I'm an immigrant. What do I do?

[k.h.p.]

you can work in jobs which pay "cash" without any work permit.

usually these jobs are for cashiers/subway food servers/waitresses etc.

This is illegal and a very bad idea in your current situation as you are already without status. Working illegally would lead to deportation and an exclusion order.

 

[keesio]

you can work in jobs which pay "cash" without any work permit.

usually these jobs are for cashiers/subway food servers/waitresses etc.

Basically telling her to work illegally and break the law.

 

[zardoz]

you can work in jobs which pay "cash" without any work permit. <--- No, you can't!

usually these jobs are for cashiers/subway food servers/waitresses etc.

NO! Just no...

This is a recipe for potential disaster and puts the OP into a very vulnerable position, open to coercion and/or blackmail by an employer, or anyone else who knows.

 

[babsizkil]

you can work in jobs which pay "cash" without any work permit.

usually these jobs are for cashiers/subway food servers/waitresses etc.

But, that is ILLEGAL. If she is caught. That will be another violation of immigration law. Don't you think it will have negative effect on her future application.

 

[mahi2020]

But, that is ILLEGAL. If she is caught. That will be another violation of immigration law. Don't you think it will have negative effect on her future application.

my 2 cents:

Better to have food on the table rather than depending on food banks.

 

[babsizkil]

my 2 cents:

Better to have food on the table rather than depending on food banks.

I will rather advice her to register or meet as many community centres who might be able to assist her situation. Some community/settlement centres can engage her with short training where no work/study permit is required. She can get token/bus pass, foods, stipends...while waiting for her PR application to process.

 

[k.h.p.]

my 2 cents:

Better to have food on the table rather than depending on food banks.

I don't disagree on the importance of eating, BUT:

• The OP is someone without status in Canada who has already overstayed years. That alone can warrant a departure order or deportation.
• The OP asked for advice on legalization. She's in a very tough place and can get a legal status but should follow the rules to do it. Part of applying for PR entails detailing your previous activities and work - she would either need to lie on the PR form and say she wasn't working (which could result in PR or even citizenship being revoked for misrepresentation, her employer facing charges for illegal hiring, etc) or admit that she was working illegally which could result in a denied PR or employer facing charges, etc.
• The OP would need to explicitly seek illegal work and explain to potential employers she cannot be employed legally, which could result in a report to IRCC, CBSA, or the police. Each one of those is a recipe for disaster.
• Your advice suggests that one "doesn't need a work permit" to work for cash, which is wrong. You still legally require a permit. Your suggestion is that one can work illegally for cash.
• That's really outright horrible advice.

 

[babsizkil]

I don't disagree on the importance of eating, BUT:

• The OP is someone without status in Canada who has already overstayed years. That alone can warrant a departure order or deportation.
• The OP asked for advice on legalization. She's in a very tough place and can get a legal status but should follow the rules to do it. Part of applying for PR entails detailing your previous activities and work - she would either need to lie on the PR form and say she wasn't working (which could result in PR or even citizenship being revoked for misrepresentation, her employer facing charges for illegal hiring, etc) or admit that she was working illegally which could result in a denied PR or employer facing charges, etc.
• The OP would need to explicitly seek illegal work and explain to potential employers she cannot be employed legally, which could result in a report to IRCC, CBSA, or the police. Each one of those is a recipe for disaster.
• Your advice suggests that one "doesn't need a work permit" to work for cash, which is wrong. You still legally require a permit. Your suggestion is that one can work illegally for cash.
• That's really outright horrible advice.

I will suggest that @mahi2020 take off/delete that advice for the sake of many readers in OP situation. A lot of foreigners/out of status immigrants may be persuaded by that advice. There is no legality in illegality. At this stage, I belief the OP need more legal ways to her PR.

 

[Jets13]

you can work in jobs which pay "cash" without any work permit.

usually these jobs are for cashiers/subway food servers/waitresses etc.

what terrible advice, she has a Canadian spouse and what appears to be a straightforward simple path to PR in Canada and your suggesting she work illegally which if caught could throw it all out the window?
Terrible advice.