Have not recieved an acknowledgement letter from cic and no work permit

[SassyCanadian]

Thank you guys, I appreciate all your responses. You answered a lot of things that I was not aware of. Too bad we only go through this process once because we have done things a little differently.

 

[SassyCanadian]

One last question that is still bothering me... Is it strange that I did not receive an acknowledgement letter from CIC regarding our Inland Spousal Sponsorship Application. It was sent 9 months ago and it seemed to me that people got that letter sooner that that time frame.

 

[starry101]

We submitted in June 2014 and just received in mid-March that it had started processing (which allows us to login and check status). If the timeline is still similar, it might be until mid June/July before they start September ones. From what I understand, not everyone gets an AOR. Here is the spreadsheet from this community so you can see what's currently being processed for inland 2014: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ArK2RVjQ5v59dFlqaGRPN3JxaGY4Nk9ucTZxV1Z0NEE#gid=14

 

[SassyCanadian]

Thank you Starry! That makes me feel a bit better! I was going to try Monday to verify with the Call Centre.

I looked again at my husband's work permit application and I did ticked the box that said "Restoration of your status as a worker" and "An initial work permit or a work permit with a new employer." When we submitted we were still in the 90 day grace period (CWP expired 2013 NOV 02 and Application for OWP received 2015 JAN 08).

If I ticked both boxes does that still mean he may still qualify for the OWP pilot???

It looks like I would owe them another $200 bucks to the application for the restoration but they never sent or said anything to us...

 

[scylla]

I looked again at my husband's work permit application and I did ticked the box that said "Restoration of your status as a worker" and "An initial work permit or a work permit with a new employer." When we submitted we were still in the 90 day grace period (CWP expired 2013 NOV 02 and Application for OWP received 2015 JAN 08).

If I ticked both boxes does that still mean he may still qualify for the OWP pilot???

It looks like I would owe them another $200 bucks to the application for the restoration but they never sent or said anything to us...

No - he won't qualify for the OWP pilot. You can't restore to an OWP. Restoration back to a work permit would have only worked if he had an approved LMIA at that time and he was restoring his status back to a closed work permit. So your husband is unfortunately still out of status and the soonest you should expect the OWP is AIP.

 

[SassyCanadian]

Alright, makes since somehow. Thanks guys!

 

[SassyCanadian]

Hubby ended up calling the Call Centre and of course we just annoyed them.

They said that they have up to 16 months to send an AOR and that we shouldn't have bothered calling type deal. So decision made to sit quietly and wait for January 2016.

 

[susana]

Make sure your husband does not leave Canada unti a decision is made in your PR application. As he has overstayed, there is a HUGE chance he won't be allowed to re-enter and you will have to start the process all over again. Sit tight ! Situations like yours are avoided if you consult with a professional before submission.

Sigh!!

 

[SassyCanadian]

We know that he can't leave the country. We have done all we can. We were just not aware that the OWP pilot did not count people who where out of status.

My husband has been through 2 immigration lawyers. One was a fantastic lawyer and the other one was a crook. The lawyer was the cousin of the owner of the last company he had a closed work permit with who was suppose to submit his Skilled Worker Permanent Residency. The first lawyer he dealt with was fluent in French, English, and German. She was even once an immigration officer and specialized in studying it. She had mostly everything put together complete with proper translations and forms.

ONE of the conditions the company put on him was he had to use their "company" immigration lawyer. He went along with it and sent the paperwork to Toronto, (we live in Calgary, AB btw). My husband paid him $5000 in full to do his Skilled Worker Permanent Residency. What happened after was, the lawyer would every 2 or 3 months email him and say, sorry I need this done or this is missing. He did it on purpose. In fact a couple guys from Philippines and China where forced back home. Same story with them. They paid this lawyer in full and he never submitted their paperwork.

The only reason his company extended his WP a second time was because they desperately needed my husband. Without him they were SOL. The company went down exactly a year after that extension NOV 2013.

We looked for months for a job for him, he had to turn down 6 companies because they didn't have the LMO to have them work for their company. His WP was running out in NOV 2014 and that is when we knew it was better to apply for PR sooner than later. We requested that the Immigration Lawyer return his documents which took a couple of months. We started paperwork June 2014 and had to wait to get him a recent police check from Germany which took over 2 months. We then were finally able to submit the paperwork Sep 2014.

I graduated from my course March 2014 and started working at the hospital April 2014. Absolutely no money to pay for a lawyer. We got in contact and consulted the amazing lawyer he had in Calgary for a couple hundred and went from there.