January 2026 - Outland Sponsorship

[jacob1234]

Is there a tracking spreadsheet?

Yes.
Here’s a tracker for 2026 applicants btw:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...3lub3ECavKi0/edit?gid=189988302#gid=189988302

 

[Wacky1.nash]

Can you share the link for the chat again please?

We have made the chat private, and invite only. So the link is no longer public. Anyone who would like to join is welcome to send me their phone number, and I will add them to the chat.

 

[abd07]

Date of Submission: Jan 30, 2026
Sponsor : PR
Sponsor Country of Residence: Canada
Principal Applicant Country of Citizenship: India
Principal Applicant Country of Residence: India
Awaiting for AOR

AOR: Received on March 12th 2026

 

[ashronp]

Got AOR last week, no BIL yet.

PA tried connecting to GCkey with name+application # but keep getting errors/can't find application.

 

[ashronp]

Got AOR last week, no BIL yet.

PA tried connecting to GCkey with name+application # but keep getting errors/can't find application.

Good morning. We received Medical Examination letter but not Bio?

 

[falgun]

Current updates on our application:
Sponsor: PR
Application Submitted: Jan 19th 2026 ( Outland : India )
Medical Completed: March 30th 2026
Biometric Completed: March 24th 2026
Backgroun in progress: March 13th 2026
Sponsor approval: March 24th 2026

 

[Padam_C]

Date of Submission: ??
Sponsor : Citizen
Sponsor Country of Residence: United States with intent to move to CA in 2027
Principal Applicant Country of Citizenship: United States
Principal Applicant Country of Residence: United States

We are hoping to get some help with a couple questions. We submitted the Outland Spousal Sponsorship application back on Feb. 4th, 2026 but a couple of days ago we received and email that said the following:
We are returning your Permanent Resident Portal application received on 2026-02-05. We are unableto process your request as submitted. We have kept no record of your submission.Our office processes Family Class Sponsorship applications where the Principal Applicant resides InCanada. It appears that as per your information declared on your undertaking you have sent your application to our office in error as per document(s) reviewed below:... list of documents

We aren't sure what we did to get it sent to the Inland office. Does this mean we are rejected and need to file an appeal or is "returned" different? What did we do wrong?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[jacob1234]

Date of Submission: ??
Sponsor : Citizen
Sponsor Country of Residence: United States with intent to move to CA in 2027
Principal Applicant Country of Citizenship: United States
Principal Applicant Country of Residence: United States

We are hoping to get some help with a couple questions. We submitted the Outland Spousal Sponsorship application back on Feb. 4th, 2026 but a couple of days ago we received and email that said the following:
We are returning your Permanent Resident Portal application received on 2026-02-05. We are unableto process your request as submitted. We have kept no record of your submission.Our office processes Family Class Sponsorship applications where the Principal Applicant resides InCanada. It appears that as per your information declared on your undertaking you have sent your application to our office in error as per document(s) reviewed below:... list of documents

We aren't sure what we did to get it sent to the Inland office. Does this mean we are rejected and need to file an appeal or is "returned" different? What did we do wrong?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Please try to check your forms and see if you indicated inland applicant on any form. If no mistake is found there. May be you indicated on the PR portal that you are submitting inland applicant because when you create the portal if asks you to select the PR category - Inland or Outland. Based on that selection, application are routed to these IRCC offices for processing. Unfortunately, you have to resubmit the application if it is returned.

 

[the_bong_chi]

Current updates on our application:
Sponsor: PR
Application Submitted: Jan 19th 2026 ( Outland : India )
Medical Completed: March 30th 2026
Biometric Completed: March 24th 2026
Backgroun in progress: March 13th 2026
Sponsor approval: March 24th 2026

Pretty much on similar timeline.

 

[Gemini_16]

Any recent updates to January 2026 applications? Below is my timeline so far : (PA India)
Application Submitted : January 2, 2026
AOR Received : February 17, 2026
Medical Requested : February 25, 2026
Biometrics Requested : February 25, 2026
Sponsor eligibility : February 26, 2026
Biometrics Completed : February 27, 2026
Medical Passed : March 9, 2026
PA eligibility : March 11, 2026
Pre arrival letter : March 12, 2026
Pre arrival letter 2 : May 5, 2026