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ok thanks Leon so i have to keep documentation of my time inside / outside Canada. and if there is any possibility at all of getting my contract working through a Canadian company that would be best. i never thought about the required paperwork for when i eventually will need to reapply...

So i finally got the long awaited Permanent residency.... and that just in time to be offered a really good international contract that i pretty much HAVE TO TAKE! (having been unemployed for this long.) question now is maintaining my permanent residency obligations "Two years of "residency...

that's good news.. i really dreaded having to make that call.. luckily i didn't have to... maby those immigration guys aren't so bad after all.. ;) /Harry

i have been asked. what wording we used in the "updated letter of reference" letter from my employer. so im posting it here for everybody.. this was my initial suggestion. and it was reworded slightly at the office.. (i don't have the actual letter here) but its pretty close...

a little Update.. So i finally made it down to the 49'th and did the border crossing. and a couple of routine questions and some signing later i was re-entered as a permanent resident!.. Sigh.. its been some kind of long wait!.... good luck to the rest of you guys.. and thanks for...

yea something like that. pretty simple stuff.. kept it sorta vague. but no fancy stuff at all.. /Harry

update: sure!. i was going to update this thread in a couple of days when im DONE. but why not.. anyway i finally did manage to get my "boss" to sign the letter for immigration.. took some persuading. but hey ;) (no threats or Christmas party blackmail required.) sent that out with my...

i haven't received my residency yet. but im hoping for good news on that letter this week.. i sent out my PR application mid january and got the passport requested end of may so around 4 months and a bit so far, hopefully just a couple of weeks to go with the passport.. and A quick trip...

So a week ago i FINALLY got the long awaited letter from immigration staring that the processing of my application is complete. and they request my passport.. YAAH!! the quirck.. they also request a "Updated letter of reference from the employer that nominated you. confirming current and...

so just another interesting question. Since im applying from "within canada" on a PNP nomination. am i even supposed to head internationally for work ?? /harry

so on another note. and assuming that everything goes as i hope. the next step is them asking for my passport. how long does that take? i may have some internationally work lined up and well. not having a passport wont make that easier ;) /harry

yea. its not a nice situation right now. I haven't been paid since January. and with the fixed expenses and stuff. it is starting to get painful. and it looks like i have another 3-4 months to go... I have even been offered another job with a company that have a positive LMO i could be...

update: i just got my request for Medical letter, and imigration file number. (good news. and cheers all around) and looking it up in the online system, it tells me that they started processing my application may 1'st. is that the date from which i should expect the official processing times...

13 months?? is that from you sent your PR application or from when you started the PNP process?? how long for just the PR part of it?

yea .lucky how long is the current "realistic" processing time for a PNP nominated permanent residency? any ideas?

So. lets say i go find another job, apply for a new PNP nomination. once i get that. can i then submit it with my current Permanent residency application and have them base the PR on the new PNP certificate. or will changing my workpermit, to the new company And / or applying for a new PNP...

yea thats pretty much the jist of it. will immigration call my employer to confirm the employment during processing when the PR is based in a confirmed PNP? i could probably have by boss be less than complete honest need be.? im affraid im seeing this thing hitting the fan. too bad ...

okay thanks Leon. but my biggest worry, is the PNP nomination that is based on my "job offer" and so forth since it appears now that im not "needed" anymore does it kill the nomination and the PR application based on it ? i recon i have 6 months left on the PR process BEST case scenario...

thanks BCguy was hoping you might see the thread, seems you have helped lots of others. I'm as soo many others just a victim of this worldwide economic panic. now being laid off is hard enough. but having my workpermit, and PR application Canceled now due to it would be a bad kick in the...

hi. im a 35 yr old Irish bloke i have been working in canada for a few years already, for a couple of small companies, on different temporary workpermits and have started the PR process. based on the most recent one i have been successfully BC PNP nominated, and have started my PR application...