Extending Visitor's visa while waiting for Deemed Rehabilitation?

[Roona]

Hi,I am currently sponsoring my husband from South Korea and we actually came to Canada last summer while waiting. My husband entered Canada with his visitor's visa which expires in Feburary. Here is the trouble.
He was convicted 25 years ago in Souh Korea and his visa officer says that we have to take action about the matter. We are applying for the Deemed Rehabilitation. Now, can he Extend his vistor's visa to stay in Canada while applying for the DR?

Anyone with similar experiences please help!

Thanks in advance

 

[CDNPR2014]

one application has nothing to do with the other. yes, you can apply for an extension. whether it is approved, is up to immigration.

 

[Bcboundboy]

Hi,I am currently sponsoring my husband from South Korea and we actually came to Canada last summer while waiting. My husband entered Canada with his visitor's visa which expires in Feburary. Here is the trouble.
He was convicted 25 years ago in Souh Korea and his visa officer says that we have to take action about the matter. We are applying for the Deemed Rehabilitation. Now, can he Extend his vistor's visa to stay in Canada while applying for the DR?

Anyone with similar experiences please help!

Thanks in advance

You don't apply for deemed rehabilitation. It happens automatically (deemed to have happened). Specifically, it happens ten years at most after the event. From what you've written, it seems most likely that he was found criminally ineligible to enter Canada, but issued a Temporary Resident Visa to overcome the inadmissibility, with a warning that he needed to be awarded rehabilitation? In which case, you can apply to extend it, but they might choose to refuse it, you can't say for sure.