Normally it would play in your favour but it really depends on so many other things including how long you've been in Canada, how many extensions you've already applied for, demonstrating you have sufficient funds to pay for your continued stay, how you ended up out of status. etc.
Visitor extension refused, will I get deported?
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Thank you!! Also, when we look at the refusal letter of the extension do we go by the date on the letter or when we applied? We applied in February and got the response on June 5th.
ive been seeing a lot of refusals. I applied for a visitors extension on April 18th and submitted the sponsorship app on June 8th. Really hoping they don't refuse the visitor extension as it would complicate things severely.
I’m going to apply for restoration soon, how much time should I ask since I’ll have to wait until November to submit my PR application? I was thinking 6 months from now, is that a reasonable amount of time?
if restoration is refused, how much time does someone have before they issue a removal order?
Let’s say they issue a removal order in October and I submit my PR application in November, would I still be at risk of deportation even though there is an application in process?
We applied for my husbands extension on February 8th. It was approved June 23rd and is good until December 31st 2020.
Its the first time he has applied for an extension though and we included marriage certificate and joint bank account with savings, and that I work two jobs to support him while here etc and that we were submitting a sponsorship package in the near future, which we did on March 9th. The people who seem to be getting refused have applied for multiple extensions it looks like.
He’s also from a visa exempt country. I don’t know if that gives us more leverage then someone who is from a visa required country.
Hi,
Thank you for your information. It’s great that you’ve provided the additional documentation for your partner. I believe you are right about him being from a visa exempt country.
However, it was my partner’s first time applying for an visitor extension and it was denied. He is not from a visa exempt country and he couldn’t go back even if he tried (due to Covid there are no flights to his home country).
Assume it is likely because he is not a true visitor and you haven’t filed your new sponsorship application and it was refused quite a long time ago.
But it is interesting that many people want to apply for common law and come as visitor yet they get their extension. I explained in my letter to the officer that my partner cannot go home that’s number one and number two we are applying for common law.
I can apply outland as well since my partner and I have been together for 5 years but we were overseas when I met him and we have lived together for 3 years together outside of Canada. Plans change all the time and this pandemic has made it difficult to get the proper documentation/ go home for foreign nationals. Immigration officers should understand that as flights to some countries are ‘for sale‘ but in reality due to border closures for international layovers/flights aren’t being serviced from _____ to ____ we’d think that consideration would be given to those affected.
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It’s very strange that they didn’t even grant 1 extension, I got 4 extensions before my refusal.
I’ve come up with a plan for my case
I will wait 60 days to apply for restoration of status (we get 90), if approved everything goes as planned. However, the processing time is 4 months (possibly more now due to COVID), so I will have time to submit my P.R. application in November. I will probably apply Outland and attend the interview in my homeland if they require one.
This will buy just enough time to submit the application.
It’s not advisable to do that but this is the only way. If I leave Canada before November I won’t be able to prove my common-law relationship, which is a big problem for me.
I was just looking through your other posts you had asked about and i just wanted to add that as soon as you do get an AOR for your husband he will have implied status while his PR is processing(ive been told i didnt need to renew my Visitor record because my PR app says it has been recieved.) I would really encourage you to call and speak to someone at IRCC and see if they can prioritize the application just until its at least says it has been recieved. I know when i called last they directed me to apply for assistance through a webform.
That is not true. A pr application does not grant any status whatsoever, but if you apply inland with a work permit you get status from that. The implied status would also begin the day they receive the application, not when they send the AOR.