Hi,
I'm a Brazilian citizen and I'll be working as a research intern in Canada from Jun 29 2015 to Sep 18 2015. I applied for a work permit and the Consulate issued me a visa (and a POE letter with the permit details) with the expiry date of Sep 18 2015, exactly the last day of my internship.
There are two problems with that. First, I intended to leave Canada by Sep 30. Is it still possible to do so, considering that the visa expires 12 days prior to then?
Second, I originally wanted to go to the US on Sep 20 and RETURN to Canada on Sep 29 2015 (then get a flight to Brazil on Sep 30). But I think it's not possible to LEAVE the country with my visa expired; let alone REENTERING it. I read somewhere that I could try to extend my stay by applying for a visitor visa while in Canada, so that after my Work permit/visa is expired, I can still stay in the country as a visitor. Do you guys know if that is possible, and what is the procedure?
Thanks a lot!
I'm a Brazilian citizen and I'll be working as a research intern in Canada from Jun 29 2015 to Sep 18 2015. I applied for a work permit and the Consulate issued me a visa (and a POE letter with the permit details) with the expiry date of Sep 18 2015, exactly the last day of my internship.
There are two problems with that. First, I intended to leave Canada by Sep 30. Is it still possible to do so, considering that the visa expires 12 days prior to then?
Second, I originally wanted to go to the US on Sep 20 and RETURN to Canada on Sep 29 2015 (then get a flight to Brazil on Sep 30). But I think it's not possible to LEAVE the country with my visa expired; let alone REENTERING it. I read somewhere that I could try to extend my stay by applying for a visitor visa while in Canada, so that after my Work permit/visa is expired, I can still stay in the country as a visitor. Do you guys know if that is possible, and what is the procedure?
Thanks a lot!