A quick question about PR

[Diego Ricardo]

Hello everyone, my name is Diego.

I sent together my wife sponsorship and my application inland for the PR as they state but I have a doubt. Past year, I extended my stay as visitor till this year March 30th. I saw that even if my visitor status expires this month, I would be fine unless the application is refused. But at the same time, I been reading the opposite, that I should renew the time meanwhile waiting till the sponsorship is approved since the PR application alone(No OWP application sent) won't grant implied status and I would be in trouble otherwise. It is really confusing me.

Should I apply for the time extension or I would be fine without it? The 100$ fee for the extension could be very hard to pay right now, so trying to figure it out.

 

[Aquakitty]

The OWP together with the inland application gives you status, not the actual inland PR application alone. So you either need to apply for the OWP ($255 total cost) or the visitor extension. Then you will be on implied status until whichever one comes through. IMO, just get the OWP, they seem to give at least a year validity, and with the added bonus you can work if you want.