extending visitor status 0 waiting for work permit

[lottieh1]

Hello my visitor visa expires in January. i have applied for a work permit under the LIC program and wanted to know if my permit doesn't come through before then can you extend your visitor visa while waiting for a work permit application?

 

[PTJ]

Not entirely clear how you apply but use the link below to check the processing times for work permit:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/temp.asp

 

[Jalex23]

Hello my visitor visa expires in January. i have applied for a work permit under the LIC program and wanted to know if my permit doesn't come through before then can you extend your visitor visa while waiting for a work permit application?

You will have an implied visitor status until CIC reaches a decision on your application.

 

[lottieh1]

You will have an implied visitor status until CIC reaches a decision on your application.

Sorry I should have said I applied for the work permit after my previous one ran out so I was already on a tourist visa. I dont think i can stay on a tourist visa under implied status can I?

 

[Jalex23]

Sorry I should have said I applied for the work permit after my previous one ran out so I was already on a tourist visa. I dont think i can stay on a tourist visa under implied status can I?

I don't get it.

How did you get a visitor status (a tourist visa is a paper not a status) in the first place?

 

[lottieh1]

Ive been in canada for two years on the IEC then when that finished i got a tourist visa to stay and travel. however shortly after the people i had worked for offered me a job as a live in caregiver. i have applied for this but as the processing takes so long my tourist visa may run out and i'd have to leave the country then come back when i get the work permit. i want to stay in canada untilt he work permit comes through as i pretty much have no where to live in my home country.
i wanted to know if anyone kne wif it's possible to extend a tourist visa while you are waiting for a work permit to come through.

 

[Jalex23]

Ive been in canada for two years on the IEC then when that finished i got a tourist visa to stay and travel. however shortly after the people i had worked for offered me a job as a live in caregiver. i have applied for this but as the processing takes so long my tourist visa may run out and i'd have to leave the country then come back when i get the work permit. i want to stay in canada untilt he work permit comes through as i pretty much have no where to live in my home country.
i wanted to know if anyone kne wif it's possible to extend a tourist visa while you are waiting for a work permit to come through.

We have to use the right terminology.

A tourist visa (TRV) is a paper attached to your passport which grants you entry to Canada and might give you a visitor status. It has its own expiry date.

A tourist status is the status granted by CIC (not necessarily by a TRV). It has its own expiry date (diferent from TRV).

Now correct me if 'm wrong:

- Came here as IEC.
- IEC expired. Applied as a worker to "extend your stay as a visitor".
- Applied as a visitor for a WP.

Is this correct?

 

[lottieh1]

Now correct me if 'm wrong:

- Came here as IEC.
- IEC expired. Applied as a worker to "extend your stay as a visitor".
- Applied as a visitor for a WP.

yes that is correct

 

[Jalex23]

Now correct me if 'm wrong:

- Came here as IEC.
- IEC expired. Applied as a worker to "extend your stay as a visitor".
- Applied as a visitor for a WP.

yes that is correct

OK....

Then you will have a "visitor implied status" until a decision is reached by CIC on your case.