Traveling on visit visa and later changing/converting to ICT work permit

[Caly]

Thanks. I had seen this earlier, but it is only applicable to those visitors who are already inside Canada during the current lockdown. I believe this is temporary and probably won't be allowed once they open the border for Visitors.

[Update] duh - Foreign nationals who arrive in Canada as visitors after August 24, 2020, are not eligible under the public policy

If the borders remain closed, I expect this may be expanded.

 

[bismi]

I've got a question about my original post. Biometric sites were down and I couldn't provide my biometrics as early as I had hoped for. I gave my biometrics today. My company would be submitting my ICT WP application sometime in the 1st or 2nd week of September.

1. Would there be any issue with my WP application, given that there is already a visit visa application in their system pending for processing?
2. Should I request them to abandon my visit visa application? if so, how do we do it?
3. Visit visa processing time is showing as 17 days when applying from US. So, is it better to request my company to wait until I get my visit visa decision? This would be the least preferred option, given that the actual goal was to get the WP application to be processed as early as possible.

Thanks in advance for all the responses.

[Edit] When I logged into my account, I just noticed that my biometric info is in their system and the expiry date is showing as Aug 24, 2030. So achieved my main objective with the visit visa application. I also noticed a message that - "We are processing your background check...". The question here is - if they happen to do my background check process for the visit visa, do they do it again for my WP or they re-use that information given that it is within a short span of time? I doubt it though.

Answering my own question. The lawyer recommends to withdraw my current visit visa application before submitting the WP.