No biometrics request over a month after AOR for a CEC inland application — is that normal?

For inland Canadian Experience Class (CEC) applicants, a delay in receiving a biometrics request letter after your Acknowledgement of Receipt (AOR) isn't necessarily a red flag.

What group members advised:

1. You may not need a new biometrics request at all. If you already gave biometrics as part of an earlier Work Permit (WP) or Study Permit (SP) application, those biometrics are typically still valid — IRCC reuses valid biometrics rather than requesting new ones, which explains why some applicants never see a fresh request letter.


2. Processing timing varies month to month. At the time of this thread, IRCC was reported to be processing CEC applications with AORs around early May, giving a rough sense of where the queue stood — but these processing markers shift constantly, so check current IRCC processing news rather than relying on this specific date.


3. Other applicants with similar AOR dates reported the same lack of update, suggesting the delay was common across the cohort rather than specific to one file.

Bottom line: if you've given biometrics within their validity window (generally up to 10 years) for a prior Canadian application, don't panic about not receiving a new request — check your existing biometrics validity before assuming something is wrong.