Residency status about to expire

[FZG 0]

Hello everyone,

 

Wondering if anyone has gone through a similar situation. I am the beneficiary and am on a post graduate work permit in Canada that is about to expire the first of May and my status cannot be extended. This means I have to leave Canada before May 1st. My interview is in Montreal, but I have not been scheduled yet. I was DQ'd 24th of Jan this year. We requested to expedite our case but got denied. Does anyone know anything about how a change of interview location would work or what would happen in this situation?

 

Thanks!

[Lil bear 4,251]

45 minutes ago, FZG said:

Hello everyone,

 

Wondering if anyone has gone through a similar situation. I am the beneficiary and am on a post graduate work permit in Canada that is about to expire the first of May and my status cannot be extended. This means I have to leave Canada before May 1st. My interview is in Montreal, but I have not been scheduled yet. I was DQ'd 24th of Jan this year. We requested to expedite our case but got denied. Does anyone know anything about how a change of interview location would work or what would happen in this situation?

 

Thanks!

If you are no longer a legal resident of Canada at the time or your interview, you cannot interview there. You will have to request that your file be transferred to a consulate where you are either a citizen or a legal resident. 
Id be trying again  to get the consulate to schedule the interview before the end of April 

[mam521 2,103]

12 hours ago, Lil bear said:

If you are no longer a legal resident of Canada at the time or your interview, you cannot interview there. You will have to request that your file be transferred to a consulate where you are either a citizen or a legal resident. 
Id be trying again  to get the consulate to schedule the interview before the end of April 

Unfortunately Montreal is (like usual) a bit behind.  DQ's for late December/early January were issued letters in the wee hours for May interviews.  The OP is likely to miss by a month.  

 

@FZG you can try to contact the Montreal consulate, but they are really difficult to deal with and typically take 6 weeks to reply to anything.  

[Lil bear 4,251]

20 minutes ago, mam521 said:

Unfortunately Montreal is (like usual) a bit behind.  DQ's for late December/early January were issued letters in the wee hours for May interviews.  The OP is likely to miss by a month.  

 

@FZG you can try to contact the Montreal consulate, but they are really difficult to deal with and typically take 6 weeks to reply to anything.  

Yep. Worth trying just in case …. But definitely need plan B ready to go. Id be researching and trying to contact the home country consulate to get an idea of their timeframe .. and maybe get on their radar 

[FZG 0]

Thank you both! Wait times in my home country are over 500 days. We're so close to the finish line, I really hope this doesn't push us back to the beginning of the line. Trying to contact Montreal now.