Work permit extension application (applying from within Canada)
Sep 6th 2013, 9:38 pm
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Work permit extension application (applying from within Canada)
Hi
Has anyone recently applied for an extension to their work permit from inside Canada and if so, how long did it take to process?
Thanks
Has anyone recently applied for an extension to their work permit from inside Canada and if so, how long did it take to process?
Thanks
Sep 6th 2013, 9:41 pm
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Re: Work permit extension application (applying from within Canada)
Permits issued under IEC CANNOT be extended.
Sep 6th 2013, 9:58 pm
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Re: Work permit extension application (applying from within Canada)
Sep 6th 2013, 10:23 pm
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Re: Work permit extension application (applying from within Canada)
Work Permit
(same employer)
65 days if paper application working on applications received 25 June
28 days if online application working on applications received 1 August
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/temp.asp
(same employer)
65 days if paper application working on applications received 25 June
28 days if online application working on applications received 1 August
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/temp.asp
Sep 6th 2013, 10:36 pm
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Re: Work permit extension application (applying from within Canada)
Thanks, I have seen this but wondered if anyone had recent experience. It makes no sense that new applications are taking less time to process than already approved work permits. So frustrating!!
Sep 8th 2013, 5:57 am
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Re: Work permit extension application (applying from within Canada)
Hi
Not "recently" as it was the start of May. We needed to reapply for our work permits as it was limited to my husband's passport renewal (again no changes in employer).
We applied on 3rd May, six weeks before the work permit was due to expire. We were told the processing time was 89 days so we would be on implied status until a decision was made. It didn't take all the time as we got it around the start of July. Still frustrating waiting again as we only got it last June!
Elaine
Not "recently" as it was the start of May. We needed to reapply for our work permits as it was limited to my husband's passport renewal (again no changes in employer).
We applied on 3rd May, six weeks before the work permit was due to expire. We were told the processing time was 89 days so we would be on implied status until a decision was made. It didn't take all the time as we got it around the start of July. Still frustrating waiting again as we only got it last June!
Elaine
Sep 8th 2013, 2:51 pm
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Re: Work permit extension application (applying from within Canada)
Hi
Not "recently" as it was the start of May. We needed to reapply for our work permits as it was limited to my husband's passport renewal (again no changes in employer).
We applied on 3rd May, six weeks before the work permit was due to expire. We were told the processing time was 89 days so we would be on implied status until a decision was made. It didn't take all the time as we got it around the start of July. Still frustrating waiting again as we only got it last June!
Elaine
Not "recently" as it was the start of May. We needed to reapply for our work permits as it was limited to my husband's passport renewal (again no changes in employer).
We applied on 3rd May, six weeks before the work permit was due to expire. We were told the processing time was 89 days so we would be on implied status until a decision was made. It didn't take all the time as we got it around the start of July. Still frustrating waiting again as we only got it last June!
Elaine
We posted ours to Vegreville on the 25th July and going by the processing timeline, it won't even have been picked up yet! Our situation is worsened by only being issued a 6 month work permit (an error of the cbpo who processed us when we flag poled) so a lot hangs on this extension being granted. We are in lkmbo until then, can't rent a house, can't finance a car, can't send my son to school as they refused him a study permit.....
