Staying in Canada When Applying for Bridging Open Work Permit

[bobby_yan]

According to International Mobility Program: Provincial nominees and permanent residence applications – Bridging open work permits for certain federal economic class applicants (I'm not allowed to post the link), "To be eligible for a BOWP, foreign nationals must" "be currently in Canada". Does this mean for the whole application process, the applicant should be physically in Canada? Or the applicant can leave Canada for a short period of time and then re-enter after the submission, as long as he/she maintains the legal status in Canada, e.g. leave Canada for US for a few weeks as vocation with a valid work permit? Thank you very much.