hi. my work permit has expired on January 2011. My employer is no longer applying for a new one. I was told that I can apply for permanent residence under Humanitarian and Compassionate consideration and at the same time I can apply for open work permit. I was told that the processing time for work permit is only for a month. I called immigration call centre and I was informed that my open work permit will only be processed once they started processing my application and so far they only opened the envelopes that they have received on February 2010. Now i'm screwed, because my 90 days extension is almost over and probably my open work permit application will take a year to process. Can i go to the borders or immigration offices and ask maybe they can give me an open work permit? I need help please. Thank you.