最近加拿大境内续签的时间突然变得很长，学签和工签续签审理时间一度超过两个月，本来不是很受关注的一个问题被经常提出：如果我已经递交了续签的申请，新的身份还没有下来，旧的身份已经过期了，我可以合法呆在加拿大吗？
答案是肯定的，此时申请人的身份就属于Implied Status（现更新名称为 Maintained Satus）, 目前还没有统一的翻译，姑且叫做“含蓄身份”好了。
申请人只要在身份过期之前递交了续签申请身份，无论是续访问者身份，旅游签转学签，续学签，还是续工签，在新的申请审批完成之前，都可以继续合法留在加拿大。
以下情况下申请人还可以继续合法学习和工作。
1. 学签持有人在递交学签续签申请之后，即使原来的身份过期，也可以继续学习，依据IRPR 189;
189. A foreign national who has made an application under subsection 217(1) is authorized to study without a study permit until a decision is made on the application if they have remained in Canada since the expiry of their study permit and continue to comply with the conditions, other than the expiry date, set out on the expired study permit.
2. 工签持有人在递交工签续签申请之后，即使原来的身份过期，也可以继续工作，依据的是IRPR 186(u);
186. A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit
(u) until a decision is made on an application made by them under subsection 201(1), if they have remained in Canada after the expiry of their work permit and they have continued to comply with the conditions set out on the expired work permit, other than the expiry date;
3. 学生毕业申请毕业后工签期间不仅可以合法工作，而且即使学签失效了，毕业后工签还没有下来，依然可以合法工作，依据的是IRPR 186(w).
186. A foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit
(w) if they are or were the holder of a study permit who has completed their program of study and
(i) they met the requirements set out in paragraph (v), and
(ii) they applied for a work permit before the expiry of that study permit and a decision has not yet been made in respect of their application.
关于身份的问题非常严肃，所以我们引用了移民法来支持这些观点，事实上CIC网站也很容易找到关于Implied Status的解释。
对于一般的境内续签申请，我们建议申请人及早递交。晚交虽然原先的身份失效后还有Implied Status，但是一旦新的申请被拒签，申请人在加拿大的身份就立刻失效了，只能申请恢复身份。反之如果被拒签时申请人原来的身份依然有效，只用重新递交一份新的续签申请就好。
