**SEPTEMBER 2018** INLAND SPOUSE SPONSORSHIP

[barsarah]

Need help to link my application online, can anyone help

Here is a step-by-step instruction for Inlanders:

1. Go to https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html
2. Scroll down and click on Continue with GCKey
3. Sign up or Sign in with the Principal Applicants credentials (one who is being sponsored)
4. Click on Add (link) your application to your account
5. Select Category: Permanent Residence
6. Sub Category: Family Class (Spouses)
7. Select Family Name, Given Name and Date of Birth if you don't have the PA's UCI number or the Application Number
8. Family Name: Fill in the Principal Applicant's last name
9. Given Name: PA's first name
10. DOB: PA's
11. Select: Passport
12. Fill in the details (PA's)
13. Select the current Province and City (not the Point of Entry) of the PA and Marital Status (Married or Common-Law)
14. Enter the number of family members as 2 if the PA has no dependent; otherwise, add 1 for each dependant regardless if they are accompanying the PA to Canada or not.

Side notes:

• Inland Principal Applicants can find their 8-digit UCI Number on their Visitor's Visa/Study/Work Permit before receiving the AOR.
• If the Sponsor is a Permanent Resident or a Naturalized Citizen, the sponsor's can use their own UCI number from their past applications.
• UCI Number on the AOR is for the Sponsor only while the Application Number (starts with letter F followed by 9 digits) on the AOR is for both the Sponsor and Principal Applicant.

 

[RKAZI]

Hello,
When I check the status of my application. It mentions that:
Review of the medical exam. - You do not need a medical exam, we will send you a message if this changes.
Does it mean I do not have to give a medical?
I did not provide any medical reports and the last time I had a medical for CIC was August 2013. I have been staying in Canada since then.

 

[barsarah]

Hello,
When I check the status of my application. It mentions that:
Review of the medical exam. - You do not need a medical exam, we will send you a message if this changes.
Does it mean I do not have to give a medical?
I did not provide any medical reports and the last time I had a medical for CIC was August 2013. I have been staying in Canada since then.

What the message actually saying is that you do not need a medical exam yet until we send you a message. Your medical exam results are valid for 12 months only. So you'll have to do it again when CIC reaches a certain step in your application process and send you an email.

 

[BR_ESL]

Hello,
When I check the status of my application. It mentions that:
Review of the medical exam. - You do not need a medical exam, we will send you a message if this changes.
Does it mean I do not have to give a medical?
I did not provide any medical reports and the last time I had a medical for CIC was August 2013. I have been staying in Canada since then.

I believe this message is a standard. It shows when you apply for a visa, an OWP, etc.
The same message appears now on my OWP status.
I sent my medical exams for the Permanent Residence application and it shows: "You passed the medical exam."
To sum up, they will ask you for the medical exam in the future, but they don't need it now.
As your last immigration exam was a long time ago, probably it's expired.
So... just wait and see

 

[mr_wanderlust]

Need help to link my application online, can anyone help

I also struggled linking our application. Tried for a week with many different combinations and still no luck. Although, I finally found another forum and found a combination that ended up working for our application (Inland).

Category: Permanent Residence
Sub-Category: Family Sponsorship (Spouses)

Application Number: Took the number right from the AOR email
Family Name: Used the PA's family name (all capitals)

Passport: PA's passport information

Other Application Information:
Province, City we intend to live in Canada (aligned with our residential address)

Current Marital Status: Married
Number of Family Members: 2 (PA and Sponsor)

I hope this helps; I was glad to finally get through this after the week of trying and trying!

Best of luck!

 

[tipsy]

Just linked my application now...I guess CIC is still updating the system. I tried the same information and surprisingly it went through.

 

[tashatasha]

Hi I seek some advice from you guys.. Does anyone here apply for inland (entering Canada with tourist visa) and extend the stay during the application process?? is there any risk of not getting the tourist visa extension?? thanks!

 

[Betabr]

I guess this is bad news for us, since our app arrived Sept 24th and still no AOR... Is the AOR emailed of mailed by post?
If our package gets sent back to us I guess we will need to move back to Korea since her visa runs out December 13th .

Why don't you apply to extend her stay?

 

[Hary123]

Any one from September still pending AOR, friends kindly reply.

 

[BR_ESL]

Hi I seek some advice from you guys.. Does anyone here apply for inland (entering Canada with tourist visa) and extend the stay during the application process?? is there any risk of not getting the tourist visa extension?? thanks!

Hi! I am not sure if that has happened before because when you apply for the OWP you are also applying for the extension. So there is no need to apply for extending your visa as a tourist.

Unless you have the following situation...
You sent your application package and your visa is about to expire soon. If you are still waiting for AOR, that would be a moment to try a tourist visa extension... (It's what I would have done if I didn't get AOR because if they send back the application, I am not sure what would happen with my status during the transit of the package.)

In my case, I entered Canada in a visitor visa which will expire in December/2018 but since I've applied to the OWP I am not worried about it because I've got the AOR so it means the applicant has implied status after sending the package to them.

 

[ldoell]

Anyone have updates beyond AOR yet?

 

[Betabr]

Anyone have updates beyond AOR yet?

I've just seen on FB group October 2nd applicants receiving AOR.

 

[Betabr]

Hi I seek some advice from you guys.. Does anyone here apply for inland (entering Canada with tourist visa) and extend the stay during the application process?? is there any risk of not getting the tourist visa extension?? thanks!

Have you applied for OWP? When did you send you application and when does your visitor status expire?

 

[AgneR]

Hello,

Our inland application for PR and OWP was received on September 28 and we haven't got AOR yet. Worried! Anyone with the same timeline here?.. Thank you.

 

[RKAZI]

I believe this message is a standard. It shows when you apply for a visa, an OWP, etc.
The same message appears now on my OWP status.
I sent my medical exams for the Permanent Residence application and it shows: "You passed the medical exam."
To sum up, they will ask you for the medical exam in the future, but they don't need it now.
As your last immigration exam was a long time ago, probably it's expired.
So... just wait and see

If you do not mind can I ask how come you sent your medical exams along the application?
Is it possible to do an earlier medical exam?

Thanks