Hi everyone,
I've completely run out of ideas and time.
We've lived in Canada since June 2018. I took a 2-year college and got a 3-year PGWP.
I received the Invitation to Apply to the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) through the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker stream on January 19, 2024.
The application was sent on February 1, 2024. The processing time was 120 days, meaning it should have been processed on June 1st at the latest.
Before our latest Work Permit expired on July 14, 2024, we applied for a visa extension to maintain our legal status in Canada. We had hoped we would receive our nomination before the 119-day estimated time to process the Permit. We would upload the nomination through web-form.
Now, it's early October, and we still haven't heard from OINP. I've contacted my MP and my MPP. My immigration consultant follows up with the province every week. We're dangerously close to having our work permit extension denied for not providing the nomination.
In the meantime, Ontario hasn't joined the Temporary Public Policy (TPP), which would allow us to wait for the nomination process.
It is absurd that we risk losing our jobs and, subsequently, our PR application even though we were invited by OINP. How are they able to be so late with no repercussions, and we're left with no recourse and no court to appeal our case?
Thank you