Calling all Canucks or Aliens on work Visa to CAN. Help please?

[PATOS 0]

Hi all. This pertains to obtaining my fiancee's K-1. I need to know if there is a way to speed up the process to obtain a work permit for an immigrant on a work visa in Canada? We are told it takes 68 days, that sucks.

Breif background... my fiancee has\had a valid work permit when she moved to Canada in Jan, however she changed jobs about 3 weeks after arriving. She had to turn in her 1st permit when she applied for the 2nd work permit but they say it takes 68 days.

Ok, Vancouver won't accept the case from Manila until they see a copy of her valid work permit for CAN. See our problem? It's going to tack on about a 4 month delay when we could have been close to getting her the k-1 visa from the consulate if it werent for a copy of the work permit.

Can I pay an agency for rapid processing? Is the avg time to get a work permit really 68 days? Anything we can do at all to speed it up?

Thanks for the advice.

[zyggy 9]

Hi all. This pertains to obtaining my fiancee's K-1. I need to know if there is a way to speed up the process to obtain a work permit for an immigrant on a work visa in Canada? We are told it takes 68 days, that sucks.

Breif background... my fiancee has\had a valid work permit when she moved to Canada in Jan, however she changed jobs about 3 weeks after arriving. She had to turn in her 1st permit when she applied for the 2nd work permit but they say it takes 68 days.

Ok, Vancouver won't accept the case from Manila until they see a copy of her valid work permit for CAN. See our problem? It's going to tack on about a 4 month delay when we could have been close to getting her the k-1 visa from the consulate if it werent for a copy of the work permit.

Can I pay an agency for rapid processing? Is the avg time to get a work permit really 68 days? Anything we can do at all to speed it up?

Thanks for the advice.

Nope... she'll have to go through the labor certification all over again... I'm afraid that there's nothing to be able to speed it up...

If you want more information, you could post this question to the Canadian Immigration forum on British Expats.

www.britishexpats.com

[PATOS 0]

Hi all. This pertains to obtaining my fiancee's K-1. I need to know if there is a way to speed up the process to obtain a work permit for an immigrant on a work visa in Canada? We are told it takes 68 days, that sucks.

Breif background... my fiancee has\had a valid work permit when she moved to Canada in Jan, however she changed jobs about 3 weeks after arriving. She had to turn in her 1st permit when she applied for the 2nd work permit but they say it takes 68 days.

Ok, Vancouver won't accept the case from Manila until they see a copy of her valid work permit for CAN. See our problem? It's going to tack on about a 4 month delay when we could have been close to getting her the k-1 visa from the consulate if it werent for a copy of the work permit.

Can I pay an agency for rapid processing? Is the avg time to get a work permit really 68 days? Anything we can do at all to speed it up?

Thanks for the advice.

Nope... she'll have to go through the labor certification all over again... I'm afraid that there's nothing to be able to speed it up...

If you want more information, you could post this question to the Canadian Immigration forum on British Expats.

www.britishexpats.com

Thanks Zyggy. That's kinda what I knew already but hoped there was some faster way. What if I could obtain a copy of the 1st work permit & send it in and not mention she is in the process of chaning jobs? The consulate just wants to see a valid work permit to accept the file. I don't know that they will call the labor board and the copy will suffice? They are just concerned that she's in the country on a valid work permit right?

[zyggy 9]

Hi all. This pertains to obtaining my fiancee's K-1. I need to know if there is a way to speed up the process to obtain a work permit for an immigrant on a work visa in Canada? We are told it takes 68 days, that sucks.

Breif background... my fiancee has\had a valid work permit when she moved to Canada in Jan, however she changed jobs about 3 weeks after arriving. She had to turn in her 1st permit when she applied for the 2nd work permit but they say it takes 68 days.

Ok, Vancouver won't accept the case from Manila until they see a copy of her valid work permit for CAN. See our problem? It's going to tack on about a 4 month delay when we could have been close to getting her the k-1 visa from the consulate if it werent for a copy of the work permit.

Can I pay an agency for rapid processing? Is the avg time to get a work permit really 68 days? Anything we can do at all to speed it up?

Thanks for the advice.

Nope... she'll have to go through the labor certification all over again... I'm afraid that there's nothing to be able to speed it up...

If you want more information, you could post this question to the Canadian Immigration forum on British Expats.

www.britishexpats.com

Thanks Zyggy. That's kinda what I knew already but hoped there was some faster way. What if I could obtain a copy of the 1st work permit & send it in and not mention she is in the process of chaning jobs? The consulate just wants to see a valid work permit to accept the file. I don't know that they will call the labor board and the copy will suffice? They are just concerned that she's in the country on a valid work permit right?

They just want to make sure that she has legal status in Canada. I would send in what you have... I doubt they would contact anyone if it's still a valid permit...