Working holiday Visa- How should i do

[sandraqi]

I sponsor my husband to immigrate Canada. We sent our application in Sept (apply outside canada: Buffalo).
He hold 1 year Working holiday visa in Canada (will be expired in the early of March, 2012), and stay with me in Canada now . He got a job offer recently.

I just want to know if we still cannot get any update news about his immigration application next March, 2012, whether he could apply for work permit Visa (i check CIC, it seems that we need LMO first, but i don't think the employer like do it for him). OR

Go to Buffalo and come back to active his Visitor Visa (he's from NZ)? does he need to tell the border staff that he is applying for immigration now?

Please give me some suggestions, thanks a lot!
Sandra

 

[Jurjen]

It's too bad you applied outland. If you would've applied inland, he could've applied for an open work permit that is given at first stage approval and he would've been able to legally continue to work with his expired work permit.

Now he needs to quit his job on the last day of his work permit. If the employer is very happy with him, I'm sure he'll see if he can get the LMO, since it can be less trouble then hiring and training somebody else to take over your husband's post.

The other option is flagpoling in the US. He'll be denied access to the US, because of the expired Canadian work permit and redirected to the Canadian border office where he has to explain that he wants to stay with you awaiting the outcome of the PR application. Canadian immigration still has the right to refuse him! If you want to enter on a tourist entry, just like any other tourist he'll need to demonstrate he is not planning to work or stay longer then permitted. He'll need to demonstrate finances and ties to his home country. You could write him a letter stating that you as a Canadian citizen will take responsability for his wellbeing during his stay (to make sure he doesn't run into financial problems) and that you'll make sure that he won't stay longer in Canada then permitted.