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Rejected Work Permit for status

lfg2707

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Jan 5, 2024
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Hello: I need your help, I applied for a Work Permit on Feb 10th, 2024. I extended my visitor status and got approved for a visitor record on Feb 2th to August 2th. I got a rejection letter in my Work Permit saying I dont have status now. So whats the point? Can i appeal? Where? Can i re send the application asking to recover my status inside canada or i have to go out?

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dimebag77

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Aug 13, 2024
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Hello: I need your help, I applied for a Work Permit on Feb 10th, 2024. I extended my visitor status and got approved for a visitor record on Feb 2th to August 2th. I got a rejection letter in my Work Permit saying I dont have status now. So whats the point? Can i appeal? Where? Can i re send the application asking to recover my status inside canada or i have to go out?

Thank you
How long will you be in Canada before the results come out? I have been here for more than six months and am still waiting for a final decision on my work permit application. My consultant told me that I am automatically on implied status since I applied.
 

forevermore76

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A rejected application would very likely supersede any previously approved application and hence, leave an applicant with no status. If a work permit application refusal specifically notes no status, that would mean visitor status is revoked. Staying without status would ultimately result in removal order. The only other option here would be applying for restoration but if that's refused too, a removal order will follow immediately.
 
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lfg2707

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Jan 5, 2024
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A rejected application would very likely supersede any previously approved application and hence, leave an applicant with no status. If a work permit application refusal specifically notes no status, that would mean visitor status is revoked. Staying without status would ultimately result in removal order. The only other option here would be applying for restoration but if that's refused too, a removal order will follow immediately.
I will re apply for a work permit with a restoration of my visitor status. The website allows you to do both things at the same time.
I will explain to the officer that it was an involuntary error that I miss understood that I will be in implied status but that’s only when you renew or extend the same permit not when you want to change to another one.
 

canuck78

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I will re apply for a work permit with a restoration of my visitor status. The website allows you to do both things at the same time.
I will explain to the officer that it was an involuntary error that I miss understood that I will be in implied status but that’s only when you renew or extend the same permit not when you want to change to another one.
You can apply to restore and apply for a WP. WP still not guaranteed.
 

canuck78

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How long will you be in Canada before the results come out? I have been here for more than six months and am still waiting for a final decision on my work permit application. My consultant told me that I am automatically on implied status since I applied.
What was your previous status and when did it expire?
 

dimebag77

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Aug 13, 2024
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What was your previous status and when did it expire?
I am currently holding a visitor visa that is valid until 2029. However, I have been in Canada for more than six months since August 12, 2024, due to the delay in the decision on my application.
 

lfg2707

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Jan 5, 2024
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I am currently holding a visitor visa that is valid until 2029. However, I have been in Canada for more than six months since August 12, 2024, due to the delay in the decision on my application.
Same happened to me, you lost your status. Maintain status it’s only when you want to extend your current status not to change to a new one.

For ex if you wanted to extend your visitor status you will be in mantain status until the visitor record get processed but your changing from visitor to work permit so there is no manteined status there.

That’s why my application got rejected, I was in a visitor status that expired 6 days before the rejection and we though we were on maintain status and no
 

dimebag77

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Aug 13, 2024
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Same happened to me, you lost your status. Maintain status it’s only when you want to extend your current status not to change to a new one.

For ex if you wanted to extend your visitor status you will be in mantain status until the visitor record get processed but your changing from visitor to work permit so there is no manteined status there.

That’s why my application got rejected, I was in a visitor status that expired 6 days before the rejection and we though we were on maintain status and no
Does this mean I have already lost my Visitor status? Should I expect that my work permit application might be rejected?