Originally Posted by tom17

I guess a couple of points of mine were not clear.

Current plan is to move from Germany to Canada on Dec 8th 2007 and *hopefully* have a PR by Jan 2008. But from looking at the projected timelines and as you pointed out, PR will likely not come through that quickly even though my application is *touch wood* complete.

As such, I was wondering if I could apply for a work permit in the meantime before I get my PR. If this could happen quick enough then I may be able to work in December rather than my initial plan of Jan.

I have not yet investigated how long it takes to get a WP (still trawling the forum for that) but it looks like I should get to the AIP stage around mid December based on the currently projected timelines. App recieved Sept 20th so 'processing time' starts on ~Oct 20th, give it the plus ~46 days and that comes to middle of Dec. Of course this could go either way as that is just a guesstimate based on the *current* timelines.

Given the above guesstimate timeline, I will probably need a WP even if I wish to start work in Jan 08. It's fairly important I work that soon as the closing date on our house is around June 08 and I can only get a mortgage in my name if I am not still in a probationary period at my job and they seem to be 6 months..

I got the impression from your earlier posts that once it gets to the AIP stage I am eligible to work...



But now you say...


So I am a bit confused as to what you mean now. Maybe I am assuming something in what you are saying, I have a bad habit of doing that I must be crossing wires or getting the AIP concept wrong.

I probably made it even less clear now

Originally Posted by tom17

aha! And all becomes clear.

My apologies.

So will I be stuck with no possibility of a WP until my PR comes through? If so, I hope it hurries the hell up

Originally Posted by tom17

Oh I have been watching that all week anyway, even though I know it won't change till Monday and won't be worth looking at even for a month

Obsessed? me? Naaahhhh

Originally Posted by tom17

So sorry, but just to clarify... is it right that I will NOT be able to work at all until my PR comes through? No way of getting a temp working permit?

If so, I need to hope the house gets delayed. They are still just putting down sewer pipes etc so given a nice hard winter, there may be a chance of delay to Aug/Sept Fingers crossed.

At least I get time off work