189. A foreign national who has made an application under subsection 217(1) is authorized to study without a study permit until a decision is made on the application if they have remained in Canada since the expiry of their study permit and continue to comply with the conditions, other than the expiry date, set out on the expired study permit.
186. A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit
(u) until a decision is made on an application made by them under subsection 201(1), if they have remained in Canada after the expiry of their work permit and they have continued to comply with the conditions set out on the expired work permit, other than the expiry date;
最近加拿大境內續簽的時間突然變得很長,學籤和工籤續簽審理時間一度超過兩個月,本來不是很受關注的一個問題被經常提出:如果我已經遞交了續簽的申請,新的身份還沒有下來,舊的身份已經過期了,我可以合法呆在加拿大嗎?
答案是肯定的,此時申請人的身份就屬於Implied Status, 目前還沒有統一的翻譯,姑且叫做“含蓄身份”好了。
申請人只要在身份過期之前遞交了續簽申請身份,無論是續訪問者身份,旅遊籤轉學籤,續學籤,還是續工籤,在新的申請審批完成之前,都可以繼續合法留在加拿大。
以下情況下申請人還可以繼續合法學習和工作。
1. 學籤持有人在遞交學籤續簽申請之後,即使原來的身份過期,也可以繼續學習,依據IRPR 189;
189. A foreign national who has made an application under subsection 217(1) is authorized to study without a study permit until a decision is made on the application if they have remained in Canada since the expiry of their study permit and continue to comply with the conditions, other than the expiry date, set out on the expired study permit.
2. 工籤持有人在遞交工籤續簽申請之後,即使原來的身份過期,也可以繼續工作,依據的是IRPR 186(u);
186. A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit
(u) until a decision is made on an application made by them under subsection 201(1), if they have remained in Canada after the expiry of their work permit and they have continued to comply with the conditions set out on the expired work permit, other than the expiry date;
3. 學生畢業申請畢業後工籤期間不僅可以合法工作,而且即使學籤失效了,畢業後工籤還沒有下來,依然可以合法工作,依據的是IRPR 186(w).
關於身份的問題非常嚴肅,所以我們引用了移民法來支援這些觀點,事實上CIC網站也很容易找到關於Implied Status的解釋。
對於一般的境內續簽申請,我們建議申請人及早遞交。晚交雖然原先的身份失效後還有Implied Status,但是一旦新的申請被拒籤,申請人在加拿大的身份就立刻失效了,只能申請恢復身份。反之如果被拒籤時申請人原來的身份依然有效,只用重新遞交一份新的續簽申請就好。
但有的時候,合理利用Implied Status可以起到神奇的效果。