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working holiday visa expires, want to stay longer!

swede82

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Aug 8, 2012
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Hi there. Ive been in Canada for a little over 10 months now on a working holiday visa and I want to extend my stay here. This is my second time here in Canada. The first time I came here was in December 2006 and I stayed for three years on a student visa. I studied webdesign here before and right now Im working as a webdesigner for a small company. Its a paid internship and they want to help me to stay. I know I need to get an LMO and then apply for a work permit, Im just wondering how long this process takes? Will I have time to do this before my current visa expires? And would I be allowed to stay in the country and work if Im waiting for the LMO? I really wish to obtain my Permanent Resident status and I know its alot harder to get a visa after you turn 30, which I did this year.. I know Im doing this at the last minute! I just hope that there is anyone who could help me with any information! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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PMM

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swede82 said:
Hi there. Ive been in Canada for a little over 10 months now on a working holiday visa and I want to extend my stay here. This is my second time here in Canada. The first time I came here was in December 2006 and I stayed for three years on a student visa. I studied webdesign here before and right now Im working as a webdesigner for a small company. Its a paid internship and they want to help me to stay. I know I need to get an LMO and then apply for a work permit, Im just wondering how long this process takes? Will I have time to do this before my current visa expires? And would I be allowed to stay in the country and work if Im waiting for the LMO? I really wish to obtain my Permanent Resident status and I know its alot harder to get a visa after you turn 30, which I did this year.. I know Im doing this at the last minute! I just hope that there is anyone who could help me with any information! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks
1. An LMO could take anywhere from 6-16 weeks. The employer has to advertise the position for 2 weeks on the job bank, before applying for a LMO.
2. No, you would have to apply for an extension as a visitor, and could not work. There is no implied status with the IEC as it is not extendible.
 

swede82

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Aug 8, 2012
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when you say job bank, would craigslist work or does my boss need to put an ad on lets say Monster too?
I found this site: moving2vancouver .ca

there they say that you can apply for a temporary working visa before you have applied for an LMO, that way you can extend your stay 2 more months and youre allowed to work during these two months.
Ive been looking into hiring a consultant to help me with all the paperwork because it seems quite complicated and I dont have that much spare time to research and make sure I fill out papers correctly.. is this something people recommend or should I just do it myself? the consultant would charge me 3000 dollars to fix it so that I would get a work permit for atleast one year. I just need to work a few more months fulltime and Ill be eligible for PR, so Im conetmplating whether to do it all myself or just let the consultant take care of it for me...
 

scylla

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craigslist is definitely not enough. To make sure the requirements are met, the job should be posted here:

http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/intro-eng.aspx