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Acknowledgement of Receipt

The PR file passed completeness and is in the system. Not an approval.

This site does not collect a UCI, an application number, or an upload.

  • Official sources
  • RED VERIFIED
  • Practice judgment
  • Independent of IRCC

On the official record

Official / RED VERIFIED

The official AOR is the letter issued after the application passes the R10 completeness check. IRCC permanent-residence terms PDI calls this the acknowledgement of receipt (R10 passed) letter.

Help Centre pages say IRCC does not send an AOR until staff open the application and check that it is complete. Status tracking starts after that letter. A payment receipt or the electronic receipt of the eAPR is not that letter.

Source: IRCC PDI: Express Entry completeness check · official page Jan 23, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026 · If a public page and this PDI disagree, this PDI wins.

Source: IRCC PDI: Terms and definitions related to permanent residence · official page Aug 12, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026

Source: IRCC: Express Entry after you apply · official page Aug 4, 2026 · checked Aug 21, 2026

Practice judgment

Practice judgment

On Express Entry, the terms PDI says you get an electronic receipt before R10 is passed. That receipt is not the R10 AOR and usually cannot support a BOWP, except Start-Up Visa.

An AOR means the file was complete enough to enter processing. It is not a promise about the decision.

Labelled judgment. Not the official rule. Not legal advice.

Related

AOR glossary · eAPR · R10 · BOWP

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