December 2025 Inland Spousal/Common-Law Sponsorship
- Thread starter MiaM907
- Start date
- Application Type: Spousal Inland (Outside Quebec)
- Application Submitted: November 17th, 2025
- Applicant Nationality: USA
- Sponsor: Canadian PR holder with Indian Nationality
- AOR: January 16, 2026
- BIL: still waiting, as of Feb 26, 2026
submitted Biometrics fee AFTER PR application, used webform to summit the fee receipt to IRCC, Received confirmation from IRCC that Biometrics Receipt has been attached to the PR application, application tracker was updated by Jan 26.
- Looking for community to help answer the following questions, any help is appreciated!
1. Any idea about the BIL timeline? Prior to end of 2025 the BIL was sent soon after the AOR to the sponsor. Can someone confirm if they've noticed increased time recently? We want to make sure we are on top and don't miss something from our end, but also don't want to contact IRCC if we can avoid it.
2. Principal Applicant (PA) is not able to create a account for application tracker, only the Sponsor has been since AOR has their UCI. Is this also normal operation?
3. PA is not able to link the PR application sent from the PR portal to their IRCC account using the information shared in the AOR email to the Sponsor. Is this to be expected? At which stage can PA link the PR application to the IRCC account?
My wife received AOR email but the email didnot have biometrics instructions does anyone know after how much time of receiving AOR do they send email about biometrics or they usually send email with AOR because I donot see anything in AOR email about biometrics.
A Biometric Instruction Letter (BIL) is sent separately from AOR. Can't say when for sure.
Oh Ok. Got it. Thanks a lot. If you don't mind please tell me what is the next step? It has been 15 days, I have not received the BIL. (I paid for it. PS I arrived in the country on Close Work Permit so I did Biometrics then). I am reading on net, trying to find the BIL or to link the application with tracker. getting confused. Apologies and thanks.
We have also not received a BIL yet. Not much we can do at this point but wait. You will get notified when there are updates to your application.
All, a sincere request. If we can tabulate our responses with a tracker with steps. I am starting here. Apologies, better we have a structure.
Submitted: 05 January 2026.
AOR: 20 February 2026
BIL:
Pre-arrival services/AIP:
Biometrics Passed/Updated:
OWP Submission:
Sponsor eligibility:
Medical Request:
Medical Passed:
Applicant Eligibility:
BGC In Progress on Tracker:
Eligibility Complete on tracker:
BGC Complete:
OWP Approved:
SA:
Final Decision:
Portal 1 email:
Portal 2 email:
eCOPR:
PR Card:
PS
1. what 'Tracker' people are talking about in here? Can anybody please drop a link?
2. When can I expect the BIL, after how many days from the AOR?
Submitted: 05 January 2026.
AOR: 20 February 2026
BIL:
Pre-arrival services/AIP:
Biometrics Passed/Updated:
OWP Submission:
Sponsor eligibility:
Medical Request:
Medical Passed:
Applicant Eligibility:
BGC In Progress on Tracker:
Eligibility Complete on tracker:
BGC Complete:
OWP Approved:
SA:
Final Decision:
Portal 1 email:
Portal 2 email:
eCOPR:
PR Card:
PS
1. what 'Tracker' people are talking about in here? Can anybody please drop a link?
2. When can I expect the BIL, after how many days from the AOR?
File submitted: dec 15, 2025
AOR: feb 6
BIL: march 10
Eligibility letter to pa and sponsor: march 11
Inland/Outland applicant Our WhatsApp group built a free tracker with 60+ entries — average AOR is coming in at ~42 days. No sign-up needed: https://tracker-lime-five.vercel.app/me
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