Workpermit expiry date question

[autumnsummer71]

When WP is issued by the Border Service Officers (BSO) at the port of entry (POE), the officers need to add to the duration of WP, the difference in days between WP effective start date and POE date. i.e., if WP is approved abroad at date X but the person using the WP enters canada 30 days later, then the officer at POE should add 30 days to effective WP expiry date. Source:
w w w .cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/work/opinion/validity.asp

According to CIC website:

"When authorizing the WP abroad, the visa officer calculates the Work Permit Valid Until date from the date the work permit is authorized, for the duration of employment period approved by Service Canada, provided this is not limited by the validity of the passport or other statutory requirements.

Since there can be a difference of days or weeks between the time the visa officer authorizes the work permit abroad and the time the person appears at the POE, the visa officer should include in GCMS that the work permit should be issued at the POE for the duration of employment approved by Service Canada, as per the Job Details screen. For example, the visa officer abroad should specify in Remarks section: “Issue XX month WP from the date of entry.”

Note: CBSA officers will primarily rely on the remarks to determine the duration of employment of the temporary foreign workers upon their entry in Canada.

Example of a case
Abroad
The applicant received an LMIA with job Offer Valid To December 31, 2014, for duration of employment of 24 months. The work permit application must be received on or before December 31, 2014, and the work permit to be authorized for a period up to the end of the proposed duration. If the applicant has indicated their intent to start work on December 1, 2014, the work permit will be authorized for a period of 24 months (the duration of employment approved by Service Canada). The visa officer abroad will enter the work permit validity date in the Work Permit Valid Until field in the Temporary Worker screen, as 30-11-2016.

At the port of entry
The applicant arrives at the POE on December 30, 2014, rather than on December 1, 2014, as originally intended and has a passport valid for three years. The BSO should then issue the work permit from the date of entry in Canada, for the Duration of employment approved by Service Canada (specified in the Job Details screen) that is 24 months, until December 30, 2016. The BSO should, accordingly, change the date entered by the visa officer abroad in the Work Permit Valid Until field from November 30, 2016, to the new expiry date of December 30, 2016."



My WP effective start date is Sep 24th 2013
WP expiry date is set to Sep 24th 2015
But my port of Entry date is Nov 2nd 2013

It looks like the WP visa officer abroad failed to mention in the comments required to be entered in the GCMS screen which the BSOs rely on to give additional time in WP at POE

Based on the above source info mentioned in CIC site, can I ask CIC to update my WP expiry to Nov 2nd 2015? If so, how to do it? (The additional time will give me more time for WP renewal, waiting for PR eligibility etc.)

 

[ButterflyChemist]

When WP is issued by the Border Service Officers (BSO) at the port of entry (POE), the officers need to add to the duration of WP, the difference in days between WP effective start date and POE date. i.e., if WP is approved abroad at date X but the person using the WP enters canada 30 days later, then the officer at POE should add 30 days to effective WP expiry date. Source:
w w w .cic.gc.ca/english/resources/tools/temp/work/opinion/validity.asp

According to CIC website:

"When authorizing the WP abroad, the visa officer calculates the Work Permit Valid Until date from the date the work permit is authorized, for the duration of employment period approved by Service Canada, provided this is not limited by the validity of the passport or other statutory requirements.

Since there can be a difference of days or weeks between the time the visa officer authorizes the work permit abroad and the time the person appears at the POE, the visa officer should include in GCMS that the work permit should be issued at the POE for the duration of employment approved by Service Canada, as per the Job Details screen. For example, the visa officer abroad should specify in Remarks section: “Issue XX month WP from the date of entry.”

Note: CBSA officers will primarily rely on the remarks to determine the duration of employment of the temporary foreign workers upon their entry in Canada.

Example of a case
Abroad
The applicant received an LMIA with job Offer Valid To December 31, 2014, for duration of employment of 24 months. The work permit application must be received on or before December 31, 2014, and the work permit to be authorized for a period up to the end of the proposed duration. If the applicant has indicated their intent to start work on December 1, 2014, the work permit will be authorized for a period of 24 months (the duration of employment approved by Service Canada). The visa officer abroad will enter the work permit validity date in the Work Permit Valid Until field in the Temporary Worker screen, as 30-11-2016.

At the port of entry
The applicant arrives at the POE on December 30, 2014, rather than on December 1, 2014, as originally intended and has a passport valid for three years. The BSO should then issue the work permit from the date of entry in Canada, for the Duration of employment approved by Service Canada (specified in the Job Details screen) that is 24 months, until December 30, 2016. The BSO should, accordingly, change the date entered by the visa officer abroad in the Work Permit Valid Until field from November 30, 2016, to the new expiry date of December 30, 2016."



My WP effective start date is Sep 24th 2013
WP expiry date is set to Sep 24th 2015
But my port of Entry date is Nov 2nd 2013

It looks like the WP visa officer abroad failed to mention in the comments required to be entered in the GCMS screen which the BSOs rely on to give additional time in WP at POE

Based on the above source info mentioned in CIC site, can I ask CIC to update my WP expiry to Nov 2nd 2015? If so, how to do it? (The additional time will give me more time for WP renewal, waiting for PR eligibility etc.)

I don't know for sure but i would say no. Why didn't you say something to the officer that issued your permit?

 

[autumnsummer71]

I don't know for sure but i would say no. Why didn't you say something to the officer that issued your permit?

I didn't know this provision then. I stumbled upon this now. If the rules are pretty clear, why would your initial instincts say "No"?