival Services Invitation

Doesn't look like the timelines are standard for everyone. The portal shows another 9 months as remaining processing time.
 
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Update: SOWP approved: December 5th, 2025


Application Submitted: 24th September 2025
Biometric request: 21st October, 2025
Biometric Submitted: 22nd October, 2025
Aor received: 23rd October, 2025
Sponsorship eligibility letter: 23rd October, 2025
Pre-arrival service letter: 23rd October 2025
PA eligibility letter: 29th October 2025

Sowp Submitted: October 24th 2025
Sowp Approved: December 5th

New Update:
My medical marked as Completed/passed today, October 8th in gckey. (Looks like they have used my old medicals took for study permit in 2021)

Application Submitted: 24th September 2025
Biometric request: 21st October, 2025
Biometric Submitted: 22nd October, 2025
Aor received: 23rd October, 2025
Sponsorship eligibility letter: 23rd October, 2025
Pre-arrival service letter: 23rd October 2025
PA eligibility letter: 29th October 2025

Medical passed: 8 October 2026
 
Just wanna share my sponsorship for my inland spouse.

Application Submitted: 18th September 2025
Biometric Fee Paid: 11th November 2025
Sponsorship Eligibility Letter: 12th November 2025
OWP Issued: 1st December 2025
PA Eligibility Letter: 2nd December 2025
Biometric Request (BIL Received): 8th June 2026
Biometric Submitted: 9th June 2026
Medical Request: 8th October 2026
Medical Exam Completed: 8th October 2026
 
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Anyone seeing Final decision completed in Gckey ?

Processing time is incredibly dependent on the details of the application so comparing based on application date won’t provide much usual information. At least compare between country or citizenship of the applicant, whether inland/outland and the application month for a better comparison.