ETA Issues for a Work permit holder

[Robcaesar]

Hi there,

I currently have a open work permit in Canada until 2019. I have recently come back to the UK for a family issue. I booked these flights quickly after hearing the bad news and rushed through eTa thinking everything was ok. 1 day before flying back to Canada I opened the email on my phone to see they need another ACRO Police Check, because I have a work permit I thought it would be ok with WestJet in Gatwick. Today I got turned around and told until eTa lands there's nothing they can do ..

Since then I have applied for the police check with the premium service so CIC should receive this within 4 days.

I am now panicking because I have bills to pay, fiancée and work to get back to, can anybody out there offer any advice/experience or any kind of timescale?

Also worth noting I am 6 months away from hearing about a decision on our PR Application so CIC have all my details (medical, previous police checks etc) ...Will my application be in a different queue from holiday makers as I have worked and lived in Canada for almost 3 years and have almost another 2 years to run on my valid work permit ??

Thank you in advance

 

[scylla]

Provided there's no issue with your police check, you should hear something within days of the police check being received by CIC. You'll be in the same queue as everyone else.

 

[Rob_TO]

You could always book a flight to the US and enter Canada via a land border.

 

[Robcaesar]

Provided there's no issue with your police check, you should hear something within days of the police check being received by CIC. You'll be in the same queue as everyone else.

Scylla, really hope you are right a week or 2 I can just about do but months .. not even sure what I will do

 

[Robcaesar]

You could always book a flight to the US and enter Canada via a land border.

rob-to wish it was that simple! I booked a holiday to Hawaii a few years ago and was told I could fly to the US as I was rejected an ETSA. Lost money on holiday and flight, should have learnt my lesson there and then but naively thought because I was legal to live and work in Canada that the eta would be different