Out of province job while waiting for PR

[RedTree]

Argh, this is the difficult one, but I am afraid no one has an answer to it.

My provincial PR is in progress and I am on open work permit. My work contract ended so I am on EI and actively seeking a new one... Unsuccessfully, because rare jobs in my occupation during this time of year.

I received an offer from an employer in another province, for fly in - fly out type of job. So working in there and returning back home, regularly (every few weeks).

Now, as I have to continue to demonstrate the intent of living and working in my province, what shall I do?
Accepting the job and risking not getting PR (if they ask me again for employment document), or rejecting and continuing on EI?

I have no clue what to do. Logic says the first option, but with IRCC you never know and it may cost me my PR and will get kicked out of the country when my permit expires.

 

[oldinzaghi]

I highly do not recommend you to do this job. Like you said, IRCC may ask you to provide the updated ScheduleA or credit card statements, employment letter. Then how do you explain why you accept a job that is out of province? You have the risk to lose your eligibility especially your job is not a remote one, you have to leave your nominated province sometimes. am i right? Then IRCC would question your ties to your nominated province. Obtaining a PR is a big thing in our life, agree? Don't put yourself at any unnecessary risk. I suggest you to do some part time jobs to support your life and continue to look for a full time job in your province.

 

[moscatojuices]

I highly do not recommend you to do this job. Like you said, IRCC may ask you to provide the updated ScheduleA or credit card statements, employment letter. Then how do you explain why you accept a job that is out of province? You have the risk to lose your eligibility especially your job is not a remote one, you have to leave your nominated province sometimes. am i right? Then IRCC would question your ties to your nominated province. Obtaining a PR is a big thing in our life, agree? Don't put yourself at any unnecessary risk.

+1

I mean yes you can work in it because you have an open work permit, but yes it would clash with your PR application which is based on your intent/commitment to reside in the province that nominated you.

 

[RedTree]

Thank you for your replies.

Yeah, you are right. I think the only reason why I think I would be able to go with job is that I have strong ties with BC. I finished a higher degree here, I am here 5+ years, I worked here... Have a record of companies where I tried to find the job.
So I think my proof and intent is solid, and staying on EI and rejecting the job will clash with Service Canada.

I am so tired of this and IRCC. I really am.

 

[moscatojuices]

Thank you for your replies.

Yeah, you are right. I think the only reason why I think I would be able to go with job is that I have strong ties with BC. I finished a higher degree here, I am here 5+ years, I worked here... Have a record of companies where I tried to find the job.
So I think my proof and intent is solid, and staying on EI and rejecting the job will clash with Service Canada.

I am so tired of this and IRCC. I really am.

Me too - most non-EE provincial nominees feel the same.

We're the lowly plebs who weren't good enough for Express Entry so we don't matter. They can process whenever they feel like it, and place restrictions that are beyond a joke.

Even though I live in SK, I'm actually not allowed to work in our Vancouver office or go to work events in the U.S. due to restrictions on my work permit. Guess my boss has been disrespecting the conditions of his work permit all this time, but he didn't care and got CoPR. His exact words were: "Lol fuck off, as I'm going to let the government tell me what to do. Mate I have a senior job and I'll go where I want and IRCC can stick it up their ass. This country wanted me."

 

[oldinzaghi]

Thank you for your replies.

Yeah, you are right. I think the only reason why I think I would be able to go with job is that I have strong ties with BC. I finished a higher degree here, I am here 5+ years, I worked here... Have a record of companies where I tried to find the job.
So I think my proof and intent is solid, and staying on EI and rejecting the job will clash with Service Canada.

I am so tired of this and IRCC. I really am.

hi，I know that how difficult the life is to us. But I still suggest you to find part time jobs first to survive in BC. You know what, if you show your records of finding jobs, then IRCC might question that you do not have the ability to work in BC. I cannot say that you would 100% refused by IRCC if you work for an employer that is out of BC, but you might be at risk.

 

[RedTree]

Me too - most non-EE provincial nominees feel the same.

We're the lowly plebs who weren't good enough for Express Entry so we don't matter. They can process whenever they feel like it, and place restrictions that are beyond a joke.

Even though I live in SK, I'm actually not allowed to work in our Vancouver office or go to work events in the U.S. due to restrictions on my work permit. Guess my boss has been disrespecting the conditions of his work permit all this time, but he didn't care and got CoPR. His exact words were: "Lol fuck off, as I'm going to let the government tell me what to do. Mate I have a senior job and I'll go where I want and IRCC can stick it up their ass. This country wanted me."

I am sorry to hear that! I hope we will get PRs ASAP.

When I applied for BC nomination, I showed docs where I worked for BC employers. One of the companies (at that time my current company) had headquarters in BC but a few months in the year, work was performed outside of the province. So I did work outside of province as well and I still received a nomination. Just letting you know, perhaps you are able to work a little bit outside of the province as well, especially if your employer is based in SK.

 

[RedTree]

hi，I know that how difficult the life is to us. But I still suggest you to find part time jobs first to survive in BC. You know what, if you show your records of finding jobs, then IRCC might question that you do not have the ability to work in BC. I cannot say that you would 100% refused by IRCC if you work for an employer that is out of BC, but you might be at risk.

Thank you so much. I will think about all that thoroughly before I make the decision.

The thing is that all these years I have played by the rules. I paid tuition, studied, obtained my PhD, worked, paid taxes, and returned CERB right at the moment I found out I wasn't eligible. I notified health insurance and service Canada for every single expired immigration document, I have no criminal records. I did EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING.
And I am so sick, frustrated and I seriously can't take this anymore.

I am unfortunately approaching the stage where I might accept the job and see where that takes me. If it takes me to court, fine. If after court they decide not to give me PR, then fine. It is not destined for me to be and work in Canada and I will go somewhere else where they will want my skills. I gave my best.

 

[moscatojuices]

Thank you so much. I will think about all that thoroughly before I make the decision.

The thing is that all these years I have played by the rules. I paid tuition, studied, obtained my PhD, worked, paid taxes, and returned CERB right at the moment I found out I wasn't eligible. I notified health insurance and service Canada for every single expired immigration document, I have no criminal records. I did EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING.
And I am so sick, frustrated and I seriously can't take this anymore.

I am unfortunately approaching the stage where I might accept the job and see where that takes me. If it takes me to court, fine. If after court they decide not to give me PR, then fine. It is not destined for me to be and work in Canada and I will go somewhere else where they will want my skills. I gave my best.

I completely feel you.

Okay let's try and tackle this. What's your status right now? Tell us about where you live, your work permit, whether you have a nomination certificate and if you've applied for PR and when.

 

[oldinzaghi]

Thank you so much. I will think about all that thoroughly before I make the decision.

The thing is that all these years I have played by the rules. I paid tuition, studied, obtained my PhD, worked, paid taxes, and returned CERB right at the moment I found out I wasn't eligible. I notified health insurance and service Canada for every single expired immigration document, I have no criminal records. I did EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING.
And I am so sick, frustrated and I seriously can't take this anymore.

I am unfortunately approaching the stage where I might accept the job and see where that takes me. If it takes me to court, fine. If after court they decide not to give me PR, then fine. It is not destined for me to be and work in Canada and I will go somewhere else where they will want my skills. I gave my best.

I totally understand. As I was in the similar situation. I applied PR through BCPNP-International Post Graduate which does not require a job offer. But i was not able to find a job in local so I accepted a remote offer from an Ontario employer, yes, I live in BC but work remotely for the Ontario company. Then I was asked to provide scheduleA and employment information. I was lucky that IRCC finally accepted my situation, as my stream does not require a BC local job.

 

[RedTree]

I totally understand. As I was in the similar situation. I applied PR through BCPNP-International Post Graduate which does not require a job offer. But i was not able to find a job in local so I accepted a remote offer from an Ontario employer, yes, I live in BC but work remotely for the Ontario company. Then I was asked to provide scheduleA and employment information. I was lucky that IRCC finally accepted my situation, as my stream does not require a BC local job.

That's good to hear that even with Ontario employer, everything was OK. Encouraging. So my guess is that in Schedule A, Personal history, you put the name of an employer but the city remained the city you preformed work (your residence, BC?) or did you put the city of your company's HQ? Did you get CoPR or PR yet?

I am also on BC PNP - Int Post Graduate, and received AOR a month and a half ago. No updates in the system so far.

 

[oldinzaghi]

That's good to hear that even with Ontario employer, everything was OK. Encouraging. So my guess is that in Schedule A, Personal history, you put the name of an employer but the city remained the city you preformed work (your residence, BC?) or did you put the city of your company's HQ? Did you get CoPR or PR yet?

I am also on BC PNP - Int Post Graduate, and received AOR a month and a half ago. No updates in the system so far.

yes, the city is Burnaby in personal history; but there is an Ontario address on my employment letter. But my employment letter specifies that my role is a permanent remote role. And the employment of province on my 2021 T4 is BC. Also my bank statements show that I remain in BC. I have passed the eligibility, medical, security and criminal already last week and received PAL. Waiting for portal email

 

[RedTree]

yes, the city is Burnaby in personal history; but there is an Ontario address on my employment letter. But my employment letter specifies that my role is a permanent remote role. And the employment of province on my 2021 T4 is BC. Also my bank statements show that I remain in BC. I have passed the eligibility, medical, security and criminal already last week and received PAL. Waiting for portal email

That's great. Will see what I will do. There are still many steps before it all gets even negotiated and finalized.
If I end up accepting and IRCC demands more docs, will assemble an additional document that proves my ties to BC.