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[Abbycrocs]

Help here!!!!!!

Hi, sorry to pose this question in this thread, but I'm here because I've applied to TR to PR pathway and need some opinion as to what I should do as to this: According to what was announced on July 26th, my husband is eligible to apply for the OWP since he meets the requirements:

Family members in Canada

You’re eligible for an open work permit if you meet all of the following:

• you’re a spouse/common-law partner or a dependent child of a principal applicant for the PR pathway
• you must be 18 years of age or older
• you’re in Canada
• you apply online
• the principal applicant is eligible for an open work permit for this public policy
• the principal applicant included you as an accompanying family member in the PR application

His OWP expired July 31, 2020 once I graduated. Therefore, in order to maintain status and to stay in Canada he holds a visitor visa, and never left Canada since arrival in 2017.

Now.... I'm a bit lost which option he should opt when paying for the fees (which are to be paid before creating the account to apply): Work permit (including extensions) – per person or Restore your status as a worker??

Workers
Work permit (including extensions) – per person		$155.00
Work permit (including extensions) – per group (3 or more performing artists) Maximum fee for a group of 3 or more performing artists applying at the same time and place		$465.00
Open work permit holder		$100.00
Restore your status as a worker Restore your status ($200) and get a new work permit ($155)		$355.00

Because..... according to Step 4:

Step 4: Get your document checklist

You must answer some questions to create a personalized document checklist.

Make sure you answer these questions correctly

• You would like to work temporarily—more than 6 months.
• Workers and students must select “Worker” when asked What is your current immigration status in Canada?
  • For students, this is a temporary measure while we update the application system.

If you need to restore your status

• When asked What is your current immigration status in Canada?, select “Worker”.
• When asked When does your status in Canada expire?, enter the date that your status expired.

Again, he is "not" a worker with a permit near to expire, and according to the above, he does not meet the requirements to restore, OR does he because his permit expired last July 2020?

Please, I would appreciate if someone can clarify this to me.
THANKS!!!!!!!!!

You are the principal applicant in this case. Are you eligible for an open work permit under this policy? I’m guessing you must be holding a pgwp. If that’s the case, he is not eligible as you are not.

 

[sarbpreet]

Biometric fee won’t stop them from issuing you an AOR. However, they need to know what all documents they need at the time of ADR. They wanna link your previous medical/biometrics etc. to know this. Plus if you sent a webform, which you did, they need to link it as well. Maybe they are not able to locate one of these documents. And with people submitting webforms left right and centre, it’s not making life any easier for them. Just speculating !!

you are right , I do not know what is going on with my application, its getting delayed and delayed every single day

 

[Prateek710]

I don’t remember anyone getting AOR with that timeline from IG stream. Who is to say they are not processing them parallelly?
If the IG counter at 5 pm was 20,000 (let’s say) and for essential healthcare only 500, do you think the 500 th guy should be in line with 20,000 from another stream? I’m guessing they may have assigned agents based on the load of each stream and working in parallel. Let’s say 100 agents for IG stream and 5 and 2 for the other.

One guy already got the AOR at 5pm est

 

[sarbpreet]

That's the same case with my friend Mohit from Prince George. He forgot to pay the biometrics fees and later paid it and sent it via webform, after receiving the AOR and now his file is on hold. He received AOR on june 3 and already got the webform confirmation. All docs upfront still no one touched his file again.

did he had already biometric done before?

 

[Prateek710]

did he had already biometric done before?

Nope but he forgot to pay the fees though

 

[mimikkkk]

@sarbpreet
I saw you say you called ircc before. Do they mean that your application has not yet been assigned to any officer?

 

[valu_milu]

You are the principal applicant in this case. Are you eligible for an open work permit under this policy? I’m guessing you must be holding a pgwp. If that’s the case, he is not eligible as you are not.

Hi, sorry, please explain why he is not eligible? And yes... I have my PGWP....
Also the IRCC states that:


Family members in Canada

You’re eligible for an open work permit if you meet all of the following:

• you’re a spouse/common-law partner or a dependent child of a principal applicant for the PR pathway
• you must be 18 years of age or older
• you’re in Canada
• you apply online
• the principal applicant is eligible for an open work permit for this public policy
• the principal applicant included you as an accompanying family member in the PR application

and according to that, he is eligible

 

[JALT]

It is a good idea, but I genuinely think there is some other method they follow

I have already received my AOR I was just telling the guy to be patient. We both got the same timelines however his application is not being processed yet that's why he is worried. Adding further, regarding possibilities there could be many so we cannot really predict what they are cooking behind the kitchen.

Having chatted about this with others about how IRCC works I think there are a lot of factors they are looking at when they're deciding who gets processed first. I've started to think they are going through the applications in order of submission, but have specific things they are looking for such as certain NOC codes, the places where we've said we intend to live, age, dependents etc. and it's all to do with what the government need to fill where first. They will be the people getting pulled out first to be processed. They obviously have a need for immigrants working in some occupations more urgently than in others. We're in the IG stream but we still had to say which NOC code we were currently working in. Similarly, if they've just processed 200 applicants for say Vancouver, they might skip a few people saying they wanted to live in Vancouver so that it gets shared out equally across the country. For example, I'm NOC code 4012 in small-town BC - they just might not need that many research assistants urgently in a rural town (I work from home) so I don't get priority processing... this is my guess now. If it's true then it's a bit frustrating as for people waiting like myself (fsss, Tomican, Sabpreet, plender etc.) we don't know if we'll be processed this week, next week... next month, or after they've got to the end of 40,000 applicants and then come back to the beginning. It just depends on what they're directed to do each week by the big important people...

I spoke with an IRCC agent again earlier this week and he said the biggest mistake we all make is comparing each others timelines as every application is treated differently - so I'm thinking this will be my last post for a while as I'm gonna peace out for a while and just try to forget about it until I get that notification in my inbox! Now that we know it doesn't seem to be fifo it's actually more annoying seeing all the AORs being compared than it is helpful

I'm also eligible to join the EE pool next month under CEC... who knows, maybe I'll also do that. Good luck in the meantime guys!

 

[valu_milu]

I think in your case, it is better talk to an expert, consultant, or lawyer.
I believe your case is ok, but don't know how to fill the form to make sure it will be correct according to the policy.

Thank you for your reply . I've done everything on my own in the past, but here I'm lost and do not want to choose wrong.

 

[sarbpreet]

@sarbpreet
I saw you say you called ircc before. Do they mean that your application has not yet been assigned to any officer?

Yes, they said they could'nt able to find my application in their system yet.

 

[sarbpreet]

Having chatted about this with others about how IRCC works I think there are a lot of factors they are looking at when they're deciding who gets processed first. I've started to think they are going through the applications in order of submission, but have specific things they are looking for such as certain NOC codes, the places where we've said we intend to live, age, dependents etc. and it's all to do with what the government need to fill where first. They will be the people getting pulled out first to be processed. They obviously have a need for immigrants working in some occupations more urgently than in others. We're in the IG stream but we still had to say which NOC code we were currently working in. Similarly, if they've just processed 200 applicants for say Vancouver, they might skip a few people saying they wanted to live in Vancouver so that it gets shared out equally across the country. For example, I'm NOC code 4012 in small-town BC - they just might not need that many research assistants urgently in a rural town (I work from home) so I don't get priority processing... this is my guess now. If it's true then it's a bit frustrating as for people waiting like myself (fsss, Tomican, Sabpreet, plender etc.) we don't know if we'll be processed this week, next week... next month, or after they've got to the end of 40,000 applicants and then come back to the beginning. It just depends on what they're directed to do each week by the big important people...

I spoke with an IRCC agent again earlier this week and he said the biggest mistake we all make is comparing each others timelines as every application is treated differently - so I'm thinking this will be my last post for a while as I'm gonna peace out for a while and just try to forget about it until I get that notification in my inbox! Now that we know it doesn't seem to be fifo it's actually more annoying seeing all the AORs being compared than it is helpful

I'm also eligible to join the EE pool next month under CEC... who knows, maybe I'll also do that. Good luck in the meantime guys!

I will do the same I guess

 

[fsss]

Yes, they said they could able to find my application in their system yet.

Did you get a temporary number finally?

 

[sarbpreet]

Did you get a temporary number finally?

@fsss No they didn't gave me a thing. sorry it was the typo error

 

[JALT]

Although to be fair that would mean they've opened the applications to see our details... I don't remember what information we typed into the application screen and what was just uploaded via document, but you get what I mean

 

[Tomican]

Hi, sorry, please explain why he is not eligible? And yes... I have my PGWP....
Also the IRCC states that:

Family members in Canada

You’re eligible for an open work permit if you meet all of the following:

• you’re a spouse/common-law partner or a dependent child of a principal applicant for the PR pathway
• you must be 18 years of age or older
• you’re in Canada
• you apply online
• the principal applicant is eligible for an open work permit for this public policy
• the principal applicant included you as an accompanying family member in the PR application

and according to that, he is eligible

Have you applied for Tr2Pr? (you are the principal applicant, right?)
Then, you may attach the LOE about your husband immigrant status before and present.
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/tr-pr-pathway/open-work-permit.html

* Again, I really don't know how to fill out the IMM5710 correctly.