Hi,
I have entered Canada as visitor and been given a 4 months deadline to leave the country via visitor record (due to dual intent) at the air border. I have now applied for OWP due to the long processing times for Quebec applications. It is likely that I will receive OWP while I am on maintained status. My questions:
I have entered Canada as visitor and been given a 4 months deadline to leave the country via visitor record (due to dual intent) at the air border. I have now applied for OWP due to the long processing times for Quebec applications. It is likely that I will receive OWP while I am on maintained status. My questions:
- When I entered Canada as visitor, I have informed IRCC via webform and called call-centre. They have updated my address, but I haven't sent a scan of the visitor record, nor I have informed IRCC when my visitor status would expire. I just told them that I was living in Canada as temporary resident with visitor status from 'date'. Would that be an issue? I assume is not an issue as IRCC can see all the history of my entries to Canada?
- Also, I have changed passport from submission and when I sent a scan of my new passport, I only sent the main page with photo, but did not send the page with the stamp from CBSA. Would that be an issue? I assume is not an issue as IRCC can see all the history of my entries to Canada?
- Is maintained status an actual status, or my status will remain visitor status until I receive the OWP? Do I need to inform IRCC when I go on maintained status? And when my status becomes 'worker'?
- I have seen people that get OWP rejected because they got PR, but they haven't yet received COPR/virtual landing. They receive the COPR confirmation email/virtual landing request a few days after their OWP is rejected. Should this happen to me while I am on maintained status, would it mean that I am out of status between OWP rejection and virtual landing? Would that be a problem?
- Should they reject OWP while I am on maintained status, how many days do I have to leave Canada without being out of status? Can I stay in Canada out of status with PR application ongoing? Can I apply for status restoration and visitor record extension?
