Thanks for the responses so far. To answer all of your questions:
1) I was on implied status for that long due to an error on their side (their meaning the people dealing with work permits etc...) I ended up having to phone the CIC helpdesk number and asked what the situation was as I had applied for an extension to my work permit in August 2012 and by November I still hadn't heard anything. I was then told over the phone a letter had been posted to me a few weeks previous. I never received this letter and was then told it was sent by regular mail which i find quite strange for such an important letter! It was then decided over the phone that my implied status ended there and then and I had to go tell my boss I needed to finish work that day.
2) I was looking to extend my work permit but stay in the say job with the same employer. I had been working for that company for 2 years.
3) Here is the information taken straight from the emailed letter I received:
I have now completed the assessment of your application for a permanent resident visa as a member of the Canadian Experience Class and have determined that you do not meet the requirements for immigration to Canada.
According to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, applicants in the Canadian Experience Class are assessed on the basis of the pass/fail requirements set out in subsection R87.1(2). The assessment of these criteria determines whether a worker with Canadian experience will be able to become economically established in Canada. The criteria are:
· knowledge of English or French,
· Canadian skilled work experience,
· Canadian educational credentials (for the Post-Graduation Stream only).
Your application was assessed based on the occupation(s) which you identified as part of your skilled work experience in Canada: Project Analyst
I am not satisfied that you meet the Canadian work experience requirement because you have not obtained sufficient full-time equivalent Canadian work experience within the 36 months preceding the date the application was made.
Any periods of self-employment or unauthorized work will not be included in calculating the period of work experience.
The period of work from 2012/08/12 to2012/11/13 when you were employed at (taken out for privacy) could not be included in the calculations of eligible work experience as you did not hold a valid work permit during that time. I note that your work permit expired on 2012/08/11.
The period of eligible Canadian work experience was calculated to be approximately 3337 hours, 563 hours short of the 3900 hours required by the Temporary Foreign Worker stream of the program. I note that you have not indicated a Canadian educational credential, and therefore cannot be considered under the Post-graduation stream of the program.
Subsection 11(1) of the Act states that a foreign national must, before entering Canada, apply to an officer for a visa or for any other document required by the Regulations. The visa or document shall be issued if, following an examination, the officer is satisfied that the foreign national is not inadmissible and meets the requirements of this Act. Subsection 2(1) specifies that unless otherwise indicated, references in the Act to “this Act” include regulations made under it.
Following an examination of your application, I am not satisfied that you meet the requirements of the Act and Regulations for the reasons explained above. I am therefore refusing your application.
Thank you for the interest you have shown in Canada.