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When you ask if an MP can influence whether you get PR status, I have to wonder whether you understand where PR status comes from. Newsflash: It's not anybody's arbitrary interference that gives you PR, it's THE LAW! You get PR because the law says you qualify for it at the time you apply...

That's what lawyers do all day: sit around and TALK. Why? Because talk is CHEAP. It's about the only thing lawyers can do. Lots of lawyers talk of lawsuits but, as you all know, it's one thing to talk the talk and another thing to walk the walk. For a law firm to actually start a law suit...

It's one thing to get your employer to agree to apply for LMIA. It's quite another thing to actually get LMIA approved by the government. Your employer will have to advertise a lot for YOUR position and as soon as there's even one Canadian applicant for it, your chances of getting LMIA approved...

I don't think you understand the distinction between foreign student and immigrant. They ARE two different things. Perhaps you need a dictionary. Foreign students are only admitted for study purposes and had to show intention to return home at the end of their studies to even get the study visa...

torontosm you're right on point. Most western countries in the world, particularly the US, don't offer a direct path to PR status for international students and the sky hasn't exactly fallen on them. These people are bit.ching about Canada even when they fully well know there's no PR option in...

Intent to return home at the end of your studies and intent to seek PR after returning home are two different things. When an applicant for a study permit shows intent to return home at the end of his/her studies, what he/she is saying is that he/she will indeed return home. No one is saying...

Hopes of achieving what? permanent residence? Then they weren't genuine students. Only good liars at the embassy when they applied for their student visas. And now it's time to pay for your lies.

If you had intentions of getting PR at the time you applied for your student visa, then you must have been pretty damn good at hiding them from the visa officer because as soon as they detect such intention they refuse visas. Take a look at the International Students section of this forum; read...

I don't think you get it, so read my lips: Permanent Residence is NOT for sale. It's not something you buy with tuition money. Your money went for the education you got. It wasn't stolen from you.

yes dpenabill, I know it's risky to apply with no margin, and I'm not saying I've made my final decision on this. I have about four months to do that, during which time I'm collecting all the required documents to make sure I have a complete package ready to be sent off on June 3rd, if need...

dpenabill Can you elaborate on why you think it's risky to apply with 1096 days of actual physical presence under PR status? I have to ask because in another post you say that once an applicant meets the threshold of 1095 days of APP then s/he has met the residency requirement and no other...

I'm not clear as to why you think you should get any extra tax return and what your pre-PR time has to do with it. Are you referring to back tax returns covering your pre-PR time? I don't think you're going to get any extra tax return. Working in Canada while on temporary status does not...

I know that's exactly what I'll be doing: send in my application with precisely 1096 days of physical presence under proper PR status (assuming this will be possible on June 3rd, i.e. the new residency requirement hasn't kicked in by then). Ask me if I care whether CIC likes my doing so. If...

The nerve of those officials at CIC to annoy the solicitors and the foreigners who want PR. You should sue them. It only takes about 10 years to find out that nobody cares for what you and your lawyers want. LOL :P :P :P :P

You must have never had to appear in person for a visa interview. I have and I do remember what it was like: I was talking to the officer through a double-pane glass, and on each side of me there were security guards, just standing there, ready to grab me by my elbows and escort me outside as...

Here's another way to see why playing around with different responses isn't right. If you were submitting a paper application, would you be able to change your responses on the forms, or change the documents you submit? No. Once you submit your application package, that's it. It's out of...

I'm not worked up at all. I'm saying that people in here are being encouraged to play around with their responses until they get the answer they want from the online system. That's not how it's meant to work. You can't give a dozen responses to the same question and have them ALL be true...

NO. You must apply for a study permit outside Canada, at the visa office serving your country of citizenship. That's what the official link below says. So it looks like you can't just remain here continuously. You must return to your country...

Which part of "Ineligible" do people NOT understand? If the system's telling you that you're ineligible, then that's exactly what it means: you're ineligible. End of discussion. It does NOT mean go back and play around with your responses until you get the outcome you want. That's...

If the system is telling you that you're not eligible for EE, then how do you 'know' that you're eligible? There is a reason why the System's decision prevails, and not the applicant's opinion. Otherwise, why bother having an online system at all? Just ask the applicants what immigration...