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samchamp

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Oct 4, 2013
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Hi Friends,

I just received my LMO and now I have to apply for my work permit. I want to know if anyone of you have any experience in Paper application vs Online application timelines. I will be applying through NYC.
 
i suggest you to do the online application..mas mabilis po siya keysa sa paper. then maliit pa ang chance na may mamissed ka na document kasi sa online andun lahat ng dapat muh i-upload. :)
 
I suggest to go ahed with online. I heard that online submission will saves a atleat a week.
Please share your experience once you do it with online.
 
Is that possible to apply with family online if family outside canada
 
sklin said:
Yes, you can apply online even you are outside of Canada.

do you have to apply specifically on your country of origin via online (example if applying from Singapore), do I have to go Canadian Embassy in Singapore website or I have to apply directly in Canada Work permit website?
 
Sure you should apply online since it saves time (by at least a week).

However, applying on line DOES NOT mean your application is processed with the speed of those inside Canada. It will still take roughly the time frame taken at the embassy which caters you i.e. your country of citizenship or current residence.

In rare cases, online applications are passed to other visa offices to balance work load but that is transparent to applicants and is the rare exception.

Another important benefit of online application is that if any thing is missing you get to know pretty much immediately and can address that. For paper based submissions often you waste months only to get to know that your application was missing document x, and is being returned unprocessed.

Lastly at least in my country, for paper based submissions, most of original docs are required. Instead for online case, you got to keep most of originals with yourself and would only require passport in original when needed. That reduces the risk of losing docs (trust me i have seen several such cases with embassy bearing no liability).