payam6060 said:
RobsLuv,
Thanks for your reply!
The application was received on 17/10/2011. Her visa expires on June 27th this year.
Thanks,
Payam
OK, Payam - Here's what needs to happen. CPC-Vegreville will not be looking at her application until sometime next fall - first stage approval for inland applicants is currently set at 11-12 months. In the meantime, it's imperative that her temporary status stays valid, and that the officer who pulls the PR file to assess for first stage can tell that her temporary status is still valid. As it stands now - without an extension application being filed with the PR ap - the officer who opens the PR application is going to think that her status has expired, even if you have applied separately to extend it. Just because they are all working at the same place is no guarantee the right hand knows what the left hand is doing. That would mean that her PR ap would be transferred to a local CIC office for processing before they'll give first stage approval and that can significantly delay processing. You don't want that after waiting a year just to get the PR ap looked at!
So, here is my suggestion: submit an
application to change her conditions to Open Work Permit. Fee is $150. Write these words across the top of the application: INLAND SPOUSAL SPONSORSHIP APPLICATION SUBMITTED 17OCT2011. CLIENT ID# (fill in her client ID# from her visitor permit). PLEASE DO NOT PROCESS UNTIL FIRST STAGE APPROVAL!!!! I would suggest that you also include a cover letter to the same effect. What has to happen is they have to wait to process her OWP application because she is not eligible for one until she has passed the first stage of assessment of the PR application, BUT submitting the OWP application before her visitor status expires in June will protect her temporary status in Canada until the first stage is completed on the PR ap. I would suggest that you apply by mail - not online! - track the mailing and get delivery confirmation so you can prove it was sent before her status expired. I would also suggest that you not wait until June to submit this - just in case they screw up and try to process the OWP now (it would be refused), having submitted early will give you time to correct their error before her visitor status expires - and that's important.
They should be able to "match" the extension/change of condition ap to the inland PR ap because of your notification to them of the fact it exists. The reason for requesting an OWP (besides the fact that then they will automatically issue her a work permit once she reaches first stage) is that if they mess up now and don't attach it to the PR application, you will get notification of that because she'll receive a refusal of the OWP and you will be able to work through your MP's office to get things straightened out before her visitor status expires. If you were to try to "play it safe" and submit a visitor extension only, it would be approved but it might not get matched up to the inland PR ap - because nobody would take a second look at it like they will the OWP (because she's not eligible without the inland PR ap being in process). In that case, new visitor status would be issued but the officer assessing for first stage would not find out and would assume her status had lapsed. So, again, my suggestion would be that you submit an OWP application within the next few weeks and indicate that she has an inland PR application that was received by them in October. That should signal them to hold the OWP and match it with the inland ap. The drawback is that you won't hear anything unless something goes wrong - so you won't get direct notification that things have been properly matched up. But if they don't properly match things up, you will get notification by way of the refusal of the OWP ap. Then, again, you'll have time to straighten things out before her temporary status expires in June.
Hope this makes sense. If not, please PM me. Best Wishes.
