Joepottinger

Aah ok. Well all I was told was that I would have to leave the country and then re-enter even if I wanted to come back in as a visitor because you have to prove that you left before the expiration of the working holiday visa.

christmasoompa

Yes, you'd just 'flagpole' to active your new visitor status, same as if you were activating a new IEC visa. Trip around the flagpole-Canada : British Expat Wiki

HTH.

Joepottinger

Thanks very much for the information.

christmasoompa

No probs. Good luck with your IEC app.

ChrisBan

Really? I was under the impression in this instance you don't need to leave the country once changed status to visitor, they send the visitor record in the mail no?

kswoosh

That's going to be the first route of exploitation... haha. I'm still surprisingly positive, despite having no current 'active' routes over. Where there's a will, there's a way, and all that.

I've expended far far too much energy and stress over this to just give up.

Redgamble

I've had to assign my mum to regular checks on when it opens for me .
I'm working in the middle of a field with no phone signal in bloody Essex between 7am-6pm every week day (bar today). Shes living it up in Ontario not having to work at the moment. Shes literally checking every 15 mins between 9am-7pm EST. The wait is killing me!

I even renewed my Toronto FC season ticket... I gotta get back

ChrisBan

That's a bloody big deal

Redgamble

Hahaha

kswoosh

Just emailed CIC again saying:

"Just to clarify something; whilst I acknowledge that you do not consider BUNAC a recognised organisation, you do consider SWAP to be. As per the SWAP website, their UK affiliate is BUNAC: http://swap.ca/in_eng/partner_organi...#unitedkingdom. Does that not make them one and the same? And therefore applications through BUNAC are in fact applications through SWAP, and therefore participation through a recognised organisation?

With regard to the “pre-2015” statement, would you be able to clarify what is meant by “Participation in International Experience Canada (IEC) with a recognized organization does not count towards the frequency of participation allowed by the specific country agreements.” (Source - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resourc...ence/bilat.asp)."

I'm not expecting them to change their stance, but I am in a pedantic mood. I feel like they need to be made aware of what a joke their website is, and start taking some responsibility for posting conflicting, confusing and misleading information. I realise I won't get anywhere, but it'll make me feel better!!

ChrisBan

Excellent! Well keep us posted, great that it's coming from your email chain. A lot of contradictory information as per usual

Joepottinger

Is everybody thinking if it doesn't open today that there will definitely be no activity over the weekend?

David3627

This is what happened to me. I went from what from working holiday straight to visitor.

matt101

I read somewhere that they have previously opened on Saturdays, so I wouldn't rule it out

beckiwoo

Only with one of French ones. Generally they don't as they are government employees.