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| Yes, I had my own independent permit for 4 years, when my wife arrived she got her own independent permit. So we had our own permits for 4 and 3 years respectively, then when I switched to the startup they switched me from my own permit to a family regroupement permit. | |
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Then your theory kind of makes sense. By giving you a dependent permit, they didn't need to use anything from the quota and on the surface it was easier for the employer too.
Unfortunately, I think what that means is you moved from one student permit to another, instead of moving from student to fully employed. Thus you're
still a student and haven't had 2 years of working beyond that (in their eyes).
