My wife, who is Canadian born and raised, and I got married on August 11th in Canada, and I will be applying for PR, and open work permit, with my wife as sponsor, from inside Canada.
My big, huge problem is, that when I entered Canada, the immigration officer at the airport, for unknown reasons, decided that I could only stay in Canada for 3 months. despite the fact, that I showed prove, that I could provide for myself, and that I had a valid return ticket.
I'm from a western european country, and don't need visa to visit, plus I have a valid ticket (bought a ticket, that was valid for 6 months, as from what I could see, that was the time I was allowed to stay as a visitor).
They put a note in my passport, that I have to leave Canada by october 23rd, (a little under 3 months) and that I'm not allowed to study or work (The last part did not come as a surprise, and I never had any attention of doing so, before my applications had been processed). I have to say, that the first part completely took me by surprise, that they're even able to do this, for no apparent reason, other than they can.
What I really want to know is, can I be allowed to stay, while my applications are being processed, and how do I go about it...how and where can I apply, to be allowed to extend my visitor status, with this thing in my passport ?
ANY help would be appreciated.
My big, huge problem is, that when I entered Canada, the immigration officer at the airport, for unknown reasons, decided that I could only stay in Canada for 3 months. despite the fact, that I showed prove, that I could provide for myself, and that I had a valid return ticket.
I'm from a western european country, and don't need visa to visit, plus I have a valid ticket (bought a ticket, that was valid for 6 months, as from what I could see, that was the time I was allowed to stay as a visitor).
They put a note in my passport, that I have to leave Canada by october 23rd, (a little under 3 months) and that I'm not allowed to study or work (The last part did not come as a surprise, and I never had any attention of doing so, before my applications had been processed). I have to say, that the first part completely took me by surprise, that they're even able to do this, for no apparent reason, other than they can.
What I really want to know is, can I be allowed to stay, while my applications are being processed, and how do I go about it...how and where can I apply, to be allowed to extend my visitor status, with this thing in my passport ?
ANY help would be appreciated.