Your priority should be to protect legal status and your history of compliance. After that you can focus on optimizing your immigration pathway.

Many people focus on “saving the work permit” and accidentally create bigger problems. If your permit expires soon, get professional advice as soon as possible.

Timing decisions (and the right type of application) matter.

Don’t guess your way through this.

Options depend on:

• How long you’ve been out of status
• What you were doing (work/study)
• Whether you qualify for restoration or another remedy

The right plan is case-specific, and more often than not, time-sensitive.

IRCC can consider publicly available information when assessing credibility and consistency.

This does not mean you need to panic and delete everything. The important thing is to be consistent, truthful, and avoid contradictions between your application and what’s publicly visible on your social media.