I applied for permanent residency(via Express Entry) while being a visitor in Canada.
I chose "Canada" as my country of residence when I submitted my application.
I put Canadian addresses (where I stayed for the past 4 months) in my travel history section and also as a current address. Will this be an issue?
So my situation is as follows:
- I created my EE profile around mid-April.
- I entered Canada with an ETA as a visitor around mid-July. It was right after I quit my job in my home country so I just wanted to take some time off and travel around British Columbia.
- I received my ITA on September 5th.
- I gathered all the documents and applied for permanent residency and received eAOR on October 26th.
---> Between the period (mid-July~until now) of my travel as a visitor in Canada, I stayed at 3 places. I rented a place in West Vancouver(Mid July~End of July), Coquitlam(End of July~September) and Burnaby(September~until now), solely for a place to stay while travelling. I put the West Vancouver address(my boyfriend's address) as my mailing address and Burnaby address as a current address. And I put all the addresses in my travel history section and listed the period I stayed at each place.
I never thought this could be an issue until now. This morning I randomly came across to this thought and searched online. I found few answers in Quora that you're eligible to apply for PR from any country, even as a visitor in Canada, but you cannot put a Canadian address as your current address. And few answers even say you cannot apply for PR in Canada at the first place. So I'm really confused and worried at the moment...
Can somebody help me with this issue, please? And is there a possibility that my application for PR could be rejected because of this?
I chose "Canada" as my country of residence when I submitted my application.
I put Canadian addresses (where I stayed for the past 4 months) in my travel history section and also as a current address. Will this be an issue?
So my situation is as follows:
- I created my EE profile around mid-April.
- I entered Canada with an ETA as a visitor around mid-July. It was right after I quit my job in my home country so I just wanted to take some time off and travel around British Columbia.
- I received my ITA on September 5th.
- I gathered all the documents and applied for permanent residency and received eAOR on October 26th.
---> Between the period (mid-July~until now) of my travel as a visitor in Canada, I stayed at 3 places. I rented a place in West Vancouver(Mid July~End of July), Coquitlam(End of July~September) and Burnaby(September~until now), solely for a place to stay while travelling. I put the West Vancouver address(my boyfriend's address) as my mailing address and Burnaby address as a current address. And I put all the addresses in my travel history section and listed the period I stayed at each place.
I never thought this could be an issue until now. This morning I randomly came across to this thought and searched online. I found few answers in Quora that you're eligible to apply for PR from any country, even as a visitor in Canada, but you cannot put a Canadian address as your current address. And few answers even say you cannot apply for PR in Canada at the first place. So I'm really confused and worried at the moment...
Can somebody help me with this issue, please? And is there a possibility that my application for PR could be rejected because of this?
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