PERMIT / VISA
Foreigners who want to work in Canada must apply for and receive Work Permit in most cases.
Work Permit is usually divided into Employer-Specific Work Permit and Open Work Permit.
An Employer-Specific Work Permit: May only work at the employer and its address specified in the Permit. It is divided into an employer's positive LMIA required and an LMIA-Exempt. In most cases, it requires a positive LMIA.
When applying for an Employer-Specific Work Permit that requires LMIA approval, the Employer's LMIA approval letter and the employment contract must be attached along with other necessary documents.
An Open Work Permit: Can work anywhere except for some occupational groups.
When applying for an LMIA-exempt Employer-Specific Work Permit, you can attach proof of LMIA-exempt and an employment contract along with other necessary documents.
When it is difficult to find Canadians/immigrants in the positions required by the employer, the employer asks the Canadian government for permission to hire foreign workers for necessary positions, and the Canadian government evaluates the feasibility of hiring foreign workers based on the current unemployment rate in the region/position, such as a New measures for low-wage positions in starting September 26, 2024. In order to receive a positive evaluation of the LMIA applied, employers must prove that they have made sufficient efforts to hire Canadians/immigrants for the position, and also demonstrate their financial health to demonstrate their ability to pay foreign workers. If the LMIA application is positively evaluated, the employer can hire foreign workers, and if it is negatively evaluated, the employer cannot hire foreign workers.
In British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Nova Scotia, the employer must apply for the employer registration certificate with the province first and include a copy of the certificate or proof of exemption with your LMIA application.
You may be eligible for an open work permit if you: are an international student who graduated from a designated learning institution and are eligible for the Post-Graduation Work Permit Program; are a student who’s no longer able to meet the costs of your studies (destitute student); applied for permanent residence in Canada; are a dependent family member of someone who applied for permanent residence; are the spouse or common-law partner of a skilled worker or international student; are the spouse or common-law partner of an applicant of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program; are a refugee, refugee claimant, protected person or their family member
are under an unenforceable removal order; are a temporary resident permit holder; are a young worker participating in special programs. In each of these situations, you must meet additional criteria to be eligible.
Notice
When submission of all Permit applications, the documents that must be submitted along with will depend on the applicant's country of origin/region of application and the applicant's work experience/academic background. Documents that need to be prepared for any applications can be found on the CIC website and the Canada Embassy website in that country.
Immigration regulations related to the Permit application may be changed, removed, or newly created without prior notice. In addition, several Temporary Pubic Policies can come out and disappear.
All the contents written above can be changed at any time, and new regulations can be announced.