Temporary a Work Permit at Point of Entry
Sep 24th 2018, 4:51 am
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Temporary a Work Permit at Point of Entry
Does anyone have recent experience of how long it took for TWP decision at point of entry?
I know each case is different, but any experiences / guidelines such as 20 minutes or 5 hours etc. would be great.
Thanks
I know each case is different, but any experiences / guidelines such as 20 minutes or 5 hours etc. would be great.
Thanks
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Sep 24th 2018, 9:43 am
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Re: Temporary a Work Permit at Point of Entry
How long's a piece of string?
I had a number of employees that got TWP's or IEC visas issued/renewed at various BC entry points - sometimes it took 20 minutes, other times several hours. Years ago my own TWP took around half a day to be issued.
Depends on so many personal factors, how busy the border crossing/entry point is, the workload of the officials etc. I'd treat the exercise as a day out, and not assume it'll just take a matter of minutes.
I had a number of employees that got TWP's or IEC visas issued/renewed at various BC entry points - sometimes it took 20 minutes, other times several hours. Years ago my own TWP took around half a day to be issued.
Depends on so many personal factors, how busy the border crossing/entry point is, the workload of the officials etc. I'd treat the exercise as a day out, and not assume it'll just take a matter of minutes.
Sep 24th 2018, 2:17 pm
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Re: Temporary a Work Permit at Point of Entry
As said can vary dramatically. I got mine in around 45 mins (after referral to secondary) at YVR after landing a Monday evening at 6 pm. Was very very quiet though.
Nov 20th 2018, 6:19 pm
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Re: Temporary a Work Permit at Point of Entry
So, our experience was; we landed at YVR around 19.00 and were processed and at the hotel airport by around 21.45. The agent was very apologetic for the length of time it had taken for the transfer of our biometric information from one computer to another! And finally we're here on a three year work permit; this has been a long time coming, but so happy to be where we've wanted to call home for a long time.
Nov 21st 2018, 5:44 am
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Re: Temporary a Work Permit at Point of Entry
Does anyone have recent experience of how long it took for TWP decision at point of entry?
I know each case is different, but any experiences / guidelines such as 20 minutes or 5 hours etc. would be great.
Thanks
So, our experience was; we landed at YVR around 19.00 and were processed and at the hotel airport by around 21.45. The agent was very apologetic for the length of time it had taken for the transfer of our biometric information from one computer to another! And finally we're here on a three year work permit; this has been a long time coming, but so happy to be where we've wanted to call home for a long time.
I know each case is different, but any experiences / guidelines such as 20 minutes or 5 hours etc. would be great.
Thanks
So, our experience was; we landed at YVR around 19.00 and were processed and at the hotel airport by around 21.45. The agent was very apologetic for the length of time it had taken for the transfer of our biometric information from one computer to another! And finally we're here on a three year work permit; this has been a long time coming, but so happy to be where we've wanted to call home for a long time.
Congrats on getting yours and welcome home
Next step 'PR application' ?
Nov 21st 2018, 8:51 pm
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Re: Temporary a Work Permit at Point of Entry
Depends on the port of entry, be glad it's Canadian side and not US, i've had to wait 3 hours before for a simple i94 at Buffalo,NY (which I have to renew every 3 months for work) because of the insane number of people there waiting.
I got a work permit at Winnipeg airport in about an hour and I renewed one at the ND border in about 15minutes. I'd just make sure you don't pick a tight domestic connection if you have one after your POE if you're flying in, leave 3-4hrs just so you aren't worrying about missing it.
I got a work permit at Winnipeg airport in about an hour and I renewed one at the ND border in about 15minutes. I'd just make sure you don't pick a tight domestic connection if you have one after your POE if you're flying in, leave 3-4hrs just so you aren't worrying about missing it.
