Hey everyone, I have been roaming the CIC page and the forum for quite a while now and could not find a solution that would apply to me. So let me start off with the details about my situation:
Academic:
- graduated with my Master's from a Canadian university beginning of 2013
- decided to do a PhD afterwards, also in Canada
- still doing my PhD but my funding is running out at the end of the year and I won't graduate any time soon so I have to look for other opportunities
- I am doing my PhD together with a big Canadian company but they don't do LMIAs, they only hire graduating students or permanent residents or Canadians
- my study permit expires in April 2016
Personal:
- in a relationship with a Canadian for over 16 months
- living together for over 13 months
- from Germany (if that has any impact on anything)
- don't want to go back to Germany
The question now is, what is the best and quickest way for me to getting a work permit?
Can I still get the post graduate work permit? Probably not, because on CIC's page it says that I could only apply for up to 90 days after graduation. But back then I would have never known that I won't be able to finish my PhD in time, otherwise I would've applied for the PGWP back then and not done a PhD.
The company I am working for right now does not do any LMIAs. The only thing I could do is work part time for them and still stay a student (which would also mean that I need to keep on paying tuition) and at the same time go for PR? I don't think that is the optimal solution though.
I also sent out applications to other companies but none of them replied, probably also because they don't want to go through the LMIA stuff.
My boyfriend would sponsor me but I have seen that those things take ages, I think in total 27 months. Is there a way to speed that up?
Is there anything else that I can do? The way it looks right now is that I will have to leave Canada in April because no one wants to hire me and I don't know what else I can do.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Academic:
- graduated with my Master's from a Canadian university beginning of 2013
- decided to do a PhD afterwards, also in Canada
- still doing my PhD but my funding is running out at the end of the year and I won't graduate any time soon so I have to look for other opportunities
- I am doing my PhD together with a big Canadian company but they don't do LMIAs, they only hire graduating students or permanent residents or Canadians
- my study permit expires in April 2016
Personal:
- in a relationship with a Canadian for over 16 months
- living together for over 13 months
- from Germany (if that has any impact on anything)
- don't want to go back to Germany
The question now is, what is the best and quickest way for me to getting a work permit?
Can I still get the post graduate work permit? Probably not, because on CIC's page it says that I could only apply for up to 90 days after graduation. But back then I would have never known that I won't be able to finish my PhD in time, otherwise I would've applied for the PGWP back then and not done a PhD.
The company I am working for right now does not do any LMIAs. The only thing I could do is work part time for them and still stay a student (which would also mean that I need to keep on paying tuition) and at the same time go for PR? I don't think that is the optimal solution though.
I also sent out applications to other companies but none of them replied, probably also because they don't want to go through the LMIA stuff.
My boyfriend would sponsor me but I have seen that those things take ages, I think in total 27 months. Is there a way to speed that up?
Is there anything else that I can do? The way it looks right now is that I will have to leave Canada in April because no one wants to hire me and I don't know what else I can do.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!