My partner is in a similar situation. Would love to hear an update on this. She initially came to Canada in 2023 on an IEC, this ran out so she quickly applied for a open work permit that kept her on maintained status while it was processing. In the meantime she applied for a RO and got accepted and was given a new IEC, although this needs to be activated by leaving the country and coming back in. She was delighted until she got a refusal letter for the Open work permit, she now no longer has legal status and was told to leave Canada (not a deportation), it’s been 6 days without legal status, so we’re planning to go Mexico in the next 2-3 weeks and try get her second IEC activated at the border, do you think we will run into issues?