My IEC got screwed over so they offered me another work permit.

[van_go]

I'm an Australian citizen and am therefore eligible for a 2 year permit under the IEC program. However, when I entered Canada the officer misread my Letter of Entry - It said enter by 2016/06/26 - Valid until 2016/06/26, so a year from when I got offered it. I entered on 2015/06/30 but he only issued my work permit until 2016/06/26.

I wrote out a few emails to Canadian Immigration asking for an extension and got no response up until now, nearly 3 weeks away from my original permit expiring. Luckily, they've offered me another work permit but I'm looking for a bit of clarification. The permit was sent to me on 2016/06/05 and says a similar thing as above, to enter by 2017/06/30 - Valid until 2017/06/30. Exactly two years since I entered Canada the first time.

So this is why I'm confused. Are they working off my request for a 2 year permit and thus my new permit is valid until 2017/06/30 and no longer or is it only the letter that's valid until then? I mean it wouldn't make sense to issue me a permit for a week if I only entered a week before that. Because no where in the letter does it state how long I'll actually be issued a permit once I enter Canada, the letter mentions nothing about IEC and actually says at one point that workers are permitted to work a maximum of 4 years under work permit status. However, I'm sure they wouldn't offer me a 4 year permit (although I'd be absolutely cheering if they did)

Thanks.

 

[lockone]

Me too! they gave me a year from when I registered instead of the 2 years.
Can you email me (email is in my bio) and we can talk about it?
Cheers!

 

[van_go]

Anyone know anything about this? I don't wanna get this screwed over again

 

[StephenJ123]

Hi mate. I have just posted something very similar to this seeking advice. I also had a 2 year open permit approved with IEC under my Australian passport. When I activated it at the border (Point Roberts, BC) they only have me 12 months from my approval date (April 2nd) and not 24 months from my activation date (April 20th). I had to leave in March this year as my SIN expired and so did my work contract. I sent a paper extension in December last year and still no response from CIC (apparently its in a processing centre in Ontario). I am wondering if they will just extend it to the original 24 months or give me another 12 month permit (I hope!!) as effectively I will lose some 6 months of my permit because of this.

My other question was do you know if you can participate twice in IEC if you have dual passport as I have a British Passport also. Super keen to get back to beautiful Vancouver so seeking options where I can.

Hopefully you have had some progress?

Cheers.

 

[Sarahmc89]

Hi,
Just wondering how you went about getting this fixed? I have just entered on what it meant to be a 24 month visa but they only issued me a 12 month, The guy at the boarder showed me the screen where my visa details were and it said to only issue for 12 months not 24 even tho the working holiday visa IEC i applied for is for 24 months. He said I need to sort it out with CIC and see if the can rectify it.

How did you get yours fixed?

Its stressing me out as I planned my life for the next 2 years and only to find out at the boarder that it was 12 months.

Any help of advise would be super appreciated

Thanks