Visitor -- PR or Work permit

[Bebrain05]

Hello everyone.
I am doing some preliminary research as I am not at all familiar with Canadian immigration laws, and I wanted to ask you all a couple of questions since I am reading some conflicting information online.
I am going to Canada in December under the visa waiver program with hopes to adjust my status once there.
On some websites, I read that I cannot apply for a work permit while on a visitor status and I would do better to apply for PR.
Somewhere else I read that I should apply for work permit instead because PR process takes too long and it's impossible to extend my legal visitor stay for that long or that many times. Could you please help me out? What do you think I should do?

Thanks!

 

[Jalex23]

Hello everyone.
I am doing some preliminary research as I am not at all familiar with Canadian immigration laws, and I wanted to ask you all a couple of questions since I am reading some conflicting information online.

Instead of asking people it is better to go to the source. There is little information we can give you that is not given in the CIC website. These type of forums are for specific questions. The more specific is your question the better results you will get from these forums.

On some websites, I read that I cannot apply for a work permit while on a visitor status and I would do better to apply for PR.

You can apply. Many people do it. One way is changing your status:

=> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/extend-worker.asp

Somewhere else I read that I should apply for work permit instead because PR process takes too long and it's impossible to extend my legal visitor stay for that long or that many times.

It is not impossible as long as your case is solid. PR does take longer.


I would recommend first understanding what is a PR, and what is a worker, and which one fits your needs. After you are done, and have specific questions we can help you with them.

Best of lucks.

 

[wali khan]

hallo sir im abdul wali sir im living in germany i have german lifetime visa and i would like to apply for tourist visa and i don't konw how can i apply thanks

 

[scylla]

hallo sir im abdul wali sir im living in germany i have german lifetime visa and i would like to apply for tourist visa and i don't konw how can i apply thanks

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/visa.asp

 

[Raja83]

Hi i need help i applied for canada visitor visa in february 2017 online from pakistan and its been too long still waiting for decision few days ago i got msg they said they completed investigation and send it to home office for decision you will get ans in two working days but after 15 days today i got msg your case is in administrative review we will let you know in 72 hours time i could not get it what is administrative review and why they not making any decision its almost 8 months now