Changing the immigration status in Canada
In some cases, tourists can change their immigration status in Canada, such as change a visitor visa to a study or work visa.
Can a person enter Canada as a tourist, find a job and change their immigration status? Many people ask this question when they face difficulties searching a Canadian employer remotely.
Actually, while in Canada on a visitor visa you may be able to extend your visa, that is extend your stay, as well as restore or change your immigration status, that is change your conditions of stay. But it is not easy.
While everyone can apply for an extension of a visitor visa in Canada, not all visitors are allowed to change their immigration status. There is a comprehensive list of cases when it is possible. But even if it is not your case, there is a legal loophole.
In the following articles you will learn:
- how to extend your visitor visa in Canada;
- what it means to lose immigration status in Canada and how to recover it;
- how to change a visitor visa in Canada to a study visa;
- how to change a visitor visa in Canada to a work visa;
- unconventional way to change immigration status (flagpolling).
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