Hello,
Longish story here -- bear with me.
My husband applied for PR in Dec. 2017 with OWP. OWP was sent back in Feb 2018 for missing fees, so we sent it back to Vegreville Feb 15 and it was approved yesterday.
Now, in March 2018, my husband had to go back to his home country (Korea) due to medical issues. Previous to that, he was in Canada legally since November 3rd, as Korea is a visa-exempt country and Korean citizens are allowed a 6 month stay. He returned to Canada May 8 through Vancouver, and the border official told him she "had never heard of a 6 month stay" nor a "visa exempt status" so she gave him a visa document that is valid until July 7, 2018.
To me, it sounds as though this agent had no clue what the law was, and because of this, she gave my husband, a resident of a visa exempt country, a 2 month visa. What should we do in order to extend his status? Should we apply to extend or should we go to the land border (nearest to us is 1000 Islands in Ontario) and explain our situation?
Any advice is appreciated. Thank you
Longish story here -- bear with me.
My husband applied for PR in Dec. 2017 with OWP. OWP was sent back in Feb 2018 for missing fees, so we sent it back to Vegreville Feb 15 and it was approved yesterday.
Now, in March 2018, my husband had to go back to his home country (Korea) due to medical issues. Previous to that, he was in Canada legally since November 3rd, as Korea is a visa-exempt country and Korean citizens are allowed a 6 month stay. He returned to Canada May 8 through Vancouver, and the border official told him she "had never heard of a 6 month stay" nor a "visa exempt status" so she gave him a visa document that is valid until July 7, 2018.
To me, it sounds as though this agent had no clue what the law was, and because of this, she gave my husband, a resident of a visa exempt country, a 2 month visa. What should we do in order to extend his status? Should we apply to extend or should we go to the land border (nearest to us is 1000 Islands in Ontario) and explain our situation?
Any advice is appreciated. Thank you