I just noticed on the CIC website that there is a type of application for temp.visa workers living in Canada for a certain amount of time (3-5 years.min) to apply to transition to PR... - cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/permit.asp
It simply states living in Canada on a valid temp res visa. Doesn't mention anything about work/skilled work/etc
This seems to only be something for temp.visa holders currently living in Canada to transition to PR, not for those outside the country.
Now here's my situation:
I am an Australian passport-holder who lived in Canada on a 2yr WHP (temp visa) from beginning of 2008 - beginning of 2010 - for 2 years, and then re-applied for the same visa again (Aus passport-holders can get multiple open 24-month WHP visas up to age 31), and was again approved for what was then a second 24-month visa. However after the first 6 months, I left Canada to return to Aus to undertake a study course and due to some family issues I had to deal with back in Aus (after living in Canada for 30 months)
My temp work permit is still Valid until June this year. Now what I am wondering is:
Can I return to Canada before June this year, and apply for PR based on 2x - 24-month consecutive temp.res visas (ie. 4yrs - even though I wasn't in Canada for 14+ months during the validity of the second)..... ?
Would this still count?
I know the CIC website states: Applicants must have lived continuously in Canada as permit holders for a minimum of three to five years - but wouldn't holding 4yrs worth of temp.res permits still qualify? Would anyone even know for certain whether I was in Canada continuously during that period or not? Since the Australian WHP visas are open work/travel permits under the Canadian Experience Class for youths under 31yrs, and it's probably hard to keep track of people travelling/working sporadically across Canada during the validity of their WHP-visa....
Would this work?
And if I return to Canada just before June again (before my WHP expires) and apply for this (based on "4-years 'living' in Canada on temp visas), I can still change my status when my WHP expires in June to a 6-month Visitor visa. That would give me "technically speaking" 4.5 years of "living in Canada" on valid temp visas, which should cut it for 3-5 year requirement....
What do people here think?
For all-intensive purposes, I am still living in Canada on that second WHP visa (even though I am currently physically abroad travelling), I still have a Canadian address (with a long term-subletter in my rental) and a Canadian bank account and social security card - although I have no record of employment for the last 14 months (though I could have been travelling the country, not working)
So if I return to Canada in the next few months and apply for this from within the country, as if I have lived there continuously the whole entire 4 years (the 2x 24-month work permits would suggest I had), you'd think I'd be eligible to apply for PR on this basis, right?
Any experts on this kind of matter?
cheers,
Ww
It simply states living in Canada on a valid temp res visa. Doesn't mention anything about work/skilled work/etc
This seems to only be something for temp.visa holders currently living in Canada to transition to PR, not for those outside the country.
Now here's my situation:
I am an Australian passport-holder who lived in Canada on a 2yr WHP (temp visa) from beginning of 2008 - beginning of 2010 - for 2 years, and then re-applied for the same visa again (Aus passport-holders can get multiple open 24-month WHP visas up to age 31), and was again approved for what was then a second 24-month visa. However after the first 6 months, I left Canada to return to Aus to undertake a study course and due to some family issues I had to deal with back in Aus (after living in Canada for 30 months)
My temp work permit is still Valid until June this year. Now what I am wondering is:
Can I return to Canada before June this year, and apply for PR based on 2x - 24-month consecutive temp.res visas (ie. 4yrs - even though I wasn't in Canada for 14+ months during the validity of the second)..... ?
Would this still count?
I know the CIC website states: Applicants must have lived continuously in Canada as permit holders for a minimum of three to five years - but wouldn't holding 4yrs worth of temp.res permits still qualify? Would anyone even know for certain whether I was in Canada continuously during that period or not? Since the Australian WHP visas are open work/travel permits under the Canadian Experience Class for youths under 31yrs, and it's probably hard to keep track of people travelling/working sporadically across Canada during the validity of their WHP-visa....
Would this work?
And if I return to Canada just before June again (before my WHP expires) and apply for this (based on "4-years 'living' in Canada on temp visas), I can still change my status when my WHP expires in June to a 6-month Visitor visa. That would give me "technically speaking" 4.5 years of "living in Canada" on valid temp visas, which should cut it for 3-5 year requirement....
What do people here think?
For all-intensive purposes, I am still living in Canada on that second WHP visa (even though I am currently physically abroad travelling), I still have a Canadian address (with a long term-subletter in my rental) and a Canadian bank account and social security card - although I have no record of employment for the last 14 months (though I could have been travelling the country, not working)
So if I return to Canada in the next few months and apply for this from within the country, as if I have lived there continuously the whole entire 4 years (the 2x 24-month work permits would suggest I had), you'd think I'd be eligible to apply for PR on this basis, right?
Any experts on this kind of matter?
cheers,
Ww