Hi, All— I’m an American who’s been living in Canada for 8 years. I was recently issued an exclusion order (due to overstay of my visa, because of a complicated and unfortunate mix of factors, none of which were deliberate evasion of immigration laws and authorities, and which I was working to fix even before the exclusion order came in) and have been told I must leave the country on July 31, 2018, and cannot return to Canada for 1 year. This will mean the loss of a job offer I have, remove me from all my friends and support network, and break my partner of three years and I apart. On my lawer’s advice, I applied simultaneously for a work permit and TRP.
I received the work permit. The TRP, though, was “not considered”; neither approved nor rejected. I also did not receive an ARC, even though the Canadian government website says ARCs are dealt with in the context of work permit applications and I should not apply for one separately.
With a granted work permit I can only activate if I leave Canada and re-enter, but also an exclusion order that disallows me from re-entering, and no TRP or ARC (or even ability to apply for one, it seems), I feel I’m in a beaurocratic catch-22.
Advice and/or feedback would be greatly appreciated.
I received the work permit. The TRP, though, was “not considered”; neither approved nor rejected. I also did not receive an ARC, even though the Canadian government website says ARCs are dealt with in the context of work permit applications and I should not apply for one separately.
With a granted work permit I can only activate if I leave Canada and re-enter, but also an exclusion order that disallows me from re-entering, and no TRP or ARC (or even ability to apply for one, it seems), I feel I’m in a beaurocratic catch-22.
Advice and/or feedback would be greatly appreciated.
