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Great, if you need a template for a good employment letter message me privately with your email and I can provide you with one. This is really the key. My NOC is Biochemist (might be the same as Chemist, can't remember) and so the letter I provided might be very close to what you need. Cheers

There are many postdocs that have applied under CEC under the old system. The tax receipt and whether you are on a fellowship is not so critical, what is most important is that you get a waterproof employment letter from your Head of Department (or whoever signed your postdoc contract) that says...

Landed January 3rd. New photo request March 10th, photos were received March 17th. Caled CIC yesterday and they said my card was shipped last Friday. Halleluja. A journey of exactly 2 years has ended, of which most of the time was spent waiting and paying more money for additional work permits...

Agreed, it is a personal decision if one wants to take that risk or not. In my case it was a return trip from a european country. I only stayed for four days and the time was too short to apply for a PRTD (I inquired beforehand and was told by VFS that it takes two weeks). Also take into...

For anyone considering to travel by air without their PR card on a VISA exempt passport since introduction of ETA: It still works, I was able to board my flight back from my home country in april without any questions asked. Arriving at the airport in Canada the only question I was asked by the...

There is no problem EXITING Canada without PR card. So I don't understand why you want to drive from Toronto to Buffalo and then fly out of the US to get to India. The difficult thing is to come back to Canada without the PR card. So for that direction you have to fly to the US with your...

I tried to apply for an ETA today (the biggest risk that I see is being denied boarding) and I don't know if I will get it. PRs don't need an ETA so I'm not sure if it will be denied. The reason I mentioned the work permit is that accordingly to CIC, ETAs were automatically issued for work...

Hi all, I've read numerous threads on this but still cannot really estimate how high the risks are of being denied entry back to Canada when travelling without the PR card. My situation is as follows: - became permanent resident beginning of January 2016 - current PR card processing time is...

I have received a permanent offer while on BOWP. Of course they had all my immigration information and knew that I had applied for PR and at the time I had already passed the medical test, so it was likely my PR would go through. So yes, it is possible I guess.

You can also email the Minister of Immigration. It takes a while to get a response, but I got a response for my file after about 4 weeks.

I applied online for BOWP and I think the majority of people do because it's more convenient than the paper application. And it was approved too. And then the work permit arrived by mail ;)

You can definitely apply for the BOWP online. What they probably meant was that when you get the approved work permit, they can only send the work permit by mail, not email.

I found this while googling around: "If you or any of your family members are residing outside North America and you are unable to send your/their passport(s) to Canada and/or to provide a return mailing address in North America, contact us at CPC-CTD-Ottawa @ cic.gc.ca so that we can make...

Not sure what to do in this case... Have you updated CIC with your UK address and that you currently don't reside in Canada? Shouldn't you be in contact with the canadian visa office in the UK? Maybe there are other members here who can help...

Karthi44, do you have UK passports? I am confused, which documents did you get: CoPR or Passport requests (PPR)???

You can land first with your family, go back immediately and finish your job and after that move permanently to Canada.

You should choose: An initial work permit or a work permit with a new employer. Do not fill your current employer information into that field. The BOWP is a new kind of permit that you are applying for, as you are switching from a closed one to a BOWP.

Why would you want to switch to a closed work permit? What if your employer terminates you, then you are screwed! Just apply for a second BOWP and do it in time. If you apply in Fanuary or February 2016 so you should get approval in time.

Basically you should have applied for a BOWP before your last LMIA work permit would have run out. And this is exactly the reason why BOWP option is there, so you can integrate yourself better into the canadian labour market with an bridging open work permit.. this would have enabled you to move...

@rgirish Typically there are two conditions you have to meet to be eligible for a BOWP: 1. You have received AOR for an ongoing PR application 2. Your CURRENT work permit expires WITHIN the next four months. Your current work permit expires within the next 23 months, so technically you are...