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Letter of Introduction validity lenght?

Igor87

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Jun 6, 2016
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Hi

I applied for Working holiday visa,entered pool, and still have 2 days to pay 250$ and upload some documents. As I understand after this proces they review your documents and decide to give, or not to give you WH visa,right?
WH visa is valid for 12 months, and to claim it you have to enter Canada with POE Letter of Introduction, right? As it is now, I know that I probably won't enter Canada for another 9-10 months, and from what I read, POE Letter of Introduction is valid for 12 months from the day they issue you it,right?
So for example lets say, they review my documents, and approve me for WH, and give me POE Letter of Introduction on 2016/06/21 , Then I would have up to 2017/06/21 to enter Canada with my Letter of Introduction, and claim my WH visa, and could work from 2017/06/21 to 2018/06/21 ?

Thanks for any help you can provide!
 

Bs65

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Mar 22, 2016
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Igor87 said:
Hi

I applied for Working holiday visa,entered pool, and still have 2 days to pay 250$ and upload some documents. As I understand after this proces they review your documents and decide to give, or not to give you WH visa,right?
WH visa is valid for 12 months, and to claim it you have to enter Canada with POE Letter of Introduction, right? As it is now, I know that I probably won't enter Canada for another 9-10 months, and from what I read, POE Letter of Introduction is valid for 12 months from the day they issue you it,right?
So for example lets say, they review my documents, and approve me for WH, and give me POE Letter of Introduction on 2016/06/21 , Then I would have up to 2017/06/21 to enter Canada with my Letter of Introduction, and claim my WH visa, and could work from 2017/06/21 to 2018/06/21 ?

Thanks for any help you can provide!
Correct usually you have 12 months from the date the POE is issued to land in Canada and in your case then 12 months to work in Canada from when you land assuming to show 12 months travel insurance and minimum 2500 CDN funds. Check the dates on the actual POE though as sometimes for whatever reason they have been known to vary.