Me to,2 years of experience ( actually for now is 3 years)submit my application on June 2020, got temporary number on March 30 2021
I did that before. it's like flag-poling. My experience here in Canada have been so colorful, yet i'm not loving the loooong wait for PR... but anyways, you don't need a US visa to do that. they will turn you right back around anyway and do everything in Canada border side. although, this might be risky. I've done it long time ago (2016) when I transferred from visitor to working. also, given the covid situation, borders might still be close? and trust me, they are not that 'welcoming' on the other side. bottomline is, just wait. I have a CBSA friend, he told me to wait inside Canada for PR, hence why I applied for a BOWP to maintain status.
Thanks for sharing! I also started as visitor visa. But I never did that US border thing. I still have validity of my work permit until late next year. I just shifted to new pilot for assurance that in case something bad happened again to my employer. It’s so difficult to work with a new employer because only few will wait for 6 month. I just want an open work permit. And if they extend the special pathway to PR for essential workers, I might shift on that.
I think IRCC even doesn't know where they left off before the pandemic. It's like everything is scattered all over the place.
Try to call the agent again. I am October 2020 applicant and got a temporary file number last March. I was calling ircc EVERY TWICE A MONTH for them to look for my application. I told them “I don’t expect you to process my papers now but at least tell me where is it”. Every month that’s my line since October. Until I shut up when they sent temporary file number to tell applicants that “hey, we got your application but we won’t process it yet”.
I feel for you, my first employer didn’t quite workout too so I wasn’t able to get into that interim pathway stream before. But then again, hard work always pays off right? So hopefully good news will come our way soon!
Most of the people I know who applied thru interim got their PR after 2 years of experience too. So it turned into a normal pathway for them. I even know someone who completed her 2 years and still applied for interim. It delayed her for a year. So she was working with a closed work permit for 3 years before she got her approval. I told her why did you apply thru interim if by law you already deserved the PR with or without interim. The interim was also useless for them.
I submitted two applications at the same time last year. One under the old caregiver program, and another under the new pilot. Same employer. At least, my months are counting now.
So it means you’re already in Canada with completed 24 months caregiver experience? And then the agent told you that it takes 2 years to get your PR, making it 4 years of paying taxes???
In October its will be 3 years at the same employer!!! Add 2 years of processing time ( not just for me,she told me that this is the program processing time for everyone)and yes there is the announcement about the caregivers but she is not sure if they really process it until the end of the year
