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My closed work permit is set to expire at the end of April, and I’m currently waiting for my eCOPR. Can I start applying for a work permit extension now, or do I need to wait? The current processing time for an extension is 146 days, and I have 90 days remaining on my work permit.


Your guidance on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
 
The numbers for 2025 to 2027 were published last year, in October, when they reduced immigration levels. People have been talking about this quite a lot. IRCC announced nothing today, it isn't on their website. What might you be referring to?

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news.html

yes that’s right. The PR quota was 485,000 last year in 2024 and reduced to 395,000 in 2025. This is followed by further reductions in the upcoming years. Given these reductions, it is normal to expect cuts in IRCC employment.

at this point, I think the only thing we can do is to create awareness about the backlogs. Please keep posting on twitter, make sure to tag IRCC. It’s crucial to make our voice heard somehow
 
I am still hoping for a good week. I am P2 october 30 CEC inland. Anyone have any success through reaching out to your MP?
 
P2 received on 6th Nov 2024
declared my presence in canada and updated photo and address on 7th November 2024
CEC inland.
Even my presence in canada has not been accepted by IRCC yet.
It all gets accepted at the same time.
3 months is what the agents tell those who call ti wait for. As far as I know nothing in law about 3 months. They just say call back after that time.
Best of Luck
 
P2 received on 6th Nov 2024
declared my presence in canada and updated photo and address on 7th November 2024
CEC inland.
Even my presence in canada has not been accepted by IRCC yet.
your presence in Canada will never be accepted, it will stay submitted to IRCC. IRCC agent will simply issue you ECOPR based on the Declaration submission but even after ECOPR it will remain submitted to IRCC, only your photo and address will be accepted although in my case they never accepted my photo only the address was accepted and then PR Card was issued.
 
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The numbers for 2025 to 2027 were published last year, in October, when they reduced immigration levels. People have been talking about this quite a lot. IRCC announced nothing today, it isn't on their website. What might you be referring to?

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news.html
Well, from what I heard, there has been adjustments in the numbers in the recent email communication by the press secretary to the immigration minister on Provincial nominee program. The numbers have been halved. Remember the immigration minister said last year that they were adjusting the number to focus more on people already in Canada. Read this from someone I follow who seem to have credible immigration news on a regular basis. For now, quota for NS, MB, NB, NFL, and NWT have all been cut by half. Source: Olu of Canada on X.
 
My closed work permit is set to expire at the end of April, and I’m currently waiting for my eCOPR. Can I start applying for a work permit extension now, or do I need to wait? The current processing time for an extension is 146 days, and I have 90 days remaining on my work permit.


Your guidance on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!

You can try to apply for the bridging open work permit. Just my two cents.
 
My closed work permit is set to expire at the end of April, and I’m currently waiting for my eCOPR. Can I start applying for a work permit extension now, or do I need to wait? The current processing time for an extension is 146 days, and I have 90 days remaining on my work permit.


Your guidance on this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance!
I just wanted to add if you have Lmia and have claimed 50 points , even after p2 stage they can reject your application if your closed permit /Lmia is not valid .I got to know about this from someone’s Facebook post , they had a rejection after p2
 
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I am still hoping for a good week. I am P2 october 30 CEC inland. Anyone have any success through reaching out to your MP?
 
I just wanted to add if you have Lmia and have claimed 50 points , even after p2 stage they can reject your application if your closed permit /Lmia is not valid .I got to know about this from someone’s Facebook post , they had a rejection after p2
Exactly! And I mentioned this last week that a few applicants' files have been re-opened (especially the LMIA ones) for final verification! But apparently, some people had issue with the harsh truth. There are still quite a few people whose files have been re-opened and their FD have been removed from GCkey along with the CoPR document number from their tracker as well.