canand said:
Any ideas/ thoughts anybody?
I was an Inland CEC applicant with a closed work permit. I landed on 2nd Feb so my answer is based on my experience. There may be other opinion/s too.
1. I traveled out of Canada between Dec'16 - Jan'17. I had not updated about this travel to CIC. Outcome - No issue. At the time of landing, the CoPR was updated with my last entry date i.e the date when I came back after my vacation in Jan'17. I have a multiple entry worker visa on which I traveled but for vacation. If you had/have a multiple entry visa there will not be any issue assuming you came back before submitting the Passport.
2. If the job ends, it means the closed work permit though active cannot be used for another job. You can stay in Canada if you have a valid visa but cannot work. Report about the job end to CIC. If you gained points while submitting the application based on this job and the employment letter stating this job would be extended after the PR (meaning this is a future job offer) then the points may be recalculated based on the stage of your application processing. Having said that, I do not see it to be a major issue as the the job ending will not result in a huge reduction in points that it would hinder the further processing further of your application based on your timeline.
If you went back home after the job end and waiting for the application to be processed and request for your passport then irrespective what the status of your work permit is or what type of Visa you hold, I suggest to report to CIC so the processing happens appropriately. I would not want to give them any chance to mark my application as incorrectly represented.
