BOWP - May Applicants

[crazydesifool]

Can one apply for BOWP when in restoration status or on visitor's visa? please reply, thank you.

 

[TorontoMo]

Applied May 15 and still waiting.

 

[mesumrizvi]

Can one apply for BOWP when in restoration status or on visitor's visa? please reply, thank you.

No you cannot.. u need to have a valid WP to be eligible for BOWP

 

[PRnightmare]

Applied May 19th. Nothing yet apart from a phantom email last week. Hope to get it in next few days fingers crossed.

 

[ARSR]

Any BOWP approvals this week??

 

[luke22]

I believe not. BOWP processing time will increase to more then 120 days this week. I expect that. And till the end of month to more then 150. Insane!

 

[permanent_res1]

Even Apr 29th applicant waiting in April BOWP thread.

 

[PRnightmare]

I believe not. BOWP processing time will increase to more then 120 days this week. I expect that. And till the end of month to more then 150. Insane!

Why do you believe that? It came down last week by 3 days. I'm expecting it to come down again this week.

 

[luke22]

Because not any approvals this week.

 

[snayak]

Last update was on 28 August and that shows 114 days. An update is likely today. I agree there might be an increase in processing time as no approvals reported this week.

My application is 119 days old already. I tried calling CIC call center, they have the old IVR in place that says a processing time of 114 days, I could not get a chance to talk to an agent because of high volume of calls.

All the best guys, hopefully we hear good news soon.

 

[PRnightmare]

Last update was on 28 August and that shows 114 days. An update is likely today. I agree there might be an increase in processing time as no approvals reported this week.

My application is 119 days old already. I tried calling CIC call center, they have the old IVR in place that says a processing time of 114 days, I could not get a chance to talk to an agent because of high volume of calls.

All the best guys, hopefully we hear good news soon.

There have been approvals this week. I know of someone who got approved on Tuesday. Just because no one on this forum has received an approval doesn't mean there have not been any. I think it's irresponsible to speculate that the time will increase to 150 days with zero basis for this.

It's just pure speculation and not helpful to anyone waiting on this who has travel plans in place.

 

[luke22]

Sorry about that. What was his/her application date? Online or paper?

 

[PRnightmare]

online and 123 days

 

[mannual]

Guys I was April 27 online still waiting?its been 138 days over .i applied my child visitors extensions same day [27 apr) got approved on aguest 31st but mine is not yet

 

[permanent_res1]

Main applicants from April last week onward is still waiting. The processing time now stands at 130 days. The CIC website is also not updated last week with new processing time which they generally update every week on Friday.