hardie said:
how do you know that u r banned from working.......i mean just explain your situation briefly.....may be i can help
Hi, sorry for the very late reply I haven't been on for a while. Any help or advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated. My situation is as follows:
I entered Calgary Canada originally on a working holiday visa, I wished to continue working and so applied for an extension on my work permit which was denied as it needed and lmo to accompany the application, my employer applied for the lmo but it did not arrive until after my work permit expired. I then applied for a reinstation of status using the lmo but heard nothing for months, despite numerous calls to cic no one could tell me anything other than to wait out the maximum time and then they would advise further. I was not supposed to be working during this time but as I was waiting for so long I had no other choice and so worked free lance doing various small masonry jobs for cash.
After 5 months the maximum time had lapsed and I called cic again and was advised to go to a border crossing with the lmo and apply there.
The border officer I was dealing with discovered I had been working via messages and pictures on my cell (I was unaware they could seize this but in hindsight I was stupid for not assuming they would) He told me that because I had been working illegally I could not apply for a work permit for 6 months from the last day I had been working which he could prove was feb 28th 2013. He also deemed me inadmissible to Canada as I had insufficient funds to support myself during this time and issued me with an "allowed to leave canada" form giving me 15 days to get my affairs in order and leave voluntarily or stay and appeal and likely lose the appeal and be removed/deported. I chose to leave voluntarily and presented myself to the cbsc at Calgary airport so they could verify that I was leaving.
It is now June and I have only 13 weeks before my ban is up. My employer is extremely anxious to have me back and has already applied for another lmo as the original has expired, we hope to have a positive lmo in within the next few weeks. I intend to apply for the work permit at the airport as I would have to wait an additional 8-12 weeks otherwise and as i said my employer wants me back asap. I plan on returning to Calgary the second week of September.
