Quiting job while waiting for PR

[Greek26]

Hi,

I need good advice on the following subject.

I have closed work permit under LMO.

I applied for Permanent Residence under PNP - category Skilled Worker Existing Work Permit.

My question is: What happens with my PR application if I quit my job?

I know I can legally stay in country, but does quiting affect my PR application?

 

[Greek26]

Anyone?

 

[lez_s]

You need your PNP to get PR. If you want to leave your job apply for a new jobs and transfer the PNP to the new job.

In short DO NOT QUIT!

 

[maplelove]

You need your PNP to get PR. If you want to leave your job apply for a new jobs and transfer the PNP to the new job.

In short DO NOT QUIT!

What do you mean by transfer the PNP to the new job?
In my opinion, you earned the qualification for a nominee,
why can't you quit that job and look for another with the same NOC?
Oh, TS didn't specified if he's under self-nomination or employer-driven stream or family stream and what province nominated him.
I think if it's under employer-driven, then you can't quit on that employer.

 

[ckexploration]

Hi Greek26,
I can tell you a little bit about my experience here under the BC PNP.
I got nominated under the BC PNP in March 2012 and applied for PR and got the AOR in May 2012.
I was happily working for my employer and all was well until we started working on a project in another part of the world and I couldn't leave Canada because I did not have my extended work permit yet. So I didn't want to take any risk and leave the country with implied status and no valid printed visa in my hand. The next thing was that my employer was waiting for permits to get the real work started in the other country. Until that I got laid off from work, so I did not have a full time employment anymore. For me it was clear that I will start working with that company again when it is all through with the permits etc....
My employer tried to help me out and asked other companies for a job for me. After I got some offers to work for other companies I called CIC and asked them. CIC told me IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO CHANGE EMPLOYERS WHILE THE APPLICATION IS IN PROCESS FOR THE PR!
A few months later PNP asked me to resend them some proof of my employment. My employer wrote an email stating I am on a break right now, they will still support me and when the permits are here I will work for them again. PNP then withdrew my application, I had a personal meeting with someone from the BC PNP and explained my situation. I also told her about the other job offers... she told me that I COULD HAVE CHANGED EMPLOYERS WITHOUT ANY PROBLEMS. BC PNP would have checked and approved the company and it all would have been fine.
Long story short... after 18 months of waiting my nomination got withdrawn and now I will apply under CEC. Will send out my application next week and if I don;t get an OWP I will go back to Europe and work there until I will get the PR under the CEC. If all goes well, who knows...
Hope this helps. The best advice is to always get something written from CIC or record the calls. When I wanted to ask the BC PNP for advice they always just sent me to CIC, no support from them ever.
If the CIC would not have been on strike and if my application would not have been one of the backlog files from Buffalo I would have gotten my PR before I got laid off from my job. When I applied for the PR processing times were at 8 months, then it ant up to 11, then 14, then 16... and now after 18 months my nomination got withdrawn....
Hope this helps a bit and good luck buddy!

 

[Natalka86]

What do you think of following situation. I applied for PNP under Employer Direct stream, received my nomination, applied to CPP-O and am "In Process" so far. Soon I become eligible for bridging open work permit. After I receive one, do you think I can change my employer? Why otherwise they'd make PNP applicants to be eligible for BOWP?