Successful Cases – Polaris Strategy

Team Polaris scores a big win for Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP) Client!

Polaris — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 01:15:43 +0000

On August 18, the Ontario Immigration Bureau announced that a handful provincial nominees for international students would be opened on August 19^th. As the province with the most international students in Canada, the degree of competition for provincial nomination places for international students in Ontario is imaginable.

From the 18th to the morning of the 19th, all Polaris employees were actively involved and finally helped multiple clients successfully grab valuable places in the program.

Today, more than two months later, the client Xiao Liu received the provincial nomination confirmation letter, and immediately shared his joy with team Polaris.

“I have been studying in Toronto for four years. I really like the life here and I hope to stay here forever,” said Mr. Liu s. “My major is a bit unpopular. After graduation, I submitted a few resumes, but the results were not ideal. After discussing with my family, I found Polaris and entrusted them with work and immigration. Hence proved, it was a right decision.”

Our consultant communicated with Mr. Liu many times and after understanding his situation in detail, he used his employer resources to quickly match him with a suitable employer.

Although the requirements for the Ontario Immigration Nominee program are not too high as compared to other programs, as long as you can meet the conditions, you can apply for a provincial nomination to complete your immigration process. It can be said that most international students in Ontario can apply for this program.

Because of the lower requirements and fast speed of this program, it has become very popular. There are a large number of immigration agencies and individual applicants who will participate in the competition at the same time. If you don’t pay attention, you will miss the opportunity.

“I heard from my classmates a long time ago that the provincial nomination for international students in Ontario is particularly difficult to grab. Some seniors have not grabbed it for two years, so they have to apply for other projects.” Xiao Liu said with a smile: “There are so many students in Ontario, if I rely on myself, I might not get it at all. Fortunately, I have the foresight and asked Polaris to help me grab it.”

Polaris did not disappoint Mr. Liu. Although the provincial nomination for international students in Ontario was only open for less than an hour on the 19th, in the end Polaris still successfully grabbed the

Another win for Team Polaris: Successful Self-Employment Case of a Football Coach from China

Polaris — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 17:16:09 +0000

Our client is a football coach. In Canada, Sports coaching is a qualified profession. Our client has a personal studio and cooperates with a local Chinese company to train Chinese children to play football. Our team worked towards determining if our client can successfully become a Self-Employed Football Coach in Canada.

The client had studied coaching courses in Europe and had a coaching certificate recognized by UEFA and the FA. But sport training is a professional field. Our team at Polaris Strategy cooperated with football clubs and schools in Ontario to showcase the job opportunities of local free football coaches, proving that our client can build his own business in Canada.

Application process:

October 30, 2017: Submitted a complete set of application to the immigration office.
February 7, 2018: Received the Federal File Number issued by the Immigration Service.

3. October 7, 2018: Received the notice of supplementary materials issued by the Immigration Bureau.

4. January 17, 2019: Received interview notice.

5. April 7, 2019: Received the notice of medical examination.

6. July 5, 2019: Obtained the Canadian Permanent Resident Visa.

Polaris’ client gets a successful Temporary Resident Visa (TRV) extension during COVID-19

Polaris — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 18:43:37 +0000

Our client had been admitted to Canada as a visitor but granted only a short length of stay here. To make the most of the trip, and particularly with the disruption to international travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic the client needed to extend their stay in Canada.

The application for a visitor record was submitted before the first period of stay had expired; the application was submitted in March of this year. Delay was encountered during the processing of the application, mostly because of the pandemic.

As part of the processing of the application the client was originally required to provide biometrics. Normally this is not a challenge for an applicant located in Canada, because biometrics can be given at Service Canada locations. In the current period of uncertainty we first had to secure an extension of the time to provide biometrics from IRCC, and then later, when all biometric collection facilities had ceased to operate due to COVID-19 we simply had to wait.

It is important to realize that because we made the application in a correct and timely fashion at the outset, none of these delays caused any prejudice for the client. Because their application was submitted while their visitor status was still valid the client benefited from implied status. Implied status means that the client was considered to keep their valid visitor status while the application is being processed and decided. The application took much longer than normal because of COVID-19, but the because of implied status the client had valid status in Canada throughout the entire time.

In mid-July IRCC recognized that it was unable to process many applications, because it was waiting for biometric information that applicants were unable to provide, since all the biometric collection facilities were closed due to COVID-19. IRCC decided to institute an exception to the biometric requirement for temporary residence applications to allow processing to move forward. The client benefitted from this decision and IRCC finished processing the application.

Because of the delay in processing, and the rule regarding implied status a visitor who originally entered the country in early February, and was given only a one-month duration of stay at that time, has made one application for a visitor record, and is now authorized to remain in Canada until mid-November. Needless to say, this was a very positive outcome for the client.