OhWow said:
Can't you just fly to the US and come back? Then you get a 3 months visitor visa / stamp in your passport.
It's ridiculous to ask somebody to leave the country when you have all your registrations here, an apartment, a car, furniture, etc. ... Moving all of this just for a few weeks is additional stress, loss of money, etc. nobody needs. I wish, implied status would also exist until you get your PR, it would make a lot more sense. Even if it was just implied visitor status without the permission to work.
It is ridiculous, it's another money grab imo like IELTS where they make people from English speaking countries prove they speak their native language.
My bridging visa was refused and the CIC call center advised me to apply for restoration of status so I did but that was also rejected and the reasons given made no sense. Apparently an immigration officer considered the following.
1. Ties to country of residence and reason for requesting to restore status (I had no ties to my original country, family , job, car , friends , life all in Canada and I needed status to stay in Canada whilst my PR was processed)
2. Original reason for entering Canada (on a student permit, perfectly legitimate)
3. Financial means to support living during the extended stay (I lived at home with my Canadian parents and had savings, also they never asked to see evidence of my finances)
4. Travel documents ( I assume they mean my passport that's the only document I need to travel from the UK and my passport was new)
5. Probability of leaving Canada at end of authorized stay (I had applied and paid for all the permits necessary following their rules and ultimately I did leave Canada at the end of my authorized stay)
Hopefully you can figure out a way to stay in Canada, but in my experience you just have to leave.
