Can time spent in restoration status be count towards physical presence?

[Lled]

Hi All,

First of all Thank you to all in advance for helping me understand how the process works.

I am in a dilemma, during my PR application, I was in an implied status then in restoration status for more than 90 days. I know for a fact that time spent in Implied status can be counted towards physical presence (yay!). I want to know if the time spent in restoration of status can be counted as well.

Can anyone help me with this.

Note: Right after the decision was made on my implied status, I was given 90 days to restore my status, and i applied for visitors on 80th day and it took them additional 20+ days to approve visitor visa, so in total I am looking at 110+ days in restoration status.

 

[Lled]

anyone?

 

[itsmyid]

This is one of the grey areas , why can’t you just wait a bit longer so you won’t need that credit? The potential delay from this could be much longer than just waiting a little

 

[kk2018]

This is one of the grey areas , why can’t you just wait a bit longer so you won’t need that credit? The potential delay from this could be much longer than just waiting a little

I agree with itsmvid'' better to wait rather then getting the process delayed

 

[Lled]

Thanks so much, makes sense.

I also called CIC, the agent on the call said It won't be counted towards physical presence in Canada.

For Future reference:

Days spent in Implied status ---> counted.
Days spent in Restoration Status ---> Cannot be counted.

 

[cheire]

Thanks so much, makes sense.

I also called CIC, the agent on the call said It won't be counted towards physical presence in Canada.

For Future reference:

Days spent in Implied status ---> counted.
Days spent in Restoration Status ---> Cannot be counted.

Yes, i was in same situation and agent said the same thing
I asked him if this restoration period will be a problem in my application, he said no it won’t be a problem and said it is one of the process they encourge people to use instead of staying illeagal here
So i applied for citizenship after that in dec 2018
I was wooried too

 

[dpenabill]

My application was returned even though I was here under implied status. You need to submit a lot of paper work that prove you were here during your implied status.
Unfortunately I couldn’t find much supporting documentations for myself as an MP was involved to find my lost PR application in the immigration office somwhere. If you do apply counting your implied status make sure you submit landlord letters, job letters or/and bank statements perhaps ? That show you were physically here. Otherwise they will return it. I just waited an extra week and re applied without counting the implied status period.

The above observations are an important contribution and offer a suggestion well-taken.

Proof can be a factor and when it is about the difference in meeting the requirements versus not meeting the requirements, proof can make all the difference.

Even if the application makes it past the completeness-check phase, if the days with implied status are necessary to meet the minimum presence requirement, the elevated risk of non-routine processing is generally worth avoiding if possible . . . and while it is no guarantee, waiting and having enough days without counting days with implied status will likely reduce the risk of non-routine processing considerably.

Many times applying LATER can result in actually taking the oath SOONER. Those who rush do so at their peril.

 

[Whistler2019]

Hi All,

First of all Thank you to all in advance for helping me understand how the process works.

I am in a dilemma, during my PR application, I was in an implied status then in restoration status for more than 90 days. I know for a fact that time spent in Implied status can be counted towards physical presence (yay!). I want to know if the time spent in restoration of status can be counted as well.

Can anyone help me with this.

Note: Right after the decision was made on my implied status, I was given 90 days to restore my status, and i applied for visitors on 80th day and it took them additional 20+ days to approve visitor visa, so in total I am looking at 110+ days in restoration status.

Hi Lled, any info regarding your case? I was in implied status for about 4 months and then my application got refused so I had to restore my status, so I'm more or less in the same boat. Not sure if I can count those months in my Physical Presence Calculator or not.
Thanks

 

[cheire]

Hey
I was in same situation, same things happened to me
You can count time for implied status but not the time when you were waiting for restoration
I got my Aor and fingerprint request till now

 

[Whistler2019]

Hey
I was in same situation, same things happened to me
You can count time for implied status but not the time when you were waiting for restoration
I got my Aor and fingerprint request till now

That is good to know, kind of a relieve actually. I understand that restoration time doesn't count but I was told that the Implied Status only counts if the extension application got accepted which it wasn't my case. Thanks for sharing that info and good luck with the process.

 

[Whistler2019]

While I counted the implied status period and got rejected. So I’m guessing it depends on what agent you get.

Oh nooo!!!! Were you in implied status because you were extending a work permit and got denied? Why was your application rejected exactly? Hopefully you could apply after without any issues.

 

[cheire]

That is good to know, kind of a relieve actually. I understand that restoration time doesn't count but I was told that the Implied Status only counts if the extension application got accepted which it wasn't my case. Thanks for sharing that info and good luck with the process.

My application was also refuesd, i called CIC and they told me implied status you can count and waiting period for restoration you can’t and agent also said restoration of status is the process CIC encourage instead staying illegal so i won’t have any problem cause of that for my citizenship application

 

[Lled]

Even mine was refused. Refusal or approval does not determine if you were or were not in implied status.

Implied status is an option given by IRCC for people to get their WP status restored, the result of which doesn't determine if were or not in implied status.

Status on my citizenship is I haven't applied yet, its better to wait and be stress free than to apply early and bite your nails.

 

[sainiprabhjot]

Hello everyone.

I need some advice on calculating days before applying for citizenship. So, I was on PG work permit which got expired and I filled a extension application which got refused on 25th October 2019 at that time I lost my status and given a 90 days restoration period under which I applied for a visitor record in January 2020 which then took 8 months to get approved and meanwhile I got an invitation under express entry and submitted my file in April 2020. So, I had my visitor record approved in August 2020 while express entry file was in progress.
So my question here is while applying for citizenship can i count citizenship days after 25th Oct 2019 (the days I entered restoration period) if not should I start counting after I submitted my visitor record application or should it be the days I got the visitor record approved.

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

 

[scylla]

Hello everyone.

I need some advice on calculating days before applying for citizenship. So, I was on PG work permit which got expired and I filled a extension application which got refused on 25th October 2019 at that time I lost my status and given a 90 days restoration period under which I applied for a visitor record in January 2020 which then took 8 months to get approved and meanwhile I got an invitation under express entry and submitted my file in April 2020. So, I had my visitor record approved in August 2020 while express entry file was in progress.
So my question here is while applying for citizenship can i count citizenship days after 25th Oct 2019 (the days I entered restoration period) if not should I start counting after I submitted my visitor record application or should it be the days I got the visitor record approved.

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks

You can only count from the time the visitor record was approved. You were out of status while waiting for restoration. So you cannot include the 8 months in the calculation.