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BOWP - How many of you have applied and received it successfully?

kunishsa

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Oct 30, 2012
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lpc19800 said:
Snehith applied 24 sept and has 4+ months
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/bowp-how-many-of-you-have-applied-and-received-it-successfully-t139027.0.html;msg2674783#msg2674783
Snehith actually applied on 17th September for BOWP. Can you please verify the actual post from Snehith. But someone replying to that quoted wrongly as 24 September it seems. Am I looking correct screens? or Was there something wrong with my links?
 

Aten

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Apr 12, 2013
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Got my BOWP approved today with one year validity.

Applied online on - 1st Oct 2013
Approval email on - 30th Oct 2013.

Cheers to all.
 

iam_toby

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Feb 4, 2013
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Aten said:
Got my BOWP approved today with one year validity.

Applied online on - 1st Oct 2013
Approval email on - 30th Oct 2013.

Cheers to all.
Congrats!! That's good news. How long was your previous WP valid for?? Have you had more than 4 months left?
 

Aten

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Apr 12, 2013
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I applied wen it was exactly four months on dot. my previous work permit was till 1st Feb 2014. and I got my AOR only on 28th Sept. so everything worked perfect for me with gods grace.

Validity is till Oct 28th 2014.
 

iam_toby

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Feb 4, 2013
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Aten said:
I applied wen it was exactly four months on dot. my previous work permit was till 1st Feb 2014. and I got my AOR only on 28th Sept. so everything worked perfect for me with gods grace.

Validity is till Oct 28th 2014.
Awesome, thanks for getting back to me. Worked out pretty good for you then.
 

iam_toby

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Toronto2013 said:
Well reading the above I figure one cannot apply if you have more than 4 months left on your WP. Guess I will have to wait then.
Yes, that's why I was asking. The new revised OB485-A doesn't allow applications with more
than 4 months left on current WP. So I'm checking whether someone tried and got lucky with more
than 4 months remaining or not. I'll make sure to wait and apply when I become eligible, since my WP
is still valid until 31-Mar-2014.
 

lpc19800

Champion Member
May 21, 2013
1,288
114
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
NOC Code......
1223
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 14 2013
AOR Received.
February 24 2013
Med's Request
November 13, 2013
Med's Done....
December 5, 2013
Interview........
Waived: RPRF requested: November 13, 2013
Passport Req..
Visa exempt
VISA ISSUED...
January 6, 2014
LANDED..........
January 29, 2014
Aten said:
Got my BOWP approved today with one year validity.

Applied online on - 1st Oct 2013
Approval email on - 30th Oct 2013.

Cheers to all.
Congrats! I applied on the same day so fingers crossed mine also comes soon!
 

Toronto2013

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Jul 18, 2013
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iam_toby said:
Yes, that's why I was asking. The new revised OB485-A doesn't allow applications with more
than 4 months left on current WP. So I'm checking whether someone tried and got lucky with more
than 4 months remaining or not. I'll make sure to wait and apply when I become eligible, since my WP
is still valid until 31-Mar-2014.
Yeah mine is valid till Jun 2014. Guess we both need to wait for AOR first :)
 

kunishsa

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Oct 30, 2012
460
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Aten said:
I applied wen it was exactly four months on dot. my previous work permit was till 1st Feb 2014. and I got my AOR only on 28th Sept. so everything worked perfect for me with gods grace.

Validity is till Oct 28th 2014.
Congrats Aten !!! Best of luck with your future endeavors !!!
 

lpc19800

Champion Member
May 21, 2013
1,288
114
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
NOC Code......
1223
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 14 2013
AOR Received.
February 24 2013
Med's Request
November 13, 2013
Med's Done....
December 5, 2013
Interview........
Waived: RPRF requested: November 13, 2013
Passport Req..
Visa exempt
VISA ISSUED...
January 6, 2014
LANDED..........
January 29, 2014
Quick question: when decision on application is made, you get an email telling you you have a message in the MyCIC secure area, right? Or have I misunderstood?
Thanks!
 

Malko

Full Member
Mar 2, 2012
27
0
Category........
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
lpc19800 said:
Quick question: when decision on application is made, you get an email telling you you have a message in the MyCIC secure area, right? Or have I misunderstood?
Thanks!
I got my BOWP by mail 4 days before I have received the actual email.
 

lpc19800

Champion Member
May 21, 2013
1,288
114
Canada
Category........
Visa Office......
CPP-O
NOC Code......
1223
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
January 14 2013
AOR Received.
February 24 2013
Med's Request
November 13, 2013
Med's Done....
December 5, 2013
Interview........
Waived: RPRF requested: November 13, 2013
Passport Req..
Visa exempt
VISA ISSUED...
January 6, 2014
LANDED..........
January 29, 2014
Malko said:
I got my BOWP by mail 4 days before I have received the actual email.
Haha that's a little backwards of them
 

iam_toby

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Feb 4, 2013
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lpc19800 said:
Haha that's a little backwards of them
Ya, my last work permit i did not even get an email from cic, never! I checked my MyCIC account every
now and then and one day the message was there, but no email notification.