- Mar 19, 2014
- 14
- 124
- Category........
- Visa Office......
- Mississauga
- Job Offer........
- Pre-Assessed..
- App. Filed.......
- 11-09-2015
- AOR Received.
- 12-12-2015
- Med's Request
- 16-05-2016
- Med's Done....
- upfront, then again on 25-05-2016
- Interview........
- waived
- LANDED..........
- 30-06-2016 - Calgary
Hello, everyone! A few months ago I posted asking for advice about an unusual situation with our PR application. Basically what happened is this:
My husband came to Canada as a visitor in May 2015. In September, we sent our Inland application with an open work permit included to Mississauga. Unfortunately, we sent the wrong open work permit form and got a letter back from Mississauga requesting the correct document in January. My husband should have been covered under implied status while we waited to hear back for the work permit, but because we sent the wrong form his visitor status expired without us even knowing it was possible.
So, we needed to apply to have his status restored along with sending the correct open work permit out. The problem is, the people at the CIC call center couldn't give us a straight answer about how exactly to go about this. Some said to send it to Mississauga, some said to Vegreville. Some said to fill out only one form and not both. It was a mess. Ultimately, we decided to send both the restoration of status (visitor) form and the application to change conditions (from visitor to worker) forms in the same package to Vegreville with a letter explaining what happened. We had to just hope for the best.
On May 2, my husband got an email saying he was ineligible for the work permit because he did not hold valid status in Canada. Cue freakout. We still had not heard anything back about the restoration of status, and the people at CIC couldn't tell us anything but to wait a few more months before calling back. We then realized we had two client ID numbers and arranged a meeting with our local MP to try to sort this out and figure out our next steps. We met with her on May 4. She figured that the 2 client ID numbers meant that they had opened a new file for us instead of connecting it to our existing PR application, and promised to look into it for us.
Well, I'm happy to report that my husband received his open work permit in the mail today! I don't know why or how, but it made it here! We got an email on May 2 saying that he was ineligible, but the work permit says it was approved on May 3. Very weird, but we're not complaining! All in all, our mistake at the beginning cost us just under 4 months of extra waiting time, but the work permit did make it here in the end!
There is a note at the bottom that says, "Temporary resident status restored as per R182" and "pending FC APR" which I'm assuming means pending family class approval permanent residency? I'm assuming that means he doesn't have to worry about his legal status again until after he hears back about his PR, is that correct? The work permit is good for 2 years, but he should have his PR by then barring disaster.
My husband came to Canada as a visitor in May 2015. In September, we sent our Inland application with an open work permit included to Mississauga. Unfortunately, we sent the wrong open work permit form and got a letter back from Mississauga requesting the correct document in January. My husband should have been covered under implied status while we waited to hear back for the work permit, but because we sent the wrong form his visitor status expired without us even knowing it was possible.
So, we needed to apply to have his status restored along with sending the correct open work permit out. The problem is, the people at the CIC call center couldn't give us a straight answer about how exactly to go about this. Some said to send it to Mississauga, some said to Vegreville. Some said to fill out only one form and not both. It was a mess. Ultimately, we decided to send both the restoration of status (visitor) form and the application to change conditions (from visitor to worker) forms in the same package to Vegreville with a letter explaining what happened. We had to just hope for the best.
On May 2, my husband got an email saying he was ineligible for the work permit because he did not hold valid status in Canada. Cue freakout. We still had not heard anything back about the restoration of status, and the people at CIC couldn't tell us anything but to wait a few more months before calling back. We then realized we had two client ID numbers and arranged a meeting with our local MP to try to sort this out and figure out our next steps. We met with her on May 4. She figured that the 2 client ID numbers meant that they had opened a new file for us instead of connecting it to our existing PR application, and promised to look into it for us.
Well, I'm happy to report that my husband received his open work permit in the mail today! I don't know why or how, but it made it here! We got an email on May 2 saying that he was ineligible, but the work permit says it was approved on May 3. Very weird, but we're not complaining! All in all, our mistake at the beginning cost us just under 4 months of extra waiting time, but the work permit did make it here in the end!
There is a note at the bottom that says, "Temporary resident status restored as per R182" and "pending FC APR" which I'm assuming means pending family class approval permanent residency? I'm assuming that means he doesn't have to worry about his legal status again until after he hears back about his PR, is that correct? The work permit is good for 2 years, but he should have his PR by then barring disaster.