Need advice - Inland or Outland in this situation?

[Danteryu]

Hi all,

I'll start by explaining my situation as clearly as I can. I am on an IEC permit, and have status as a worker until June 19th.
I am really debating whether to apply for Inland or Outland sponsorship, sponsored by my Canadian citizen common-law partner. From what I've seen, the pros and cons are:

Outland
- Much quicker
- Can stay in or leave Canada without restrictions
- Right of appeal
- Cannot apply for OWP at the same time and get implied status to work until then

Inland
- Much slower
- Must stay in Canada (is this for the whole 2 years or whatever, or just until getting the OWP?)
- No right of appeal
- Can apply for OWP at the same time and keep working.

I'm actually starting to lean towards Inland because of the working part. I have a great job right now that I don't want to lose - if I applied for Inland and the OWP before my current IEC permit expires, would that guarantee that I could keep working through the application process?

I'd really appreciate your recommendations - the ability to keep working is very important. Thanks!

 

[Isometry]

What country are you applying from?

 

[Danteryu]

I am an Irish citizen, so I'm from a visa-exempt country.

Right now I'm living in Canada, but I hear that you can apply outland while here too.

 

[Sunshine87]

It sounds like outland would be the quickest option. Your visa office would be London and it's only got a 7 month wait until you became a permanent resident (plus the 75 days for sponsor approval). If you did inland, it's 11 months just for sponsorship approval which is when you'd get a work visa but by that time, you could already be a working PR.

 

[Danteryu]

I know that, that's the attraction of outland.

However, if I get the Inland + OWP applications in before my IEC expires, I could keep working through the entire process without having to wait at all, right?

 

[Isometry]

Theoretically, yes, but the wait time for the inland OWP is 11 months.

The wait time for PR through London is 7 months, plus 2 four the outland sponsorship approval.

You would actually get PR faster applying outland, than you would get the OWP applying inland.

 

[Danteryu]

I know the wait time is a lot longer for the OWP, but if I could get implied status I can keep working right now until I get the OWP, right? Not losing any time to work would be good.

 

[angelbrat]

No you only get implied status if you are waiting to renew a work visa with a new LMO

If you apply Inland you will have to stop work when your work visa ends.

Apply Outland, suck up the few months without working.

 

[Danteryu]

Hmm, I thought that if you applied for the open work permit at the same time as the inland application, that would allow you to keep working.
If not, then outland it is!

 

[sariss]

I believe you can, but you cannot get it until the sponsor is approved (correct me if I'm wrong), which takes longer than the ENTIRE process if applying outland.

 

[Danteryu]

Yeah, on its own it would take longer than the outland process, I get that part.

But I've been told before that if I was to submit both applications together while my current IEC permit is still valid, I would have implied status as a worker until I get the OWP, so I could possibly keep working while waiting.

 

[Danteryu]

Does anyone else have any advice on this matter?
I'd really appreciate it, thanks.

 

[irishred]

Does anyone else have any advice on this matter?
I'd really appreciate it, thanks.

Sent you a PM

 

[Danteryu]

Thanks.

Does anyone else have advice?