TWP to PR
Sep 7th 2010, 8:44 pm
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Re: TWP to PR
Hey - your TWP will start from the day you arrive here in Canada, so you have 2 years from that point. Then, apply for PR ASAP as soon as you have a fixed address etc. Just be careful. We are over here on a TWP (1 year) and by the time I got all the PR paperwork together, police checks/settled in a house etc etc it was April before I sent it all off. I got my AOR from Buffalo 3rd wk in June - a month later hubby's boss stitched us up and now we are frantically trying to get another job, lmo and WP! He too told us he would employ us indefinately, but the truth is, any employer wants to look after themselves and if they don't have the work, what can they do? Its been stressful and very upsetting. We are still unsure if we can even stay. Net result is that we have a PR application in, that may or may not be valid as we applied under arranged employment category for FSW.
It takes longer to do things from Canada, so just getting a police check takes a good month! If Canada is where you want to be, don't delay flower - get the paperwork in ASAP - you probably don't feel like it but look at the route that you could apply under, look at the guidance notes NOW and see if you need to get full birth certificates or anything like that before you leave. It'll save you loads of time and money!
Good luck to you all
It takes longer to do things from Canada, so just getting a police check takes a good month! If Canada is where you want to be, don't delay flower - get the paperwork in ASAP - you probably don't feel like it but look at the route that you could apply under, look at the guidance notes NOW and see if you need to get full birth certificates or anything like that before you leave. It'll save you loads of time and money!
Good luck to you all
Sep 7th 2010, 8:56 pm
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Re: TWP to PR
Sep 7th 2010, 9:29 pm
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Re: TWP to PR
If you are offered a fixed term contract of 2 years and get the LMO on this basis, the IO would give you a 2 year TWP to match, would they?
Sep 7th 2010, 10:29 pm
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Re: TWP to PR
The IO I had was concerned there was no duration on the Job Offer letter (not mentioning the LMO). I assured her 2 years had been verbally agreed upon and a 2 year TWP was handed to me. To me that suggests it's possible that you can get more than what it says on your LMO if you have a longer duration on the Job Offer and/or sweet talk to the IO 
Sep 7th 2010, 10:35 pm
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Re: TWP to PR
Hmmm - curious - for us, we had an LMO which was issued in May 09, valid from June - we applied for our WP, got it 2 months later, we landed here on 22 Sept 09, our WP expires on 21 Sept 2010. Not sure you loose anything flower as it is based on when you land and have your WP issued and are therefore able to begin working.......Check your passport paperwork and see when your WP expires.....strange that we are different but then I suppose that is IO's for you! They are curious animals
IO must have been having a bad day at Pearson that day.
Sep 8th 2010, 1:47 am
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Re: TWP to PR
That can be a problem, my employer offered me a permanent Job and asked for 3 Years (the maximum allowable on the LMO application). Service Canada reduced this to 1 year on the +ve LMO so my TWP was issued for 1 year.
Sep 8th 2010, 7:08 am
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Re: TWP to PR
Was that recently? Maybe it is another example of Canadian hardening of attitude in immigration to prevent people from just dilly-dallying over whether they want to stay?
Sep 8th 2010, 7:15 am
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Re: TWP to PR
We already had police checks for our TWP applications - do we need further checks when applying for PR? And if so, is there anything we can do in the next 2 weeks to expedite a PR application whilst we're still in the UK before we move over?
Sep 8th 2010, 7:32 am
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Re: TWP to PR
My OH needed a copy of his LMO and TWP plus a letter confirming permanent employment from his employer to put in his PR application Cat 2, so he couldn't do this until he landed in Canada as he got his TWP at POE.
Will this apply to you, too?
Sep 8th 2010, 7:11 pm
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Re: TWP to PR
Applied for Ontario PNP now. All looking good so far, fingers crossed
Then apply for PR asap.....
Sep 8th 2010, 7:26 pm
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Re: TWP to PR
OH got a 3 year LMO but only a 1 year TWP as they want to review it after a year etc. Moved April this year and I guess it just all got bit harder and it depends on the person that deals with your TWP, too.
Applied for Ontario PNP now. All looking good so far, fingers crossed
Then apply for PR asap.....
Applied for Ontario PNP now. All looking good so far, fingers crossed
Then apply for PR asap.....
I wondered why my OH only got 1 year on his TWP when other people were getting 2 or 3 years, but now I think it is just the way it is going. 1 year seems to be the default, so that you have to reapply if you want to stay and so you will have to have another LMO or be in PR processing or whatever to justify why you should stay.
As a poster on that thread has said, it is putting the 'Temporary' back into TWP.
Sep 8th 2010, 10:39 pm
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Re: TWP to PR
My plan was to get a twp for 2-3 years and then apply through the CEC route once the two years lapsed.
CEC Route?
What's this?
CEC Route?
What's this?
Sep 8th 2010, 10:46 pm
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Re: TWP to PR
Canadian Experience Class.
If you've been working or studying in Canada for 2 years you can apply under this scheme.
If you've been working or studying in Canada for 2 years you can apply under this scheme.
Sep 9th 2010, 12:56 am
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Re: TWP to PR
It was in August 2009. I applied for Sask PNP and got it, I then applied for the TWP renewal (august 2010) with the SINP nomination (no need for LMO when you have that). I asked for 3 years on the TWP, they gave me two. I submitted the PR forms this weekend.
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Sep 9th 2010, 1:50 am
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Re: TWP to PR
I have just started a thread on the recently announced changes to the TWP situation due to come into force next April. In my experience, it seems CIC pre-empt actual changes by getting tougher under the current regs! This has been true with PR Cat 1, at least.
I wondered why my OH only got 1 year on his TWP when other people were getting 2 or 3 years, but now I think it is just the way it is going. 1 year seems to be the default, so that you have to reapply if you want to stay and so you will have to have another LMO or be in PR processing or whatever to justify why you should stay.
As a poster on that thread has said, it is putting the 'Temporary' back into TWP.
I wondered why my OH only got 1 year on his TWP when other people were getting 2 or 3 years, but now I think it is just the way it is going. 1 year seems to be the default, so that you have to reapply if you want to stay and so you will have to have another LMO or be in PR processing or whatever to justify why you should stay.
As a poster on that thread has said, it is putting the 'Temporary' back into TWP.
Guess it's right what the poster said to put the "Temporary" back into TWP.
