Immigration to Canada
More than 60 Canadian immigration programs are available to individuals seeking to immigrate to Canada. Our comprehensive assessment method evaluates your eligibility across ALL categories. Ensuring you select the Canadian immigration category best suited for your circumstances can be overwhelming.
The path to Canadian citizenship begins by acquiring Canadian permanent resident status. Similar to a “Green Card” in the United States, a Canada Permanent Resident Card will enable you to work and live in Canada. The best way of determining if you qualify for Canadian Permanent Residency, through one of Canada’s many immigration programs, is to check the eligibility criteria for each program on the official Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) website.
The federal government of Canada gives every province some selection discretion, most notably exemplified by the Provincial Nomination Programs. However, the level of deference afforded to Quebec is unrivaled. Quebec Immigration programs will typically have different selection criteria, based on Quebec’s cultural uniqueness. Despite the selection powers that provinces hold, all final Canadian immigration decisions fall under federal jurisdiction.
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Work and study experience in Canada can be applied towards qualifying for Canadian permanent residency. In fact, finding a job in Canada will significantly increase your chances of qualifying for Canadian immigration. Explore the general Canadian immigration categories listed below to see how a job offer in Canada could help you qualify for Canadian immigration.
Permanent Status — Canadian Immigration Categories:
- Express Entry
- Federal Skilled Worker
- Provincial Nominee Program
- Canadian Experience Class
- Federal Skilled Trades Class
- Family Class
- Business Investor
- Business Entrepreneur
- Business Self-Employed
- Quebec Immigration
Temporary Status In Canada:
- Work Permits
- International Students
- International Experience Canada
Work Permit Canada
Canadian Immigration Services
With few exceptions, most individuals seeking to enter Canada’s labor market will require a work permit. By applying for a Canadian Work Permit, you could join the many foreign workers who come to work in Canada every year.
Learn about:
- How to Apply for a Work Permit
- The Duration of Work Permits
- Open Work Permit
- Work Permit Exemption
How to Apply for a Canadian Work Permit
Typically, obtaining a Canadian work permit is a two-step process. In most cases, applicants will first require a job offer before they can apply for a Canadian work permit.
Step 1
In the vast majority of cases, the first step towards obtaining a Canadian work permit is to apply for a Job Offer from Canadian Employer and Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). Usually, the Canadian employer must undertake domestic recruitment efforts and demonstrate that no Canadian permanent residents or citizens are qualified for the position at hand.
Step 2
After a positive LMIA has been issued, the applicant can apply for a Canadian work permit on that basis.
Work permits are employer specific, unless a worker has an open work permit. If a worker wants to change employers, they must obtain a new Work Permit before performing another job in Canada. Canadian work permits are also limited in duration.
Work Permit Duration
All Canadian work permits have an expiry date. The only way to work in Canada permanently, or for an unspecified length of time, is to acquire permanent resident status.
Note: Canada’s former “four-in, four-out” cumulative duration rule — which once limited temporary foreign workers to 48 months of work followed by 48 months outside Canada — was eliminated by the Government of Canada in the fall of 2016 and no longer applies. Work permits are issued for a set period tied to the job offer or LMIA and can generally be extended.
Open Work Permit Canada
An open work Permit differs from a regular work permit in that it does not specify a particular job or employer. Generally, the job and employer are both indicated on Canadian Work Permits, thereby restricting the holder to those circumstances while in Canada. An Open Work Permit allows its holder to work for any Canadian employer, in almost any capacity.
Open Work Permits do not require the applicant to have either an offer of employment or a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).
As per Canadian immigration regulations, Open Work Permits may be applied for by:
Spouses or common-law partners of certain skilled temporary foreign workers — since January 21, 2025, generally only when the worker is employed in a TEER 0 or 1 occupation, or in select TEER 2 or 3 occupations (the old NOC skill levels 0, A and B were replaced by the TEER system on November 16, 2022);
The spouses or common-law partners of foreign students engaged in full-time study;
International students who have recently graduated from a Canadian post-secondary institution
Canadian Work Permit Exemption
You may qualify for a Canadian work permit exemption in one of the following circumstances:
Foreign representatives.
Family members of foreign representatives
Athletes and team members
Performing artists
News reporters, media crews
Public speakers
Convention organizers
Business Visitors
Clergy
Judges, referees and similar officials
Examiners and evaluators
Expert witnesses or investigators
Foreign government officers
Health care students
Civil aviation inspector
Transportation Crew
Aviation accident or incident inspector
On-campus employment
Military personnel
Implied Status
Job Search Website to Find Job Offer in Canada:
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