skas13 said:CIC works on a Saturday?? Interesting!! Or did you get it on Friday and just post it? I thought I had Saturday and Sunday off from obessessively checking my email!
one month is a bit early, and I think you will get a better answer if you ask in one of the New Delhi thread.hm82 said:
I second that. Back to compulsively checking my email. The worst part is I am also looking for a job and waiting for email replies/phone calls from potential employers. Seriously, all this stress and waiting. I might have a heart attack.Gary_87 said:Here's to another week! Hopefully full of good news!!
haha..totally feel you! I've been doing the same. What's even worse is that I now have to compulsively AND carefully sift through my junk e-mails too (just in case!)skas13 said:
Many email services give you the option of adding emails to a "safe" list, so important emails don't wind up in trash. Ask other Singapore applicants what addresses emails have come from, and you can add those addresses to your "safe" list. You can also set up forwarding for those emails, so if you or the sponsored person gets an email from CIC, it gets forwarded from you to the sponsored person, or vice versa.kevin002 said:haha..totally feel you! I've been doing the same. What's even worse is that I now have to compulsively AND carefully sift through my junk e-mails too (just in case!)
Really Gary? Mine was denied because we are applying for PR... and they were not happy rhat I had applied for another iec permit.. they made it very clear that permanent residence applicants were not tp use ice permits to work while awaiting a decision..??Gary_87 said:
That's strange. It says this on the iec website:OZinON said:
Please be advised that the intention of the working holiday is for Australians to travel around Canada, learn the culture and work to supplement their funds. It's intention is not/not as a means for permanent resident applicants to stay and work in Canada while waiting for their visa to come through.Gary_87 said:
Oh right. So the IEC folks told you to withdraw and request a refund? I sent off the application anyway, but if they get back to me with something similar then i'd do that too. it states on the British one that its a possiblity if you are eligible.OZinON said:Please be advised that the intention of the working holiday is for Australians to travel around Canada, learn the culture and work to supplement their funds. It's intention is not/not as a means for permanent resident applicants to stay and work in Canada while waiting for their visa to come through.
Of course it may be different for IEC UK
But...this is exactly what i received when applying. they asked me to withdraw my application and request a refund of the application fee. I meet all the criteria, and when i called to ask about it (though cic is not officially involved with IEC) i was told that they were right and that if i were to need a visa to help support us until our application came through it wouldnt look good for my partner as a sponsor since he is supposed to be able to support me in any circumstance where i cannot work. Which sucks...
Its not that we need the money because he can definitely support us both, i just need to work or do something or ill go crazy with boredom..I would still have another year on my current IEC permit but the officer who issued it at the Sarnia Ontario border crossing didnt know what he was doing and screwed it up and only gave me one year. It clearly says on the permit "Australians receive a 2 year working permit" and of course when i questioned it he got quite rude and said "maam i know what i am doing and if you are not careful i will take this back and deny it." And so i was stuck with a 1 year visa.
Be careful at the border with IEC permits as ive had trouble both times as they are not all that common (in ontario at least) and the officers get a little confused by them.
Fingers crossed it will be a smoother process crossing when we all achieve PR
