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Working holiday Visa change to Visitor Visa

sandraqi

Full Member
Jun 7, 2011
39
0
Visa Office......
Buffalo/ New York
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
09-Sept-2011
File Transfer...
25-Nov-2011 Buffalo, transferred to New York on 16-Jan-2012
Med's Done....
06-Sept-2011
Passport Req..
05-March-2012
Hi There,

We sent our spouse immigration application in Sept, 2011. Visa office will be: Buffalo, USA
My husband hold working holiday Visa in Canada now, but it will expired in March, 2012. He is New Zealand Citizen.
We would like to know how we should do before his working holiday visa expired.

Option 1/ we send change status application online to CIC.

Option 2/ we go to Buffalo border, enter US then come back to Canada, and show some documents to the border officer that we are in the process for immigration, hope to get 6 months visitor Visa.

I'm not sure which option i could use , or Both are applicable? Please give me some advices, thanks a lot!

Sandra
 

Harju

Star Member
Apr 4, 2010
197
13
Category........
Visa Office......
Seoul
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
App. Filed.......
12/09/2010
AOR Received.
25/10/2010
Passport Req..
02/11/2011
VISA ISSUED...
28/11/2011
LANDED..........
31/12/2011
I would apply on-line for a change of conditions and ask for a one year visitor visa.
 

rjessome

VIP Member
Feb 24, 2009
4,354
212
Job Offer........
Pre-Assessed..
sandraqi said:
Hi There,

We sent our spouse immigration application in Sept, 2011. Visa office will be: Buffalo, USA
My husband hold working holiday Visa in Canada now, but it will expired in March, 2012. He is New Zealand Citizen.
We would like to know how we should do before his working holiday visa expired.

Option 1/ we send change status application online to CIC.

Option 2/ we go to Buffalo border, enter US then come back to Canada, and show some documents to the border officer that we are in the process for immigration, hope to get 6 months visitor Visa.

I'm not sure which option i could use , or Both are applicable? Please give me some advices, thanks a lot!

Sandra
Both options would probably work for him. But I wouldn't worry about it until it is much closer to expiry. He may be a PR by then.