Canada Immigration New Policy: If the first renewal is rejected, subsequent applications may be directly invalidated.
The Canadian immigration department has modified the rules regarding the maintenance of status for temporary residents submitting multiple applications.
According to the new rules, if a temporary resident submits a follow-up extension application during the status maintenance period and their initial application is denied, the applicant's legal stay period will not be extended due to the pending follow-up application, and the follow-up application will be rejected and returned to the applicant.
Before this rule change, even if the initial application was denied, as long as a follow-up application was submitted during the status maintenance period (and the initial permit had not expired when the initial application was submitted), foreign citizens could still extend their legal stay period in Canada, but they would not be granted work or study permissions.
Status maintenance refers to the fact that if a foreign citizen's current permit has expired but an extension application was submitted before the original permit expired and they remain in Canada, they can legally work or study under the terms of the existing permit.
On May 28, 2025, the Canadian Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Department (IRCC) updated the operational guidelines for immigration officers. The operational guidelines for the immigration department have also been updated, removing the section about applying for work or study permits at the port of entry—this adjustment makes sense given that "flagpole applications" have been banned.
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