No legal status since July 2016

[S0lidnz]

Hello fellas so im here stuck with no legal status after my study permit expired back in the end of 2016. This is my story :
-Came to the province of quebec to study in 2012,finished my first AEC diploma in 2013 with my FIRST study permit still valid. I came back then to my home country and applied for a second study permit as the first one was out of date short time after having my first diploma and after leaving canada. I got accepted for my second study permit for a DEC from 2014 to 2016,so i went back and finished my diploma but unfortunately due a miscommunication between my immigration lawyer and me, my study permit has been unvalid since july 2016 and i obtained successfully my diplome in the end of 2016 without a valid study permit and,logically, no documents to apply for a work permit inland. So here i am stuck for 3 years here without a status working some cash jobs and staying lowkey. What is the best advice one can give ? I dont know if H&C can be helpful in my situation or maybe just go back to my country and apply again for a visa/work permit ? Cheers guys your replies would be so much helpful

 

[scylla]

Hello fellas so im here stuck with no legal status after my study permit expired back in the end of 2016. This is my story :
-Came to the province of quebec to study in 2012,finished my first AEC diploma in 2013 with my FIRST study permit still valid. I came back then to my home country and applied for a second study permit as the first one was out of date short time after having my first diploma and after leaving canada. I got accepted for my second study permit for a DEC from 2014 to 2016,so i went back and finished my diploma but unfortunately due a miscommunication between my immigration lawyer and me, my study permit has been unvalid since july 2016 and i obtained successfully my diplome in the end of 2016 without a valid study permit and,logically, no documents to apply for a work permit inland. So here i am stuck for 3 years here without a status working some cash jobs and staying lowkey. What is the best advice one can give ? I dont know if H&C can be helpful in my situation or maybe just go back to my country and apply again for a visa/work permit ? Cheers guys your replies would be so much helpful

Overstaying a study permit doesn't qualify you for H&C. H&C cases in generally have very low approval rates and are for exceptional circumstances. I don't think this would be the right way to go in your case. IMO you'd be looking at a guaranteed refusal.

Best option is to return to your home country and then focus on qualifying for an economic immigration program like Express Entry. Any sort of temporary visa (work permit, another study permit, visitor visa) most likely won't be possible due to the overstay. If you qualify and apply to immigrate, the overstay will be forgiven as long as you declare it in your application. You won't be able to count your cash jobs as work experience - so you'll need to first gain a few years of work experience outside of Canada before you'll qualify.

 

[canuck_in_uk]

Hello fellas so im here stuck with no legal status after my study permit expired back in the end of 2016. This is my story :
-Came to the province of quebec to study in 2012,finished my first AEC diploma in 2013 with my FIRST study permit still valid. I came back then to my home country and applied for a second study permit as the first one was out of date short time after having my first diploma and after leaving canada. I got accepted for my second study permit for a DEC from 2014 to 2016,so i went back and finished my diploma but unfortunately due a miscommunication between my immigration lawyer and me, my study permit has been unvalid since july 2016 and i obtained successfully my diplome in the end of 2016 without a valid study permit and,logically, no documents to apply for a work permit inland. So here i am stuck for 3 years here without a status working some cash jobs and staying lowkey. What is the best advice one can give ? I dont know if H&C can be helpful in my situation or maybe just go back to my country and apply again for a visa/work permit ? Cheers guys your replies would be so much helpful

Leave Canada. As you have overstayed for 3 years and worked illegally, you have no chance of being approved for any form of temporary residency at all in the near future.