Hello all, thank you in advance for reading and replying to this question.
For background i had received an ITA in Dec 2025 and had applied within the month for CEC PR. My original PGWP had expired in October 2025. I had applied for an extension of the work permit based on an LMIA application my employers had submitted in Jan 2025. In Feb 2026 i received rejection of my WP extension since i still hadnt received a reply from the LMIA application. This essentially left me out of status and i had not applied for a BOWP since i already had a WP extension application in progress.
I am currently out of status and have already submitted a restoration application for a visitor record.
My main question would be that how much will this affect my processing time for my PR application? I was expecting to hear back by April if i got lucky and thanks to Gemini, it mentions that my application will now take 8-10 months to process. Has anyone experienced this? Would love to know thoughts and experiences!
For background i had received an ITA in Dec 2025 and had applied within the month for CEC PR. My original PGWP had expired in October 2025. I had applied for an extension of the work permit based on an LMIA application my employers had submitted in Jan 2025. In Feb 2026 i received rejection of my WP extension since i still hadnt received a reply from the LMIA application. This essentially left me out of status and i had not applied for a BOWP since i already had a WP extension application in progress.
I am currently out of status and have already submitted a restoration application for a visitor record.
My main question would be that how much will this affect my processing time for my PR application? I was expecting to hear back by April if i got lucky and thanks to Gemini, it mentions that my application will now take 8-10 months to process. Has anyone experienced this? Would love to know thoughts and experiences!