Family class spousal sponsorship (Outland) with H&C Considerations

[royalaaroh4]

Is there anyone in this forum applied under Family class sponsorship with H&C considerations, asking IRCC to grant an exemption for Inadmissibility. I would like to know how long it usually takes to hear Stage 1 Decision, here's my timeline for your reference. Again this is not a typical H&C application.

Submitted - Nov 2024
AOR - Dec 18th 2024
Medical & biometrics - submitted in Jan 2025 & completed
Background Verification - In Progress
Eligibility - In Progress (Tracker changed to In progress on July 12th 2025 saying Eligbility review started on June 17th)

 

[scylla]

Is there anyone in this forum applied under Family class sponsorship with H&C considerations, asking IRCC to grant an exemption for Inadmissibility. I would like to know how long it usually takes to hear Stage 1 Decision, here's my timeline for your reference. Again this is not a typical H&C application.

Submitted - Nov 2024
AOR - Dec 18th 2024
Medical & biometrics - submitted in Jan 2025 & completed
Background Verification - In Progress
Eligibility - In Progress (Tracker changed to In progress on July 12th 2025 saying Eligbility review started on June 17th)

So truthfully we see extremely few cases here like this. I would say less than one a year. For that reason I'm not sure how much feedback you are going to get on processing times. Your case is very unique.

As I understand it, your application follows the spousal sponsorship process and not the H&C process in terms of steps. So as far as I know there is no Stage 1 approval like there is for direct H&C applications. Instead, the spousal sponsorship process for Outland will be followed meaning that they will determined the sponsor eligibility first (which would be straight forward in this case) and will then review the applicant's inadmissibility as part of the eligibility / background / security check stages. So essentially this means you are waiting for final approval to know you are good. I do not believe you will receive any sort of Stage 1 approval. That's my understanding but a lawyer may be on a better position to advise.