Restoration of work permit..please help

[SSK123]

Hi all, posting this on behalf of my sister.

Hi everyone, I received my Ontario nomination through master's stream and will apply for non express entry PR by the end of this week. My PGWP expired on 25th April 2024 and I received my nomination just a day before. I have a visitor's visa and it expires in 11/2027. I just discovered that I won't be eligible to apply for bridging work pemit after I receive AOR because I don't have valid work permit. I will apply for restoration of work permit as it hasn't been 90 days since it expired. I want to apply for federal PR and then restoration and then try and see if I can flagpole at Canadian border at Rainbow bridge. Can I restore my status as worker by doing this? I can't wait for a year to get my PR and then work. Please suggest something, I'm not finding any solution to this. Thank you

 

[Miss bee]

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Hi all, posting this on behalf of my sister.

Hi everyone, I received my Ontario nomination through master's stream and will apply for non express entry PR by the end of this week. My PGWP expired on 25th April 2024 and I received my nomination just a day before. I have a visitor's visa and it expires in 11/2027. I just discovered that I won't be eligible to apply for bridging work pemit after I receive AOR because I don't have valid work permit. I will apply for restoration of work permit as it hasn't been 90 days since it expired. I want to apply for federal PR and then restoration and then try and see if I can flagpole at Canadian border at Rainbow bridge. Can I restore my status as worker by doing this? I can't wait for a year to get my PR and then work. Please suggest something, I'm not finding any solution to this. Thank you

You should apply for closed work permit with help of your employer. Your employer have to submit job offer in employer portal and pay $230 compliance fees . Then with help of that you should submit work permit application and attach nomination letter and work permit support letter from Province. Also if she has visitor status before PGWP expired , she has valid status and no need to restore as she have visitor status. Note - visitor record and visitor status is different things.

 

[SSK123]

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You should apply for closed work permit with help of your employer. Your employer have to submit job offer in employer portal and pay $230 compliance fees . Then with help of that you should submit work permit application and attach nomination letter and work permit support letter from Province. Also if she has visitor status before PGWP expired , she has valid status and no need to restore as she have visitor status. Note - visitor record and visitor status is different things.

Hi, thank you for the reply. She got laid off last year and has been actively looking for a job ever since. She is not employed at the moment. She has visitor visa of 10 years that was issued in 2017 and she visited Canada twice on that visa. Does the visitor visa become invalid because of the change to study permit and pgwp thereafter?

 

[SSK123]

Also, the reason why she wants to restore her work permit is that she can start working if she gets a job in the meanwhile. She will not be able to do that on the visitor visa.

 

[Miss bee]

Hi, thank you for the reply. She got laid off last year and has been actively looking for a job ever since. She is not employed at the moment. She has visitor visa of 10 years that was issued in 2017 and she visited Canada twice on that visa. Does the visitor visa become invalid because of the change to study permit and pgwp thereafter?

So she is not working for employer who supported her PNP application? Did she informed PNP office about that ?

 

[imansoor]

So she is not working for employer who supported her PNP application? Did she informed PNP office about that ?

A Question related to this. If work visa expires then employer job offer letter also no use if there are no end dates mentioned in the letter?

 

[SSK123]

So she is not working for employer who supported her PNP application? Did she informed PNP office about that ?

Her PNP was master's graduate stream and did not require a job offer or employment. It was done when she was already laid off.

 

[Naturgrl]

To be eligible for a BOWP, she must have AOR and be able to restore status to work permit with 90 days of expiry. She has yet to receive nomination from Ontario, and apply for PR through IRCC. That is not going to happen with 90 days.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/proof-funds.html

 

[SSK123]

To be eligible for a BOWP, she must have AOR and be able to restore status to work permit with 90 days of expiry. She has yet to receive nomination from Ontario, and apply for PR through IRCC. That is not going to happen with 90 days.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/documents/proof-funds.html

She already has a OINP nomination. Can she apply for BOWP while on visitor status?

 

[Naturgrl]

She already has a OINP nomination. Can she apply for BOWP while on visitor status?

So has she applied for PR through IRCC and received AOR. She cannot apply for a BOWP until she has AOR, and can only restore status within 90 days. So if she gets AOR within the next 90 days she is eligible.

Sorry gave wrong link.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/permit/temporary/restore.html

 

[scylla]

Hi, thank you for the reply. She got laid off last year and has been actively looking for a job ever since. She is not employed at the moment. She has visitor visa of 10 years that was issued in 2017 and she visited Canada twice on that visa. Does the visitor visa become invalid because of the change to study permit and pgwp thereafter?

The visitor visa is still valid but this doesn't mean she is allowed to stay in Canada until 2017. She is still out of status and needs to fix this.

 

[SSK123]

The visitor visa is still valid but this doesn't mean she is allowed to stay in Canada until 2017. She is still out of status and needs to fix this.

Do you think going outside of Canada and coming back will kick in her visitor visa on re-entry?

 

[Naturgrl]

Do you think going outside of Canada and coming back will kick in her visitor visa on re-entry?

Why does she need to leave? Apply to extend her status as a visitor without leaving.. CBSA could deny entry. CBSA will know she applied for OINP and wonder what she will do for up to a year in Canada as a visitor while PR is being processed

 

[SSK123]

Why does she need to leave? Apply to extend her status as a visitor without leaving.. CBSA could deny entry. CBSA will know she applied for OINP and wonder what she will do for up to a year in Canada as a visitor while PR is being processed

Sorry I didn't understand why we need to extend. Her visitor visa is valid until 2027 and her PGWP has just expired so it has not been more 6 months either.

 

[Naturgrl]

Sorry I didn't understand why we need to extend. Her visitor visa is valid until 2027 and her PGWP has just expired so it has not been more 6 months either.

Her visitor visa just allows her to enter Canada. It doesn’t allow her to live in Canada indefinitely. She is without status and in Canada illegally now. Once her PGWP expired, she was without status. She needs to restore her status as a visitor ASAP. Then she is on implied status and can stay up to 6 months.