I recently overstayed my work visa by a nearly month without realizing it. I only found out after returning home to visit my parents and getting to immigration back in Canada.
In the end I was given form IMM1282 "Allowed to Leave Canada" and no other forms and told that I was not allowed to return to Canada for a period of 6 months unless I received a Temporary Resident Permit. I was then advised to go to the consulate to speak with them and to apply for both a TRP and a Work Permit simultaneously.
Upon arriving at the consulate I was informed that they no longer answered immigration questions but suggested that I visit a Visa Application Centre (VAC) where I might be able to get some help even though they do not deal with TRPs. Finally, someone did offer to help telling me that I needed form IMM1444E (Application for Criminal Rehabilitation) with the "For information" box checked since I did not actually have any criminal offenses. I then proceeded to complete that form and went to the VAC for further information to make sure that I had things at least somewhat in order. They then told me that I needed a different set of forms, but that "the ones I filled out should work, probably"
Every agency I speak to seems to think that I should have been given other forms at the border, though the IMM1282 "Allowed to Leave Canada" was all I got (other than an information sheet for people inadmissible for entry which just stated that I would need a TRP)
I am completely confused. I just wan to return home to my common law partner, my pets, my job, and my life and I do not know where to begin. I have, so far filled out the IMM144E, a work permit application, and a request to extend my stay in Canada (which I was told to complete by the VAC people) are any of these appropriate? Do I submit them all together? The Work Permit extension is supposed to be sent to Alberta, while the other forms are supposed to go to the New York consulate (apparently the Los Angeles consulate does not handle any of the applications anymore).
In the end I was given form IMM1282 "Allowed to Leave Canada" and no other forms and told that I was not allowed to return to Canada for a period of 6 months unless I received a Temporary Resident Permit. I was then advised to go to the consulate to speak with them and to apply for both a TRP and a Work Permit simultaneously.
Upon arriving at the consulate I was informed that they no longer answered immigration questions but suggested that I visit a Visa Application Centre (VAC) where I might be able to get some help even though they do not deal with TRPs. Finally, someone did offer to help telling me that I needed form IMM1444E (Application for Criminal Rehabilitation) with the "For information" box checked since I did not actually have any criminal offenses. I then proceeded to complete that form and went to the VAC for further information to make sure that I had things at least somewhat in order. They then told me that I needed a different set of forms, but that "the ones I filled out should work, probably"
Every agency I speak to seems to think that I should have been given other forms at the border, though the IMM1282 "Allowed to Leave Canada" was all I got (other than an information sheet for people inadmissible for entry which just stated that I would need a TRP)
I am completely confused. I just wan to return home to my common law partner, my pets, my job, and my life and I do not know where to begin. I have, so far filled out the IMM144E, a work permit application, and a request to extend my stay in Canada (which I was told to complete by the VAC people) are any of these appropriate? Do I submit them all together? The Work Permit extension is supposed to be sent to Alberta, while the other forms are supposed to go to the New York consulate (apparently the Los Angeles consulate does not handle any of the applications anymore).
