Stewart

Hello,

I am currently applying for landed status - which is estimated to be
concluded by May of 2005. Currently I'm working in Canada, and have just
received a renewed work permit that will expire March 2005 - I tried
applying for two years, alas, they granted 1 year extension (despite
including letters from my employee stating they wish to employ me for 2
years more).. By the end of march 2005, I will have been in Canada for 3
years.

Therefore I am wondering the likelihood I shall be able to renew my work
permit for a 4th year? From what I understand, the maximum stay in Canada
for work permits is 4 years.. if your lucky... 3 years is the norm. Is
this correct? I really don't want to have to leave Canada for a few months
and then return upon successful completion of work permit.

What are my chances of be able to renew my work permit for a 4th year in
Canada?

Thank you.

Stewart

Gogga

Where did you get information on 4 year limit.
As per my knowledge Canada does not have any preset limit on work permit
extension, I have seen postings which claimed 5+ years on work permit.

Yes, they usually always extend it (WP and VISA ) for 1 year, one reason may
be because you can stay in the country even if you loose the job unlike in
US, where you loose H1-B job and you need to leave immediately



"Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:2004031715405472890%stewart@nospamcom...
    > Hello,
    > I am currently applying for landed status - which is estimated to be
    > concluded by May of 2005. Currently I'm working in Canada, and have just
    > received a renewed work permit that will expire March 2005 - I tried
    > applying for two years, alas, they granted 1 year extension (despite
    > including letters from my employee stating they wish to employ me for 2
    > years more).. By the end of march 2005, I will have been in Canada for 3
    > years.
    > Therefore I am wondering the likelihood I shall be able to renew my work
    > permit for a 4th year? From what I understand, the maximum stay in Canada
    > for work permits is 4 years.. if your lucky... 3 years is the norm. Is
    > this correct? I really don't want to have to leave Canada for a few
months
    > and then return upon successful completion of work permit.
    > What are my chances of be able to renew my work permit for a 4th year in
    > Canada?
    > Thank you.
    > Stewart

Stewart

Thanks for your answer.

I thought I saw the 4 year limit before coming over here. However, all
other people I know also seem to think 4 years is the maximum stay in
Canada for successive work permits.

From your posting, I take it that I should have no problem in renewing my
work permit next year (which will be 4 years of being in Canada - whoo hoo!
    :-> )

Thanks again,

Stewart



On 2004-03-18 15:21:04 -0500, "gogga" <[email protected]> said:

    > Where did you get information on 4 year limit.
    > As per my knowledge Canada does not have any preset limit on work permit
    > extension, I have seen postings which claimed 5+ years on work permit.
    >
    > Yes, they usually always extend it (WP and VISA ) for 1 year, one reason
may
    > be because you can stay in the country even if you loose the job unlike
in
    > US, where you loose H1-B job and you need to leave immediately
    >
    >
    >
    > "Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:2004031715405472890%stewart@nospamcom...
    > > Hello,
    > >
    > > I am currently applying for landed status - which is estimated to be
    > > concluded by May of 2005. Currently I'm working in Canada, and have
just
    > > received a renewed work permit that will expire March 2005 - I tried
    > > applying for two years, alas, they granted 1 year extension (despite
    > > including letters from my employee stating they wish to employ me for 2
    > > years more).. By the end of march 2005, I will have been in Canada for
3
    > > years.
    > >
    > > Therefore I am wondering the likelihood I shall be able to renew my
work
    > > permit for a 4th year? From what I understand, the maximum stay in
Canada
    > > for work permits is 4 years.. if your lucky... 3 years is the norm.
Is
    > > this correct? I really don't want to have to leave Canada for a few
    > months
    > > and then return upon successful completion of work permit.
    > >
    > > What are my chances of be able to renew my work permit for a 4th year
in
    > > Canada?
    > >
    > > Thank you.
    > >
    > > Stewart
    > >
    > >
    >
    >
    >

Pmm

Hi Stewart

"Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:2004031822542216807%stewart@nospamcom...
    > Thanks for your answer.
    > I thought I saw the 4 year limit before coming over here. However, all
    > other people I know also seem to think 4 years is the maximum stay in
    > Canada for successive work permits.
    > From your posting, I take it that I should have no problem in renewing my
    > work permit next year (which will be 4 years of being in Canada - whoo
hoo!
    > :-> )
    > Thanks again,
    > Stewart
    > On 2004-03-18 15:21:04 -0500, "gogga" <[email protected]> said:
    > > Where did you get information on 4 year limit.
    > > As per my knowledge Canada does not have any preset limit on work permit
    > > extension, I have seen postings which claimed 5+ years on work permit.
    > >
    > > Yes, they usually always extend it (WP and VISA ) for 1 year, one reason
    > may
    > > be because you can stay in the country even if you loose the job unlike
    > in
    > > US, where you loose H1-B job and you need to leave immediately
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > "Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > > news:2004031715405472890%stewart@nospamcom...
    > > > Hello,
    > > >
    > > > I am currently applying for landed status - which is estimated to be
    > > > concluded by May of 2005. Currently I'm working in Canada, and have
    > just
    > > > received a renewed work permit that will expire March 2005 - I tried
    > > > applying for two years, alas, they granted 1 year extension (despite
    > > > including letters from my employee stating they wish to employ me for
2
    > > > years more).. By the end of march 2005, I will have been in Canada
for
    > 3
    > > > years.
    > > >
    > > > Therefore I am wondering the likelihood I shall be able to renew my
    > work
    > > > permit for a 4th year? From what I understand, the maximum stay in
    > Canada
    > > > for work permits is 4 years.. if your lucky... 3 years is the norm.
    > Is
    > > > this correct? I really don't want to have to leave Canada for a few
    > > months
    > > > and then return upon successful completion of work permit.
    > > >
    > > > What are my chances of be able to renew my work permit for a 4th year
    > in
    > > > Canada?
    > > >
    > > > Thank you.
    > > >
    > > > Stewart

The reason that you might have a problem renewing your work permit is that
CIC is going to say that what you are doing is not a temporary job( the
purported purpose of work permits) but an indeterminate job. In that case
they and HRDC will question why a Canadian or PR has not be trained for the
position.

PMM

Stewart

Thanks for replying.

I don't suppose that next year when I renew they will take into account
that my PR application should be a very short time away from being
concluded - successfully or unsuccessfully....


On 2004-03-19 15:02:43 -0500, "PMM" <pmurray-no [email protected]> said:

    > Hi Stewart
    >
    > "Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:2004031822542216807%stewart@nospamcom...
    > > Thanks for your answer.
    > >
    > > I thought I saw the 4 year limit before coming over here. However,
all
    > > other people I know also seem to think 4 years is the maximum stay in
    > > Canada for successive work permits.
    > >
    > > From your posting, I take it that I should have no problem in renewing
my
    > > work permit next year (which will be 4 years of being in Canada - whoo
    > hoo!
    > > :-> )
    > >
    > > Thanks again,
    > >
    > > Stewart
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > On 2004-03-18 15:21:04 -0500, "gogga" <[email protected]> said:
    > >
    > > > Where did you get information on 4 year limit.
    > > > As per my knowledge Canada does not have any preset limit on work
permit
    > > > extension, I have seen postings which claimed 5+ years on work
permit.
    > > >
    > > > Yes, they usually always extend it (WP and VISA ) for 1 year, one
reason
    > > may
    > > > be because you can stay in the country even if you loose the job
unlike
    > > in
    > > > US, where you loose H1-B job and you need to leave immediately
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > "Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > > > news:2004031715405472890%stewart@nospamcom...
    > > > > Hello,
    > > > >
    > > > > I am currently applying for landed status - which is estimated to
be
    > > > > concluded by May of 2005. Currently I'm working in Canada, and
have
    > > just
    > > > > received a renewed work permit that will expire March 2005 - I
tried
    > > > > applying for two years, alas, they granted 1 year extension
(despite
    > > > > including letters from my employee stating they wish to employ me
for
    > 2
    > > > > years more).. By the end of march 2005, I will have been in Canada
    > for
    > > 3
    > > > > years.
    > > > >
    > > > > Therefore I am wondering the likelihood I shall be able to renew my
    > > work
    > > > > permit for a 4th year? From what I understand, the maximum stay in
    > > Canada
    > > > > for work permits is 4 years.. if your lucky... 3 years is the
norm.
    > > Is
    > > > > this correct? I really don't want to have to leave Canada for a
few
    > > > months
    > > > > and then return upon successful completion of work permit.
    > > > >
    > > > > What are my chances of be able to renew my work permit for a 4th
year
    > > in
    > > > > Canada?
    > > > >
    > > > > Thank you.
    > > > >
    > > > > Stewart
    > >
    >
    > The reason that you might have a problem renewing your work permit is
that
    > CIC is going to say that what you are doing is not a temporary job( the
    > purported purpose of work permits) but an indeterminate job. In that
case
    > they and HRDC will question why a Canadian or PR has not be trained for
the
    > position.
    >
    > PMM
    >
    >
    >