Passport Requests are few and far between these days, but it's to the glory of God that I am coming back to say I got a surprise PPR for Spousal Work Permit today. I'm a spouse of a college student who is already schooling in canada, I applied in November 2023.

It's a surprise to me because I wasn't expecting a PPR. I already had a travel visa, and had visited once, so, all I was praying for was a Port of entry Letter of Introduction, not PPR since i already have a visa. Now I am not sure of what to do with this PPR. This goodnews comes with a dose of confusion.

Gurus in the house, please advise me. Am I supposed to submit my passport again for Visa, despite already having a valid visa? Is this normal? Or should I send IRCC a webform/mail about this? If I submit my passport again, hope they won't cancel my existing travel visa....?

Please as a follow-up to this conversation let me ask a question that is somehow related to this issue...

Scenario 1
If I applied for SOWP before March 19, 2024 based on a spouse that is in a college, and the SOWP got approved subsequently. Then my spouse is to later apply for PGWP by September same year, will I be eligible for an extension of my SOWP to cover the period of the PGWP? This question is coming because spouses of college students are no longer eligible for SOWP, and we all seem to have concluded that PGWP is treated as extension of rules guiding SOWP.

Scenario 2

If I single person graduates from a college and get PGWP, then gets married does this mean that his/her spouse will not get a SOWP to join them, simply because their spouse finished from college?

These are real life situations o

Jeboy:
You are using Google search content of November 2023 when IRCC have updated SOWP qualifications to remove College student spouse on March 19th 2024. The joke is on you.

We are not saying you can't bring Spouse with a SOWP but we re saying you can't if your student spouse is enrolled in a college.

I pity people you guys are misleading. You don't need to call IRCC, the rules are very clear and written in simple English. You don't even need Google.

Brethren, IRCC Abuja have become a thorn in my flesh. I have finally discovered that my SOWP application is lying with them for processing.

My spouse and kids are already in canada studying, since 2023.

I applied for SOWP on November 25, 2023

I have a valid travel visa, and have visited Canada once.

But as I speak, SOWP eligibility is still pending. They have not even touched my application, but I see folks that applied in 2024 already getting PPR.

I have sent emails and several webforms, I keep getting their generalised responses from IRCC kenya. Abuja office have not even bothered to respond to my emails, and they don't seem to have a specific webform page, unlike Lagos and Nairobi. I have run out of ideas on what to do. This is so so unfair. Please gurus in the house what else is left for me to do that I have not tried? I done pray tire. Please help me!

Thanks, for your response I'd appreciate links to both the free and the paid GCMS notes. Thanks

AgEcon:
It could be a good step. However, I did the same when I applied for gcsm notes in Jan 24 and got it this last week. Nothing much was there as eligibility has not started. So, only medical, criminality etc were seen . We applied 28th October. We are still waiting for the sowp as well

Good morning brethren. Please I need advice. I applied for SOWP since 25th November, 2023. Prior to that, I already had a travel visa, and had travelled & returned from seeing my spouse who is a student, residing with our kids in canada. Until now no response from IRCC for my SOWP. Eligibility has not even started. I done send webform & emails tire. The only key information I got from their help centre is that my application is being processed in their Abuja office. I am now considering ordering GCMS notes. Will this be a good step? Any advise from the Gurus will be appreciated. Thanks

Someone suggested that I should apply for GCMS and CBSA notes. Any idea of a link that I can use to make this request? Any help will be appreciated

Prosperkossy:

There’s no cause of the delay, it depends on the vo handling ur application
Mine I submitted 25 of November,did my biometrics dec 1 since then no update apart from my eligibility that started 25 of jan
So u have to be patient

I am seriously beginning to get anxious and worried for my study permit application.

Application received by IRCC: December 13
Biometrics completed : December 16
Review of upfront Medical passed : January 04

It's already almost 2months and no word from IRCC asides the normal "we are processing your application...". Meanwhile people that applied even in January are already getting PPR all around. Is there anybody in this same category? Please Gurus in the house. How can I know what is causing this delay? Help!!

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