You are absolutely right. The date doesn't matter because of the marriage. My bad...toutesweet said:
By the way my fiancee is here in Canada for a working visa. She came from the philippines. So what's the best possible option for us now that they are not accepting OWP with the PR application? Will my soon to be wife be sent back home to the philippines because her work visa expires in July 2014 and we'll be sending our application by April time after the wedding.zardoz said:
1) apply for a work permit extension.gleysabel said:
If it were me, and I were that terrified of cancelling and them finding out, I would put a call into CIC when nobody knew, inform them of my situation and allow them to 'deny' the application based on MOC or something along those lines. It would save you, the 'forced' sponsor from having to cancel the application for yourself. Otherwise, the only option left is for you to cancel the sponsorship and accept the outcome.girl101 said:
If this was an arranged marriage with the purpose of assisting someone to immigrate to Canada, it will be considered as a "marriage of convenience". If this is the case, it's possible that it might put you at risk as well.girl101 said:
You do realise that there is no longer the option to apply for an OWP with the inland PR application, and therefore no "implied status" via that route? (as of the last couple of days). Just checking....canadiansteve said:
You have got to be kidding me, that would basically just destroy our plans. Source please? And does implied status not come from the sponsorship application itself, I was informed in an immigration consultation that this is the case and she could receive implied status regardless of applying for OWP.zardoz said:
http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/new-sponsorship-rules-canada-makes-it-even-harder-for-us-t182180.0.htmlcanadiansteve said:
You can still stay together in Canada. She could be on a visitor visa and extend her stay during the process. You can still apply for the OWP, you will just need to do it online when you receive AIP and it will take about 10 days (according to current processing times). The only thing that changes is implied status by having already submitted the OWP. All is not lost!canadiansteve said:
So in other words it's an administrative change? It doesn't actually change anything except for how they organize it. And implied status from my understanding can also be obtained by a visitors visa extension. We just don't have the money to be screwing around in and out of the country, so as long as the expectations don't change this is basically the same in my eyes. Perhaps they'll even lower the OWP price if it has become automated, but I doubt it.msbozick said:
Implied status as a visitor can, but not as a worker or student. I think this is triggered as much as anything by the fact that inland applications now go to CPC-M instead of CPC-V (as of yesterday). So, those trying to get implied status for IEC/PGWP are now dead in the water...canadiansteve said:
Well of course, Canada is an extremely hypocritical country, they will want to change their policy so that they can attract the richest immigrants. I don't think anyone (at least that I have seen) has said that PR application gives implied status by default, but I would be surprised if they can just say that there is no implied status, that would basically mean that applying inland has no benefits. Like it has already been said, just apply for a visa extension and boom magic, you have implied status as long as you applied 30 days before expiry.zardoz said:
