Question about changes in IEC Program

seamus1980

Hi all,i got my iec visa last year which is valid until 6 of june,i have seen that changes have been made to the IEC program now in 2013,it has been the first time i have applyed for the IEC visa program and got it first time and i am still in ireland so my question is,is it that now i can stay in canada for 2 years now instead of 1 year??any info would be great.Thanks all:D

againstthetide

seamus1980 wrote: »

Hi all,i got my iec visa last year which is valid until 6 of june,i have seen that changes have been made to the IEC program now in 2013,it has been the first time i have applyed for the IEC visa program and got it first time and i am still in ireland so my question is,is it that now i can stay in canada for 2 years now instead of 1 year??any info would be great.Thanks all:D

No the program you were approved for is a 1 year program, the 2013 one is a 2 year program

seamus1980

againstthetide wrote: »

No the program you were approved for is a 1 year program, the 2013 one is a 2 year program

Oh i thought this means my visa would be for two years automatically?

aN.Droid

You can use up what is left of your current visa and then apply for a new one which will be a 2 year visa effectively giving you a total of 3 year instead of 2. This anomaly will only happen this year and from next year on the most anyone can get is 2 years on one visa.

againstthetide

seamus1980 wrote: »

Oh i thought this means my visa would be for two years automatically?

But you applied under the 2012 program which is a one year visa, the 2013 visa is a 2 year visa

seamus1980

Limericks wrote: »

You can use up what is left of your current visa and then apply for a new one which will be a 2 year visa effectively giving you a total of 3 year instead of 2. This anomaly will only happen this year and from next year on the most anyone can get is 2 years on one visa.

So could i apply again for a visa this year even though i still have the visa that i got last year?

aN.Droid

seamus1980 wrote: »

So could i apply again for a visa this year even though i still have the visa that i got last year?

You can apply for your second visa whenever you want and you have 12 months to activate it so just wait til your year lapses then activate the second visa.

I recommend applying as soon as IEC opens though.

seamus1980

Limericks wrote: »

You can apply for your second visa whenever you want and you have 12 months to activate it so just wait til your year lapses then activate the second visa.

I recommend applying as soon as IEC opens though.

Ok thank you m8,one more question will i still have to activate my visa from last year which is on the 6th of june 2013 and if i didnt what would happen?would i not get a visa again?

aN.Droid

seamus1980 wrote: »

Ok thank you m8,one more question will i still have to activate my visa from last year which is on the 6th of june 2013 and if i didnt what would happen?would i not get a visa again?

If you have not activated your visa yet then your 12 months have not started on it so technically you can still go to Canada for 36 months as long as you visit before 6th June.

Not sure what happens if you don't activate it though.

seamus1980

Limericks wrote: »

If you have not activated your visa yet then your 12 months have not started on it so technically you can still go to Canada for 36 months as long as you visit before 6th June.

Not sure what happens if you don't activate it though.

Cool thanks very much m8 for your advice