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Do you currently have a temporary resident visa or temporary resident permit for
Canada that is about to expire but you want to extend your stay? If you want to
do continue temporary residence in Canada, you must apply for an extension to
get a temporary resident permit.
If you do not have the required supplementary documentation to support your
petition to extend your temporary residence permit in Canada, Immigroup can help
you. Fill out the forms, leaving everything you are unsure of blank, and one of
our TRP agents will contact you to complete the process. A $75 consultation fee
will apply.
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About Extending Your Stay in Canada
If you are in Canada on a temporary resident visa, a study or work permit, or
some other kind of temporary resident permit, you will eventually have to leave
as it will expire. If you would like to continue staying in Canada on a
temporary basis – and you have a compelling reason – you can extend your stay in
Canada by applying for a temporary resident permit. This permit allows you to
remain in Canada for a given length of time as determined by
Canadian Immigration and
Citizenship (CIC). If you need to restore your status as a temporary
resident, student or worker, you should also use this form but please use the
application here.
Our Service
If you need to extend your stay in Canada but you do not want to or cannot apply
for permanent residency, a Temporary Resident Permit (TRP) will allow you to do
so, provided you have a compelling reason. Immigroup Inc. processes all of the
essential documents necessary for you to obtain your TRP. We carefully check
your application and ensure that it is correctly filed with the right supporting
documents. If you are unsure as to whether you need a TRP or whether you can
apply to be a permanent resident we can help you. We charge $75 for a
consultation to help you determine whether you can become a permanent resident
or must try for a temporary resident permit.
Our Fees
Immigroup service fee: $357.50 to review TRP applications to extend stays in
Canada.
This includes CIC’s fee of $75.
Cancellation fee: $42.50 CDN
Extending Your Stay in Canada FAQ's
What is a temporary resident permit?
A temporary resident permit or TRP is a document that gives foreigners
permission to stay in Canada for a limited amount of time. There are three main
instances for which a a TRP may be issued to a visitor to Canada:
1. The majority of TRPs are issued to people who have been classified as “inadmissible”
the government of Canada, but who must travel to or through Canada for a
valid/compelling reason. Please see our FAQs.
2. TRPs are sometimes issued to temporary resident visa holders who wish to
extend their stay for various reasons. The FAQs on this page address these types
of TRPs.
3. TRPs are also sometimes issued to people pursuing “inland sponsorship”. Some
people are allowed to enter Canada without a visa (i.e. Americans) because
Canada has an agreement with their country to waive travel visas. Once they have
entered Canada, they will need a TRP to stay within Canada to for longer than
normal to get sponsored, as they cannot apply for a visa. Please see our FAQs.
Why would I need to extend my stay in Canada?
Temporary resident visas are normally for six months (sometimes for less).
Temporary resident permits are usually for a substantially shorter period of
time. Study and work permits are only valid as long as the holder is in school
or employed respectively (and they are subject to additional conditions.
Life happens. A visa or permit holder could have many reasons why they need to
extend the length of their visa/permit: safety reasons, medical/health reasons,
family reasons, academic or professional reasons, or something else entirely. A
TRP allows people who must stay in Canada a little while longer to do so.
A TRP
must be applied for before your current visa or permit expires.
CIC
extends stays on a case-by-case basis, for humanitarian, compassionate or human
interest reasons, which must be “compelling.”
What is a “compelling” reason to be allowed to stay in Canada?
CIC considers three categories of reasons to stay in Canada: humanitarian,
compassionate, and human interest. Additionally, Canadian immigration officials
may accept other reasons at their discretion, though this is extremely unlikely.
Humanitarian and compassionate reasons use the concept of “excessive hardship.”
If the applicant or their family would suffer excessive hardship because they
had to leave Canada, they can usually apply for a TRP. CIC does not regard
expense or any kind of trivial inconvenience as “excessive hardship.”
Humanitarian reasons usually revolve the personal safety of the applicant or
their family: if denying the applicant’s petition to stay in Canada would result
in some harm to the applicant or their family, the request will often be
granted. This most often applies to temporary residents who are in Canada
because of some kind of emergency (a natural disaster or war) in their home
country, but it can also apply to those who would be harmed by their government
(or other organizations) if they returned home.
Compassionate reasons relate more to the personal situation of the applicant.
A
temporary resident visa (TRV) holder may be allowed to extend their stay
because of a medical emergency or a death in the family, or to provide for
family already living in Canada. A study permit holder may be allowed to extend
their permit if leaving Canada would jeopardise their academic career. A work
permit holder may be allowed to extend their permit if leaving Canada could be
shown to jeopardise their career. It should be noted that this TRP application
is the same as the one used to change status (i.e. to go from a student to a
worker). Those changing status do not have to satisfy compelling compassionate
grounds, but merely have to satisfy the requirements of the permit they are
applying for (for example: a student on a
study permit wishing
to work in Canada after graduation must meet all the requirements of a
skilled
worker).
Finally, human interest grounds apply to applicants whose extended stay is of
public interest to Canada. This category usually applies to academics, experts
or artists temporarily staying in Canada for the purposes of educating or
sharing their expertise or work with the Canadian public (or some sector of the
Canadian public).
My visa/permit has expired. Can I still apply for a TRP?
If your visa or permit has expired, you must apply to restore your status. You
can do this using the same form as you would use to apply for a TRP. It costs
more than a normal TRP extension (at least $200, as opposed to $75 for an
extension of stay) and it carries with it the risk of being asked to leave
Canada, or detention, arrest and/or forcible removal if you do not comply with
the request. The best option, if it is available to you, is to leave Canada and
apply for a new visa or permit from your home country. If this is somehow not
possible, CIC may grant
your request to restore your status. As with TRP applications, an
application
to restore status will be granted based on “compelling” humanitarian,
compassionate or public interest grounds, provided you can demonstrate those to
Canadian immigration officials. If you have entered Canada without permission,
you must apply for a
TRP as an
inadmissible. In this case there is greater risk you could be asked to
leave, detained, arrested, and/or forcibly removed from the country.
I want to change my status. Should I apply for a TRP?
It depends on what kind of status you currently hold and what kind of status you
seek to gain. If you are a temporary visa or permit holder and you are looking
to change your visa or permit to a different kind of temporary visa/permit, then
you should apply for a TRP. (For example: you are on a
work
permit and you want to change to a
study permit.) But if
you are seeking permanent residency, you should only apply for a TRP (in this
case, a restoration of status TRP), if your visa/permit has expired as a last
resort. If you are already a permanent resident and your status is in jeopardy,
you may need to apply for a restoration of status TRP.
My school is almost finished but I want to stay in Canada. What should I do?
If you are a temporary resident in Canada on a study permit and you would like
to stay in Canada after your permit expires, you will need to apply for a
change in status through a TRP application. If you are no longer continuing
your studies in Canada you will have to apply as a
worker. If you have
been in Canada because you were attending university, your best bet is probably
the
skilled worker category.
My work permit is going to expire. What can I do?
You need to apply for a
change in status through the TRP form even though your status will not
change. You have to prove to CIC that you will remain employed in the same job.
If you are not staying in that job, you need to demonstrate to Canadian
immigration officials that you will still be working in a position suitable for
temporary residency in Canada.
I am going to lose my job but I want to stay in Canada. What should I do?
In order to get a TRP you must demonstrate to Canadian immigration officials
that you satisfy at least one of the three categories of “compelling” reasons to
extend stay your stay: compassionate, humanitarian or human interest. If you
cannot demonstrate this, then you will be unable to stay in Canada once you have
lost your job. You will have to leave and reapply for another work permit from
outside of the country. If you can get accepted into an eligible institution,
you could conceivably stay on in Canada as a
student.
This would involve
changing your status by applying for a TRP.
I am a permanent resident and my status is in jeopardy because I have
travelled outside of Canada too much. I was told I need a TRP. Why?
If you have not met the requirements for maintaining permanent resident status
in Canada, it means that you are
no
longer a permanent resident. You need to apply for a restoration of status
to become a legal temporary resident again. After you have done that, you can
attempt to regain your permanent resident status.
I have already applied for my TRP but I haven’t had a response from CIC and
my current visa/permit is going to expire in a few days.
If you have applied to extend your stay in Canada with a TRP to extend your
status but your current visa or permit expires before you receive your new
permit, you have what is called “implied
status.” However, you can only have implied status if you are applying to
keep your current status. Here are some examples of when you have implied
status:
- if you are in Canada on a temporary resident visa and you are applying to
extend it temporarily
- if you are in Canada on a work permit or study permit and you are applying to
extend that permit (not change it)
- if you are already on a TRP and you would like to extend it
If you don’t fit under any of these categories (i.e. if you are applying to
change your type of visa or permit), it is likely you do not have implied
status. Contact CIC to find out how to proceed.
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