Temporary work permit while PR is being processed

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Originally posted by andi007

Hi Expert,
I have been nominated for Ontario PNP. I have also been told to send my application to CIO office. I am right now preparing the documents required for CIO.

Today, I have got another mail saying that I can apply for temporary work permit without having a job offer. It is completely voluntary and will not affect my application for PR.

Now my questions are :
1) How long does it take to get final PR after sending application to CIO ?
2) Should I apply for temporary work permit for 2 years while my PR application is being processed ?

Thanks in advance.
Andi

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NOTHING is cast in stone anymore. So, play along with the Immigration people and do as required. That will be the best suggestion that I can post to you.

So, apply with all of the papers and fill out the required forms that is mailed out to you by the people who are providing you with them.

NOW, who is asking you to apply for a Work Permit? It is important that we know this before we can answer with a specific response.

Though these forms go to the same building and same floor, it might end up in different ROOMS and with different Officers. But do they get into the same computer?? IF IT DOES, then, the work that you are doing might not bring in the desired results. It has been done before, and so ask those who were successful in PNP and also who applied for a WP. See how it all ended up.

NOW THE QUESTION IS : Pl see below.

Temporary work permits for Master’s and PhD graduate nominees without a job offer

Masters and PhD graduates nominated under the PhD or Masters Graduate streams may be eligible for a letter of support for an open work permit. The support letters for open work permit will be issued to provide assistance to certain graduates who require a means of maintaining or establishing status in Canada while they transition to Permanent Residence (PR) in Ontario. The letter of support for an open work permit would allow nominees to apply to CIC for an open work permit in Ontario for the period of 18 months. Opportunities Ontario will be using its R204(c) authority under the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement and its Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Annex to facilitate the issuance of open work permits.

Who is eligible for a letter of support for an open work permit?

Ontario nominees nominated under the Masters or PhD graduate stream of Opportunities Ontario and whose:
Post Graduate Work Permit is expiring in the near future
Post Graduate Work Permit expired and have no other means of remaining legally in Ontario
and who
Have no means of obtaining legal status to remain in Ontario and have to go back to their home country as a result.

The issuance of the support letters for open work permits will be determined on an individual basis.

------------------ http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2012/ob406.asp
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/manuals/bulletins/2012/ob470.asp
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Please also check in these websites.

PNP :
http://www.trackitt.com/canada-immigration-trackers/provincial-nominees
http://www.trackitt.com/canada-discussion-forums/provincial-nominees

FH