IEC Working Holiday Visa - Appeal a Decision?

[dazzab89]

Hello,

Ill give a bit of background info:

- Received a successful Working Holiday Visa in 2010 - Entered Canada and visa was therefore activated however due to personal issues at home I left Canada after a couple of weeks. I never seemed out employment or worked at all in Canada during this time.

- Applied again in 2014 and received and IEC Working Holiday Visa - Entered Canada in July 2014 and worked there, returning to the UK in August 2015.

- The rules have changed quite a lot with IEC, the main one being that British citizens can now receive a 2 year IEC Working Holiday visa. The CIC website now states that if you have had one visa prior to 2015 you can now apply for a 2 year visa. Anymore than 2 applications means you are no longer eligible to apply. In the past information from CIC stated applications made through a third party didnt count towards the total number of allowed participations. My first application was through Bunac.

I also feel that my first Working Holiday Visa although activated was not used.

Are there any possible steps I could take?

Thank you for any help.

Kind regards

Darren

 

[scylla]

There's no difference between activated and used. If the visa was activated at the border - that's the same as used (it doesn't matter if you worked or not).

So you've definitely held two working holiday visas. However I can't comment on the third party bit and what impact this may have.

 

[dazzab89]

Thanks scylla, it seems a little unfair as I had to leave the country within a couple of weeks and therefore it means it was completely wasted?

 

[scylla]

Thanks scylla, it seems a little unfair as I had to leave the country within a couple of weeks and therefore it means it was completely wasted?

Yes - unfortunately it was wasted since you left. Most visas/permits have a "use it or lose it" policy.