Advice needed

[alcal2014]

Hello Everyone,
I am in need of an opinion. I am currently in Canada on a work permit that will expire in the middle of December 2014. My fiancé and I are looking to apply for inland spousal sponsorship for me as I am from Germany. I researched that I can apply for an open work permit along with my PR application. If we apply for PR in November, I fear that I won’t receive the open work permit in time for when my current work permit expires and will have to leave the country.

Would I be better off trying to apply for inland and the open work permit and just apply for a visitor's visa when my work permit expires?

We also thought about applying outland as it seems to be a much faster process but we can't apply for the open work permit if we go that route.

 

[kickb]

Hello Everyone,
I am in need of an opinion. I am currently in Canada on a work permit that will expire in the middle of December 2014. My fiancé and I are looking to apply for inland spousal sponsorship for me as I am from Germany. I researched that I can apply for an open work permit along with my PR application. If we apply for PR in November, I fear that I won't receive the open work permit in time for when my current work permit expires and will have to leave the country.

Would I be better off trying to apply for inland and the open work permit and just apply for a visitor's visa when my work permit expires?

We also thought about applying outland as it seems to be a much faster process but we can't apply for the open work permit if we go that route.

if you apply for inland sponsorship till you get sponsorship approval you will be implied status where you can not work. i believe current process time for sponsorship approval for inland is 1 year(which i am not sure of). and once it is approved then they will look into your open work permit application and decide on it. if you filed your inland sponsorship before your current work permit expires you don't need to apply for any visa if you are not willing for work till the decision is made.

 

[little_apple]

Hello Everyone,
I am in need of an opinion. I am currently in Canada on a work permit that will expire in the middle of December 2014. My fiancé and I are looking to apply for inland spousal sponsorship for me as I am from Germany. I researched that I can apply for an open work permit along with my PR application. If we apply for PR in November, I fear that I won't receive the open work permit in time for when my current work permit expires and will have to leave the country.

Would I be better off trying to apply for inland and the open work permit and just apply for a visitor's visa when my work permit expires?

We also thought about applying outland as it seems to be a much faster process but we can't apply for the open work permit if we go that route.

How long have you been in Canada? If your work permit was valid for at least 12 months you can apply outland through Ottawa. Current processing time is around 5-8 months to become a PR. If you apply outland through Vienna you are looking into 12-17 months.

Both outland VO's are faster than inland, which will take about 18-24 months. As a German I would never apply inland. You are stuck in the country for 1.5-2 years, not allowed to leave and not allowed to work for at least 12 months.

And yes you can either apply for a visitor visa or try to get another work permit

 

[alcal2014]

My work permit is for 6 months.

I'm thinking than outland is the better option, as I can't not work the whole time i'm here.

I believe I read somewhere that if I left the county while applying for outland PR, I could still come back into Canada if I obtained another valid work permit?

 

[Ponga]

Hello Everyone,
I am in need of an opinion. I am currently in Canada on a work permit that will expire in the middle of December 2014. My fiancé and I are looking to apply for inland spousal sponsorship for me as I am from Germany. I researched that I can apply for an open work permit along with my PR application. If we apply for PR in November, I fear that I won't receive the open work permit in time for when my current work permit expires and will have to leave the country.

Would I be better off trying to apply for inland and the open work permit and just apply for a visitor's visa when my work permit expires?

We also thought about applying outland as it seems to be a much faster process but we can't apply for the open work permit if we go that route.

Are you planning to apply as Common-Law? If so, do you you have enough evidence that you have lived together for at least 365 days?

If you apply Inland and include the Open Work Permit (before your current work permit expires), you'll be under `implied status', which would allow you to remain in Canada until you have first stage approval, BUT...depending on the type of work permit that you currently hold, it may also allow you to continue working as well.

As long as it's not IEC or PGWP, you might be ok.

 

[alcal2014]

Thank you everyone for your replies! I really appreciate all the advice

Hi Ponga, I have a temporary work permit (I'm not sure what kind it is though) I am working as a sous chef.

We would be applying as common law and we've been together for 5 1/2 years. We've lived together since early 2011.

 

[little_apple]

Although Vienna is a very slow visa office your PR will probably be approved within 12-14 months.
During the process you are allowed to go back to Germany to work for a while and enter Canada as a tourist.

I wouldn't apply inland. As I said above: Your inland app stage 1 would take as long as outland app stage 1+2.

I'm German as well and applied outland while being in Canada. Let me know if you have any questions

 

[alcal2014]

Thank you very much for the advice little_apple. I believe we are now going to apply for the outland process instead of inland as it seems to be the better option for us.