Hope everyone is safe and vaccinated.
My parents arrived here in Dec-2020. They have multiple entry visitor visa valid till jul-2023.
We applied for their visitor visa extension before 15 days of Visa expiry. The thing is we applied only for 1 month extension as they were planning to go to USA for 3 months. However, now their USA trip for cancelled and they are planning to stay here until the ircc decide on their application.
My questions are:
1. As processing times are longer now, they will get result after 4-5 months (i.e. post their requested extension time). So, what would it be like? (i.e. does ircc provide back dated extension approval or they will be given 1 month from the date of the result day?)
2. I haven't uploaded any explanation letter with a reason to extend their stay. I thought it was not mandatory. However, now I read various posts here and it seems I should have done it. Amy advice from expert on what should be my next step? (i.e. should I upload the explanation letter as web form?)