Hi everyone,
I plan to go to my home country for 10 days in the Christmas time. My wife and I did not receive the AOR yet, but there is a good chance that we receive it at that time considering the average rollout. We submitted all documents we could upfront, but we will still need to give them our biometrics and, upon their request, the Canadian PCC. From what I from on official sites, they only say that we "need to be in Canada", but it seems to vague. Do we need to be here when we receive the AOR? When getting the BIL? During the entire process...?
Any help with any of these questions is very much appreciated:
1. How many days do they usually give us to provide BILs and ADR? Do you think that if we "disappear" for 10 days, we will still have room to go for them after we get back, right?
2. I saw some people suggesting us to upload a webform with a sort of notice that we will be temporary out of the country for these days, so they know in advance if we come to send our biometrics from an out-of-the-country VAC. Do you think it makes sense?
3. Any chance that they track our entrance into/departures from the country by using the border services and we automatically lose our application if they see we are out of here? Or am I being too paranoid?
4. Any official link with official instructions on that direction?