Hello, I was hoping you could help me how to figure out how I should go about remaining in Canada after the loss of my temporary resident status.
Background: My Venezuelan passport expired earlier this year, but the country's government has a shortage and they haven't provided me with a replacement yet (I applied for one back in February). This led to the rejection of my BOWP application and my loss of status. My CEC application also didn't get approved, but that was due to unrelated issues regarding completion.
Given that I don't have an ETA for my new passport and I'm more than halfway through the 90-day grace period, my current plan was to apply to extend my stay as visitor (Application to Change Conditions, Extend my Stay or Remain in Canada as a Visitor or a Temporary Resident Permit Holder) with a travel document that exclusively 'authorizes entry to Venezuela' and that supposedly has a validity of six months.
I was wondering:
1) Is there any other possible way for me to legally stay without a valid passport or to extend the grace period? If not, would my plan work?
2) How long does it take to get a decision on the application to remain? I checked the processing times site, but I'm not sure which option is the right one.
3) If approved, how long would the the visitor visa usually allow you to remain in Canada? Would that be inextricably linked to the travel document's expiry date?
After getting a new passport, I was planning to apply again for PR through Express Entry.
Apologies if these are dumb questions and I appreciate any kind of help/counselling I can get with this situation.
Thanks, everyone.
Background: My Venezuelan passport expired earlier this year, but the country's government has a shortage and they haven't provided me with a replacement yet (I applied for one back in February). This led to the rejection of my BOWP application and my loss of status. My CEC application also didn't get approved, but that was due to unrelated issues regarding completion.
Given that I don't have an ETA for my new passport and I'm more than halfway through the 90-day grace period, my current plan was to apply to extend my stay as visitor (Application to Change Conditions, Extend my Stay or Remain in Canada as a Visitor or a Temporary Resident Permit Holder) with a travel document that exclusively 'authorizes entry to Venezuela' and that supposedly has a validity of six months.
I was wondering:
1) Is there any other possible way for me to legally stay without a valid passport or to extend the grace period? If not, would my plan work?
2) How long does it take to get a decision on the application to remain? I checked the processing times site, but I'm not sure which option is the right one.
3) If approved, how long would the the visitor visa usually allow you to remain in Canada? Would that be inextricably linked to the travel document's expiry date?
After getting a new passport, I was planning to apply again for PR through Express Entry.
Apologies if these are dumb questions and I appreciate any kind of help/counselling I can get with this situation.
Thanks, everyone.