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::WORK PERMIT::
Every year over 90,000 foreign workers enter Canada working temporarily to help Canadian employers address skill shortages in Canada. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) ensure that these workers will support economic growth in Canada and create more opportunities for all Canadian job seekers.
In almost all cases you must have a valid work permit to work in Canada.
These steps must be followed before you apply for a work permit:
- An employer must first offer you a job.
- HRDC must normally provide a labour market opinion or 'confirmation' of your job offer. However, some types of work are exempt from this process.
- After HRDC confirms that a foreign national may fill the job, you apply to CIC for your work permit.
You cannot immigrate with a work
permit . If you want to come and live in Canada
as a permanent resident based on your work skills or experience,
see if you qualify for the Skilled
Worker Program .
Foreign workers may do some jobs in Canada without a permit . If the proposed activities in Canada are required in or beneficial to Canada - regardless of the labor market conditions or unemployment rates in Canada - an Employment Authorization is not required.
Fortunately, Immigration Canada provides exemptions to certain categories of Job Offers from the requirement of prior HRDC Confirmation:
• Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) / Canada-Chile Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA);
• Under the General Agreement On Trade In Services (GATS);
• For individuals whose activities will provide significant benefit to Canada; and
Under the Pilot
Project for Software Professionals and the Pilot Project for
Spouses of Highly-Skilled Temporary Workers .
The Worker's Role: Temporary workers must also meet the requirements that apply to all temporary residents in order to come to Canada.
The Employer's Role: Before a foreign national may work in Canada, you, as an employer, must check with HRDC to confirm the job offer you have made to the foreign worker.
What HRDC will do: HRDC's role is to provide advice to CIC regarding the impact on the Canadian labour market that the entry of a foreign worker will have.
Port of Entry Requirement :
Foreign workers are considered to be Visitors in Canada. They must satisfy an Immigration Canada official at the port of entry that the purpose of their entry into Canada is of a temporary nature.
Employment Authorization applicants may use the following number to get in touch with our office to discuss their cases:
+1-416-4105508
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