Hello
I was wondering if someone could give me some information about the flagpoling process, I recently got an offer from a company and they already got me my LMO, job offer and all the things necessary to just go to the border and apply for the new work permit.
Now, my situation is this, I'm an immigrant from Mexico and I've been legal in Canada through a current work permit (closed WP from my last employer) that expires on 2015, althought my contract was just for June 2013 for that company, (I guess it was easier for the company to request it for that amount of time), after June I started looking for work and had some interviews, some of them were promising and said that would check for the LMO but never came back to me, this kept happening through the rest of the year due to this I couldn't renew my temporal resident visa that had an expiry date of August 30, 2013 (this visa was applied during student permit status, I couldn't renew due the constant interviews and knowing that the process of renewing would take 3 months at most).
I currently just hold my valid passport and valid work permit and the paperwork of the company for the new work permit to be applied, so my question is that if there would be a problem when doing the flagpoling to apply my work permit without a valid TRV and going back to Canada, some friends that were in the same situation (no valid TRV from a visa required country) said that they were able to do the flagpole, and I read in another post this:
"Flagpoling:
A Guide for Canadian Workers
But what about those from TRV-Required countries?
Many people are unaware that those from TRV-required countries are ALSO eligible to flagpole at the Canadian Point of Entry under Regulation 190 (3)(f)(i) and (ii) which state:
190. (1) Visa exemption – purpose of entry – A foreign national is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they are seeking to enter and remain in Canada solely
(f) to re-enter Canada following a visit solely to the United States or St.Pierre and Miquelon, if they
(i) held a study permit or a work permit that was issued before they left Canada on such a visit or were authorized to enter and remain in Canada as a temporary resident, and
(ii) return to Canada by the end of the period initially authorized for their stay or any extension to it
In plain English, this means that if you already have a Canadian work or study permit and are from a TRV-required country, you are also eligible to apply for a work permit at the port of entry (flagpole)."
This may feel that I already have the answer of the process on what I'm writing, but I still feeling nervous that I wouldn't be able to come back to Canada or lose this job opportunity, any advice or help would be greatly appreciated
I'm planning to go to the Peace Arch in Vancouver, BC soon for that processs.
Thanks
I was wondering if someone could give me some information about the flagpoling process, I recently got an offer from a company and they already got me my LMO, job offer and all the things necessary to just go to the border and apply for the new work permit.
Now, my situation is this, I'm an immigrant from Mexico and I've been legal in Canada through a current work permit (closed WP from my last employer) that expires on 2015, althought my contract was just for June 2013 for that company, (I guess it was easier for the company to request it for that amount of time), after June I started looking for work and had some interviews, some of them were promising and said that would check for the LMO but never came back to me, this kept happening through the rest of the year due to this I couldn't renew my temporal resident visa that had an expiry date of August 30, 2013 (this visa was applied during student permit status, I couldn't renew due the constant interviews and knowing that the process of renewing would take 3 months at most).
I currently just hold my valid passport and valid work permit and the paperwork of the company for the new work permit to be applied, so my question is that if there would be a problem when doing the flagpoling to apply my work permit without a valid TRV and going back to Canada, some friends that were in the same situation (no valid TRV from a visa required country) said that they were able to do the flagpole, and I read in another post this:
"Flagpoling:
A Guide for Canadian Workers
But what about those from TRV-Required countries?
Many people are unaware that those from TRV-required countries are ALSO eligible to flagpole at the Canadian Point of Entry under Regulation 190 (3)(f)(i) and (ii) which state:
190. (1) Visa exemption – purpose of entry – A foreign national is exempt from the requirement to obtain a temporary resident visa if they are seeking to enter and remain in Canada solely
(f) to re-enter Canada following a visit solely to the United States or St.Pierre and Miquelon, if they
(i) held a study permit or a work permit that was issued before they left Canada on such a visit or were authorized to enter and remain in Canada as a temporary resident, and
(ii) return to Canada by the end of the period initially authorized for their stay or any extension to it
In plain English, this means that if you already have a Canadian work or study permit and are from a TRV-required country, you are also eligible to apply for a work permit at the port of entry (flagpole)."
This may feel that I already have the answer of the process on what I'm writing, but I still feeling nervous that I wouldn't be able to come back to Canada or lose this job opportunity, any advice or help would be greatly appreciated
I'm planning to go to the Peace Arch in Vancouver, BC soon for that processs.
Thanks
