Proof not being in English

[Line.a]

My original birth certificate isn't in English and there's no way I can get it translated in time. Is it ok to just go with it and state what it says?

 

[Sweden]

no - it's not. It specifically says in the guidelines that any documents that are not in english need to be translated... if it's about a sentence in a chat log in another language, it's OK to put the english translation next to it... but the birth certificate is an official document, and it needs an official translation... so sending it without a translation would be the same as not sending it at all...
Sweden

 

[Line.a]

Thanks for your reply. My time is really starting to run out, which means my visa runs out in just under a month. I'm not too sure we can get our application done. Can I apply to extend my stay as soon as possible? And then apply for my permanent residency once its completed?

 

[Sweden]

what type of visa are you on? and are you from a visa-exempt country or not? are you planning to apply inland or outland?

 

[Line.a]

I'm on an international experience canada visa, I'm from Denmark and we are planning to go the inland route.

 

[Rob_TO]

My original birth certificate isn't in English and there's no way I can get it translated in time. Is it ok to just go with it and state what it says?

As mentioned, it MUST be officially translated. Most certified translators/lawyers that do this, can turn around a translated document in at most a couple of days. We did 3 translations and they were done the next day!

 

[Sweden]

OK... IEC visa can not be extended from what I know.

But - before your IEC visa runs out ( 30 days before normally), you could ask for a change of visa - and ask for a visitor visa ( it costs 75$ and can be done online). Include proofs that you are applying for PR soon ( if you have paid the fee for the application, include the receipt for example, so you can show that you are serious about applying for PR), and most likely you will be granted a visitor visa for 6 months. It gives you time to work on your application.... and get everything together. Not sending some documents is not going to help, because you might have your application sent back because of documents missing ( especially some like birth certificate etc ).

It takes about 90 days to get an answer, and until you receive an answer, you are under "implied status" - so you can stay in Canada. I would not advise to try and leave the country, and come back, but as long as you are in Canada, you'll be fine.

ALso - I'm not sure why you would go the inland route, and you might have a very good reason, but just for you to be aware : you can apply outland AND stay in Canada. It won't give you implied status like Inland does, BUT as long as you maintain your visitor status, then you would be OK. With a danish passport, it should be a problem. You could get your first visitor visa now (and stop working as soon as your IEC visa runs out), and extend it another time if your PR didn't come through at that point....

You don't have to apply inland because you're in Canada - you can apply outland, it's legal, and "advised" by CIC even if you are in Canada if you can get faster processing time. As you are a danish national, you would go through London, and it's a pretty fast VO.... so you could have your PR in the same time it would take you to get the first stage approval for Inland ( currently 6 months).

Also - with inland, you HAVE to stay in Canada for the whole time ( 14 months at present). Which means, no holidays trip, and no emergency trip for family reasons etc - if you leave Canada and not allowed back in ( the border officer can see that you have applied inland and you're not supposed to leave, so he can refuse you entry for that), then your application will be abandoned, and you would have to start all over again, outland.

There are very few advantages for visa-exempt applicants to go inland if they have a fast VO, and London is definitely one of the fast ones... so just wanted to mention it to you - a few people assume that they have to go inland because they are in Canada but it's not the case.

Good luck,
Sweden ( eller Sverige! )

 

[Sweden]

As mentioned, it MUST be officially translated. Most certified translators/lawyers that do this, can turn around a translated document in at most a couple of days. We did 3 translations and they were done the next day!

Indeed - same for me - I had a document translated from swedish to english and it only took a couple of days, so don't send anything without the official translation.

 

[Line.a]

You might have just cleared out everything perfectly! Tak skal du have
My IEC visa runs out on February 10th do you think if I extend it as soon as I can - it will be there in time? Now I have stayed here a lot and I had a little warning coming to Calgary November 11 but was given 3 months but he said that I'd most likely get trouble if I want to stay more? But I got the IEC visa a couple months later.. But that won't be a problem extending it? And so what you mean is if I don't hear back from them and my IEC visa runs out I just stay, right? Thanks once again

 

[Sweden]

Værsågod!

If you got the IEC visa after the warning then it should be fine I think!

Since your IEC visa runs out 10th of February, you should apply NOW! normally it's about 30 days in advance, so it's about time... pay the fee for the PR application already (1040$ total) and attach the receipt to your application, and explain that you are applying for PR etc and normally it should be granted.... for 6 months, and the 6 months starts counting from when your IEC visa expires, so you should be good until the 10th of August. If by the 10th of July you don't have the PR (outland) or you haven't filed (inland), then apply for another extension - there is no maximum time you can apply for an extension....

As long as you don't have the answer for the extension, you can stay in Canada as you are on implied status - legally allowed to stay, but not to work (it's a grey area with IEC visa as they can not be extended normally, so you're not supposed to keep on working, some people have managed to do so, but I would not advise it). Then when you get the answer: either it's positive, and you can stay, or it's negative, and you have to leave (but quite unlikely with a PR application in process).

In the meantime, get the application ready and apply. If you apply inland, and include a OWP application, then you are allowed to stay in Canada until you get the answer - in fact you can not leave!
If you apply outland, you will have to keep your status valid, but you probably also will get a faster PR - first stage is 50 days for now, but quite a few people have had an answer faster than that (see December spreadsheet in my signature), and London is anywhere from 3 months (fast cases) to 9 months (stated on the website) but for visa-exempt, straightforward case, it's closer to 4 to 5 months.

Lykke til!
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