FRBD CONSULTING INC.
Canada
Extend or Change Status
Visitors, students, workers and temporary resident permit holders who need to stay longer, switch status or restore status after it expired — before the deadline bites.
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About Extend or Change Status
Every temporary resident in Canada — visitor, student, worker or permit holder — has an expiry date. Apply to extend or change your status before that date and you keep your status (and, for workers and students, your right to work or study under the same conditions) while IRCC decides. Miss it and you are out of status: you must stop working or studying, and you have 90 days to apply for restoration, which is discretionary and costs more.
Changing status is just as common: a visitor who wants to study, a student who wants to work, a worker who wants a different employer, a spouse who became eligible for an open work permit. Some changes can be made from inside Canada; others still require an application from outside, and getting that wrong wastes months.
We handle extensions, changes of conditions, restorations and the visitor records that keep families together while a permanent residence application is processed.
Who it is for
- Visitors who need more time in Canada, including parents on Super Visas applying for the two-year extension.
- Students extending a study permit, changing schools, or moving to a post-graduation work permit.
- Workers extending or changing an employer-specific permit, or moving to an open or bridging open work permit.
- Anyone whose status expired in the last 90 days and who needs restoration.
Requirements at a glance
- An application submitted before the expiry date, with proof of funds and of the reason for the extension.
- Students: continued enrolment at a designated learning institution and, for a new school, a new letter of acceptance.
- Workers: a new offer of employment or LMIA for an employer change; eligibility for an open permit where one is sought.
- Restoration: an application within 90 days of losing status, meeting the requirements of the status you are restoring, and no work or study until it is approved.
- Temporary resident permit holders: a continuing compelling reason to remain.
How FRBD helps
- A status calendar: we track expiry dates and file extensions ahead of time.
- Extensions and changes of conditions for visitors, students and workers.
- Restoration of status applications with the explanation officers accept.
- Bridging open work permits for permanent residence applicants and open permits for spouses.
- Refused extensions: reconsideration requests and Judicial Review where justified.
Maintained-status and restoration rules verified on the IRCC website on November 2, 2026.
Start with your assessment
Complete the Canada assessment form. We review every file before a consultation and only take on cases we believe we can carry through.
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