Hi Guys,
I would like to discuss my situation. My application is in the DIP stage now. My PGWP will expire at the end of March. At the end of September, I applied for SOWP work permit via my wife's PGWP which is valid until December 2021 with her 3 payslips of the NOC B job. It means that I applied 6 months before my permit expires The reason is that my company has more than 150 employees and I am the only foreign worker. Therefore the HR department doesn't know anything about Implied status and they request a valid work permit without a cut. Since the processing time for the Work permit reached 192 days, I had to apply it at that time in order to get SOWP before PGWP expires. Now, the processing times reduced, I saw some posts that if you apply for a Work permit too early, it might be refused. What are your opinions? Do you have any experiences with a similar situation? And finally, please explain to me the process of applying for a closed work permit with a Work permit support letter that we are getting from OINP? How do companies approach it usually? Applying process is difficult for them?
It is a little bit of a long post. Thank you for your patience in advance.