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Work Permit extension for protected person

Canadian_rainbow

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Aug 30, 2022
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Hi, kindly have a question. How can a protected person in Canada renew an expired work permit (which expired late this year 2024) with an expired passport which expired last year (since the passport has been seized by the immigration officers at IRCC office). Will appreciate an urgent answer. Thank you.
Hi,
You can apply for it not extend. Since you don’t have a valid work permit and did not apply before expire you need to stop working if you are.
 

Soheilnazari

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Nov 17, 2021
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Hi, kindly have a question. How can a protected person in Canada renew an expired work permit (which expired late this year 2024) with an expired passport which expired last year (since the passport has been seized by the immigration officers at IRCC office). Will appreciate an urgent answer. Thank you.
Just go online and apply with your expired passport. You put the expiry date , the date you submitting the application and thats it. They know protected people dont have their passport.
 

theclaimer

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Jul 29, 2022
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Hi, kindly have a question. How can a protected person in Canada renew an expired work permit (which expired late this year 2024) with an expired passport which expired last year (since the passport has been seized by the immigration officers at IRCC office). Will appreciate an urgent answer. Thank you.
Need to apply in GCKey account.
The day you'll be submitting the application, need to put that day in passport expiration day.

If you are submitting today, put the expiry date 20/12/2024.
 

ethaniiizz

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Dec 6, 2024
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Hi, kindly have a question. How can a protected person in Canada renew an expired work permit (which expired late this year 2024) with an expired passport which expired last year (since the passport has been seized by the immigration officers at IRCC office). Will appreciate an urgent answer. Thank you.
It will be fine if you just upload the expired passport copy and you can choose the date you submitted the application as the expiration date.
 

leo555

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Mar 20, 2024
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hi, when they send the letter that biometrics are still valid until, date, and application status shows final decision, your application is still in progress,
how long does it usually take after it to get thew decision?
thank you
 

theclaimer

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Jul 29, 2022
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Open an account in GCkey:

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/account.html

Also, you can follow this thread:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/threads/renewal-work-permit.826019/

In the GCKey account click how you want to come to Canada. On the next page, click for work, Less than 6 months, and then you'll find Refugee after that follow the steps. There are a lot of questions about being eligible for the work permit. Answer all the questions (All are yes/No). Finally, you need to upload your previous work permit copy, passport copy, and form imm5710e. It's downloadable and fillable. Complete and upload the form. Then submit.

1. We go to the GCKey Portal
2. Go to the bottom page > Start an application > and click on "Apply to come to Canada"
3. In my case, no personal reference code, click on "visitor, study or work permit"
4. For questions: What would you like to do in Canada > Select Work > How long would you like to stay in Canada > Select Temporary less than 6 months, then answer all other questions
5. Not a US PR (most of us are not)
6. Find out if you are eligible to apply > Click on "Refugee Claimant" then Next button
7. Then select the situation that applies to you -- e.g. refugee claim in progress or accepted refugee or other situations
8. Then answer all other questions page by page
9. When asked if you have medical exam performed by IRCC authorized doctors in the past 12 months, click No, if you haven't had it (in my case I only did the medical exam paid by IRCC when making the refugee claim and is more than 12 months ago)
10. Then answer all other questions, and it will come to the page listing all your answers and then Next
11. You will see what documents you need to submit for a work permit extension: there's no medical exam required and no fee to be paid.
 

fazalmzm

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Jul 22, 2024
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Hi,

I made a mistake while filling the form imm5257 as i put my family and given name both in family name column. Now in the portal under application section its showing my given name two times. What i can do in this situation?