IEC work permit form 1295 confusion

[Flo85]

Hey everyone,

I just got accepted for the IEC Young Professional program from Germany and about to apply for the work permit at the MyCIC platform.
I have some questions about the form IMM1295.
I am currently residing IN Canada as a visitor and waiting for my PR application to get processed. Now I am confused how to answer the questions about my current country of residence? I read (I think it was in that forum) that people got their application rejected because they got mixed up since it is an application for outside Canada.
Furthermore I want to ask if the police record from my country (Germany) has to be translated and both not older than 3 months or could I submit a translated police record from February 2014?
My last question is about the proof of my medical examination. I went to an upfront medical examination for my PR application and only got the receipt and the eMedical information sheet since the results are submitted by the panel clinic directly to CIC. Is this information sheet enough as proof for my work permit application?

Thank you in advance.

Flo

 

[Marlee]

As you know, I am not at the CIC stage yet but I did the same for my Working Holiday visa last year. Since when are you supposed to undergo a medical exam?! Did you visit any of the countries on the list they provide?

Also, if you applied for PR (either FSW or CEC) you are eligible for an open work permit, the so called bridging open work permit. I am not, since I am immigrating to Québec and they are (as usual) a little bit "special". If you applied federally however, you are good to go!

You could have applied for it while still holding a valid work permit. I know, that is not the case anymore. However, if your new work permit is about to expire, this would certainly be the simplest option for you:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/2012-12-17.asp

 

[Marlee]

"Furthermore I want to ask if the police record from my country (Germany) has to be translated and both not older than 3 months or could I submit a translated police record from February 2014?"

It does not have to be translated. Before, it had to be issued within the last 6 months. However, they changed that regulation last summer. Now it cannot be older than 3 months.

"Police certificates are NOT required for stage 1. Your police certification must be issued no more than three months before you apply."

Unfortunately, there is no such thing as an online application form for German police certificates. You have to download the from and either send it to the Bundesjustizamt by regular mail or fax. I faxed it today (Jesus, who on earth owns a fax machine nowadays, hello 2014!?). Canada Post offers that service and it's $1.75 per fax which is cheaper (and also a lot faster) than mailing. Also, you have to get the form signed by an authority confirming your identity and signature. If you live in Toronto, Ottawa or Vancouver, you can do it at the consulate. The consulate in Montréal doesn't offer services of that matter, therefore, since I did not feel like spending a fortune at the notary, I went to the local police station. You just bring the form along, the officer checks your passport, you sign the form right in front of him and then he signs and stamps it. That's all. It is said to take 10 days plus delivery, so I am expecting it to take at least 15 days.

https://www.bundesjustizamt.de/DE/Themen/Buergerdienste/BZR/Ausland/Antrag/FAQ_node.html

I hope that helps!

 

[Flo85]

thanks Marlee for your respond.
Regarding the medical exam proof. I dont know if everyone who is applying for young professional has to undergo an med. exam but as I went through the questionaire Ive been asked if I underwent a med. exam in the last 12 months, and I did. So maybe thats why they just want to see it because I did it.
In case of the police record, I just want to make 100% sure that the german police record (not translated into english) would be enough to upload. I just received my police record in Germany (applied for it 2 weeks ago) so I could possibly use it right away!? t=Is there anywhere a reference which says it does NOT need to be translated?

 

[Marlee]

No, not that I am aware of. But there has been a HUGE discussion about this in the "Work and Travel Kanada" group (Facebook) last year when I applied for my working holiday visa. A few people wanted to be super safe and also submitted a certified translation. I personally didn't. Neither did the majority of people there. And in the end, NO ONE without a translation has been asked to submit one in the end. So in the end, I would have wasted a lot of money for nothing. I mean, if you have any entries, of course you will have to get it translated but I just guess that by now, the officers have learned that "Keine Eintragungen" means "No entries".

I certainly won't submit a translation this year if it has been working out well for everyone (including me) without one last year.

 

[Flo85]

Yes, I will submit my police certificate without translation since I want to have it submitted by Saturday.
I just have to find out how I answer question 9 in the form IMM1295. They ask me where I am applying from (germany) and my status (citizen) and then they ask me 'from - to' about the status?

How should I answer that. I have been a citizen since I was born but dont know how long I will be a citizen. Can anybody help me with that?

 

[susana]

From; date of birth...to: date signing the application, status...citizen

 

[Marlee]

If you select citizen, the from/to section will appear in grey, meaning you don't have to fill that one out.

 

[Flo85]

Not in my appliation form 1295E.
Only the 'Other' section appears in grey but I still have to fill out the from to to dates. And if I keep the cursor over that section following inforamtion appears: "The end date of your immigration status in the country from where you are applying in YYY-MM-DD format"
For me pretty confusing, but I'll do it as susana suggested it!

 

[Marlee]

That's weird. This is how it looks like in my IMM1295E...

 

[Flo85]

Yep. yours is question 7.
I have that problem with question 9. I am currently in Canada so I have to put Canada in question 7.

 

[Marlee]

...I thought this was the reason why the others got rejected? Note that on the top of the form it says APPLICATION FOR WORK PERMIT MADE FROM OUTSIDE CANADA.

For question 9, I checked "No" and hence the entire section appears in grey. It means we are lying, yes. But apparently this is the only way to do it.

 

[Marlee]

Some people from Australia have had the same problem previously:

"Hey all,

So I just got off the phone with a lady from CIC. When I told her about the problem, she confirmed that I have to put AUSTRALIA as my country of residence, even though I've been living in Canada the past two years.

She said it was because of the type of visa (the WHP). So I asked her if that would cause any problems with my application further down the line, and she said no, cause the application can be transferred to an Australian Consulate in the US.

Once I get the LOI, I only have to go to the border, and don't actually have to leave the country.

So I'm gearing up to have a crack at Stage 2. I hope that's helpful in any way.

Cheers

S"

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/iec-reapplication-questions-about-stage-2-through-mycic-t152888.0.html

 

[Flo85]

I hope that is not the reason why these were rejected.
I mean CIC asks where you reside now (question 7) and then where you're applying from (question 9), and these can be different. I mean if question 7 has to be your country of citizenship, why then question 9? I could be potentially on vacation and would lie if I put in Germany in question 7.

I guess I will see what happens since I couldnt even pay the application fees. Im totally lost with this right now.

 

[susana]

The instructions are 100% clear, if you live in another country other than your country of citizenship and you have a legal status in that country , then you select that country as your country of residence. If you live in Canada, you select Canada.

If you were legally admited to Canada for a year, you can select your country of residency (Canada) to process your wp application outside Canada, in this case your work permit gets processed in USA as the visa office in USA(Los Angeles) is the one that process applications for temporary residents of Canada. If you select your application not to be procesed in your country of residence, then you select your country of citizenship and your application will be procesed by the visa office of your own Country, in this case Vienna.

I have never heard of Australian Consulate in USA processing wp for Canada. Such thing does not happen...

Here are the instructions...


Question 5
Type your city or town of birth.

From the list, select your country of birth.

Question 6
From the list, select your country of citizenship. To be a citizen of a country means that you were either born in that country (in most cases) or have been granted citizenship by that country. If you have dual citizenship, select the country that issued the passport you will be using for this trip.

Question 7
From the list, select the appropriate information to indicate:

The name of your country of residence. Your country of residence is the country in which you are living, provided that you have been lawfully admitted to that country.
Your immigration status in that country (indicate one of the following):
Citizen
Permanent resident
Visitor
Worker
Student
Other
Protected Person
Refugee Claimant

Other: This section must be completed if you selected ‘‘Other'' as a status,
The dates (From – To) you have been living in your country of residence.
Question 8

Check the box to indicate whether you have lived in any country other than your country of citizenship or your current country of residence for more than six (6) months in the past five (5) years.

If you checked ‘‘Yes'', from the list select the appropriate information to indicate the following:

The name of the country you lived in,
Your immigration status for the time you were in that country:
Citizen
Permanent resident
Visitor
Worker
Student
Other
Protected Person
Refugee Claimant
Other: This section must be completed if you selected ‘‘Other'' as a status,
The dates (From – To) you were living in that country.

Question 9
Check the box to indicate if you are applying from your current country of residence.

If you checked ‘‘No'', select the appropriate information from the list to indicate:

The name of the country where you are applying from,
Your immigration status in that country by choosing one of the following:
Citizen
Permanent resident
Visitor
Worker
Student
Other
Protected Person
Refugee Claimant
Other: This section must be completed if you selected ‘‘Other'' as a status,
The dates (From – To) that you have been living in that country.
Note: If you are not a citizen of the country where you are making your application, you must provide proof of your legal status when you submit your application.