advice re. PNP and BUNAC
May 15th 2008, 8:49 pm
#1
Just Joined
Thread Starter
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 25
advice re. PNP and BUNAC
Hello. I am currently in Canada on a 1 year working visa with BUNAC which expires June 12 of this year, currently working fulltime in BC.
I submitted my PNP application on March 18 and received confirmation April 3, right now I'm just waiting on a reply from the PNP guys (who have just increased the waiting time to 10-12 weeks), so my question is about my options:
1) If I receive a positive reply from the PNP before June 12, will I be able to "flagpole" and thereby get a TWP immediately? Or will I need to send everything off to the CIC and have to wait another month or so for a TWP?
2) Should I still be waiting for a reply on the week before June 12, I guess I will need to exit to the US and come back on a 6 month visitors visa?
3) Is there much chance of them telling me I can't re-enter Canada with either one of these options? And if that is the case what would my options be then?
4) Anything else I should know at this point?
Thanks in advance for any help.
I submitted my PNP application on March 18 and received confirmation April 3, right now I'm just waiting on a reply from the PNP guys (who have just increased the waiting time to 10-12 weeks), so my question is about my options:
1) If I receive a positive reply from the PNP before June 12, will I be able to "flagpole" and thereby get a TWP immediately? Or will I need to send everything off to the CIC and have to wait another month or so for a TWP?
2) Should I still be waiting for a reply on the week before June 12, I guess I will need to exit to the US and come back on a 6 month visitors visa?
3) Is there much chance of them telling me I can't re-enter Canada with either one of these options? And if that is the case what would my options be then?
4) Anything else I should know at this point?
Thanks in advance for any help.
May 20th 2008, 4:37 pm
#2
Just Joined
Thread Starter
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 25
Re: advice re. PNP and BUNAC
Hello. I am currently in Canada on a 1 year working visa with BUNAC which expires June 12 of this year, currently working fulltime in BC.
I submitted my PNP application on March 18 and received confirmation April 3, right now I'm just waiting on a reply from the PNP guys (who have just increased the waiting time to 10-12 weeks), so my question is about my options:
1) If I receive a positive reply from the PNP before June 12, will I be able to "flagpole" and thereby get a TWP immediately? Or will I need to send everything off to the CIC and have to wait another month or so for a TWP?
2) Should I still be waiting for a reply on the week before June 12, I guess I will need to exit to the US and come back on a 6 month visitors visa?
3) Is there much chance of them telling me I can't re-enter Canada with either one of these options? And if that is the case what would my options be then?
4) Anything else I should know at this point?
Thanks in advance for any help.
I submitted my PNP application on March 18 and received confirmation April 3, right now I'm just waiting on a reply from the PNP guys (who have just increased the waiting time to 10-12 weeks), so my question is about my options:
1) If I receive a positive reply from the PNP before June 12, will I be able to "flagpole" and thereby get a TWP immediately? Or will I need to send everything off to the CIC and have to wait another month or so for a TWP?
2) Should I still be waiting for a reply on the week before June 12, I guess I will need to exit to the US and come back on a 6 month visitors visa?
3) Is there much chance of them telling me I can't re-enter Canada with either one of these options? And if that is the case what would my options be then?
4) Anything else I should know at this point?
Thanks in advance for any help.
May 21st 2008, 8:10 am
#3
Bring on the snow!
Joined: Jan 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 1,420
Re: advice re. PNP and BUNAC
.
Hello. I am currently in Canada on a 1 year working visa with BUNAC which expires June 12 of this year, currently working fulltime in BC.
I submitted my PNP application on March 18 and received confirmation April 3, right now I'm just waiting on a reply from the PNP guys (who have just increased the waiting time to 10-12 weeks), so my question is about my options:
1) If I receive a positive reply from the PNP before June 12, will I be able to "flagpole" and thereby get a TWP immediately? Or will I need to send everything off to the CIC and have to wait another month or so for a TWP?
you can do either, if you apply to CIC in Vegreville before BUNAC visa runs out then you can remain in canada working on implied status
2) Should I still be waiting for a reply on the week before June 12, I guess I will need to exit to the US and come back on a 6 month visitors visa?
they may not give you the full 6mths, depends on your circumstances, you'll have to convince officer that you won't work
3) Is there much chance of them telling me I can't re-enter Canada with either one of these options? And if that is the case what would my options be then?
4) Anything else I should know at this point?
Thanks in advance for any help.
I submitted my PNP application on March 18 and received confirmation April 3, right now I'm just waiting on a reply from the PNP guys (who have just increased the waiting time to 10-12 weeks), so my question is about my options:
1) If I receive a positive reply from the PNP before June 12, will I be able to "flagpole" and thereby get a TWP immediately? Or will I need to send everything off to the CIC and have to wait another month or so for a TWP?
you can do either, if you apply to CIC in Vegreville before BUNAC visa runs out then you can remain in canada working on implied status
2) Should I still be waiting for a reply on the week before June 12, I guess I will need to exit to the US and come back on a 6 month visitors visa?
they may not give you the full 6mths, depends on your circumstances, you'll have to convince officer that you won't work
3) Is there much chance of them telling me I can't re-enter Canada with either one of these options? And if that is the case what would my options be then?
4) Anything else I should know at this point?
Thanks in advance for any help.
May 21st 2008, 3:25 pm
#4
Just Joined
Thread Starter
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 25
Re: advice re. PNP and BUNAC
hey rob - thanks for the reply.
so to confirm, i get the reply back from the PNP with all the green stickers and I can flagpole with just this confirmation hopefully?
it's getting very close to the date now so i think that will be my best option.
so to confirm, i get the reply back from the PNP with all the green stickers and I can flagpole with just this confirmation hopefully?
it's getting very close to the date now so i think that will be my best option.
May 22nd 2008, 1:52 am
#5
Canadian Wet Coaster
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 758
Re: advice re. PNP and BUNAC
you need a confirmation lettre from bcpnp which states that they nominated you and that your sponsoring employer needs you to work with them while waiting for pr. with that you can do the flagpole thing without lmo (i posted in several previous threads about r204c of the fw manual which outlines the cic procedure for lmo exemption for pnps - i'm sorry i don't have the time for digging for that at the moment).
as far as i'm aware they don't send you that lettre in the nomination package (at least they didn't in my case (february 2007)) - you have to ask your bcpnp officer for it.
i phoned them after getting all the informations with the nomination certificate, and was told to send them the request by e-mail or fax, including a copy of my current wp and the cic office i intended to apply. their turn-around-time was less than 4 hours.
as far as i'm aware they don't send you that lettre in the nomination package (at least they didn't in my case (february 2007)) - you have to ask your bcpnp officer for it.
i phoned them after getting all the informations with the nomination certificate, and was told to send them the request by e-mail or fax, including a copy of my current wp and the cic office i intended to apply. their turn-around-time was less than 4 hours.
