Hi I am a British citizen and have applied for spousal sponsorship inland. I came on a tourist visa (180 days) and have well overstayed by around a year, I received a letter stating my application has been processed onto the Right of permanent residence fee stage, having said this I still need a legal status within Canada, I also applied for a work permit which when I called cic was on hold due to no eligible status in this moment of time and will be decided by July of 2016 what can I do to obtain a legal status, can I apply for a temporary visitors visa even though I have overstayed for so long?
overstaying in canada while inland spousal application is in process??
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At this point it's not possible for you to restore your status from within Canada. You would have to physically leave the country and re-enter.
Not sure why you've started this thread in the Citizenship forum, but...
You can [probably] remain in Canada and once you have first stage approval (AIP), you will be eligible for the regular OWP. Even those without status will get an OWP after they have AIP.
When did you submit the Inland application? You should have AIP somewhere ~ the 17 month mark...hopefully.
Leaving Canada with an Inland application already submitted and having been out of status for so long, is a bad idea, IMO.
You can [probably] remain in Canada and once you have first stage approval (AIP), you will be eligible for the regular OWP. Even those without status will get an OWP after they have AIP.
When did you submit the Inland application? You should have AIP somewhere ~ the 17 month mark...hopefully.
Leaving Canada with an Inland application already submitted and having been out of status for so long, is a bad idea, IMO.
sorry about the wrong thread I didn't realize,
I submitted the inland application on Jan 9th 2015 i submitted my medical, RPRF and now I am scheduled to wait for my PPR, on THE RPRF letter I received states that I must have a temporary legal status in Canada which was outdated 3 months when I arrived in Canada, so I assume nothing more should be done in regards to obtaining any legal stay in Canada, I was only confused about my work permit as the cic agent that I called had said that it was on hold due to my ineligible status but will be finalized in July of this year :s I didn't understand what he was talking about and i don't understand why my work permit is taking so long
I submitted the inland application on Jan 9th 2015 i submitted my medical, RPRF and now I am scheduled to wait for my PPR, on THE RPRF letter I received states that I must have a temporary legal status in Canada which was outdated 3 months when I arrived in Canada, so I assume nothing more should be done in regards to obtaining any legal stay in Canada, I was only confused about my work permit as the cic agent that I called had said that it was on hold due to my ineligible status but will be finalized in July of this year :s I didn't understand what he was talking about and i don't understand why my work permit is taking so long
AFAIK, legal status is NOT a requirement for an Inland applicant, because the Public Policy that was introduced back in Feb 2005 is still in place.
The reason that it's taking so long for your OWP, is because you are out of status. Once you have AIP, you will be able to apply for the OWP.
The reason that it's taking so long for your OWP, is because you are out of status. Once you have AIP, you will be able to apply for the OWP.