canuck_in_uk said:
The pilot program delivery clearly states that those who sent their PR apps after Dec 22, 2014 will have their OWP apps processed within 4 months of receiving the OWP app.
All those, like you, who sent their PR app before Dec 22nd and then separately sent the OWP app after Dec 22nd don't fall in the above category and were not guaranteed OWPs within 4 months of the program start.
You really need to lay off the vitriol. CIC is not trying to punish anyone, nor do they discourage foreigners from marrying Canadians.
This should be cleared up. The pilot program delivery does not state anything clearly. Let's not pretend anyone knows how the pilot program works at all at this point.
Here is the pilot program announcement:
December 22, 2014 - Eligible spouses or common-law partners will now have the opportunity to work in Canada while they wait for their application for permanent residence to be processed.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will issue open work permits to certain spouses or common-law partners who are applying for permanent residence from inside Canada, before the approval in principle decision on their application is made.
Effective today, as part of a one-year pilot, CIC will begin issuing open work permits to eligible applicants in the current inventory.
Here is the delivery update:
Effective December 22, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will commence issuing open work permits to certain spouse or common-law partner in Canada class (SCLPC) applicants before the approval in principle decision is made.
Applicants who have already submitted an application for permanent residence under the SCLPC class but have not yet applied for an open work permit should complete an Application to Change Conditions, Extend my Stay or Remain in Canada as a Worker (PDF, KB) (PDF, 446.84 KB) form [IMM 5710], include the appropriate fee, indicating that they are applying for an open work permit, and submit it to the Case Processing Centre in Vegreville, at the following address:
If an SCLPC applicant has already received approval in principle, they have the option of applying for an open work permit online.
New SCLPC applicants should complete a permanent residence application and an open work permit applications, include the appropriate fees, and submit both simultaneously to the Case Processing Centre in Mississauga.
CIC will begin issuing open work permits to eligible applicants in the current SCLPC inventory. SCLPC applicants whose permanent resident applications are received after December 22, 2014 will have their application for an open work permit processed within four months of receipt of their work permit application.
Standard medical requirements for open work permits apply.
After one year, CIC will assess this pilot and determine how to most effectively process open work permits for SCLPC applicants moving forward.
So, the Pilot program is announced, and in the announcement it claims that "CIC will begin issuing open work permits to eligible applicants
in the current inventory".
Meaning: By December 22, CIC will begin working on applications that have been received prior to December 22.
The delivery update then says a lot of things:
"CIC will begin issuing open work permits to eligible applicants
in the current inventory"
"Applicants who have already submitted an application for permanent residence under the SCLPC class but have not yet applied for an open work permit should complete ... form [IMM 5710]"
and finally: "
CIC will begin issuing open work permits to eligible applicants in the current SCLPC inventory. SCLPC applicants whose permanent resident
applications are received after December 22, 2014 will have their application for an open work permit processed
within four months of receipt of their work permit application."
Using logic, this should mean:
1. They are working on applications they already have.
2. If they have an application already, but not an OWP, they'll start working on it when they get the OWP. Since the Application is already in the system, this would seem faster than case 3 below:
3. If they have nothing, then they'll start working on it when they get both the OWP and the Application, and this takes at least 4 months.
See the quote below regarding an OWP issued under the pilot program:
shesosilly said:
Hi MaryLou6. Yes, it was sent separately. My PR app was sent around December 28,2014. I didn't know about the OWP program then. I also received 2 AOR's and can view it in ECAS.
There is hope! Lol
So, not only was this application sent separately from OWP, they were both sent after December 22, and from what I gather the OWP app was sent in January, and is viewable in ECAS.
There are still people who are waiting for an AOR and ECAS, people who were told to expect an 8 month wait for their AIP and a subsequent OWP and have been currently waiting for more than a year.
Speeches about how great this process is in comparison to other ones are literally so besides the point that can't even read them.
This is about failure after failure after failure after initial promise.
This is about a process we know nothing about at all.
Yes, if you want to get into the semantics of the letters above, if you submitted after December 22 you can get your OWP within 4 months, and if you submitted before, then too bad, check back after you've waited 17 months for AIP and try again.
Nothing stated was clear, don't belittle someone for frustration. I don't care how great of a deal I'm supposed to be getting, when it gets renegged I'm going to be annoyed.
