Work permits with special instructions
-Find the work permit program for your situation and apply to work in Canada temporarily.
-Most requested
-Open work permits
-Open work permits let you work for any employer in Canada.
-Family members of foreign workers
-For spouses, partners, or children of skilled workers and permanent residence applicants
-Prospective provincial nominees New
-For Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) applicants with a support letter by a participating province or territory
-Vulnerable foreign workers
-For vulnerable foreign workers who are victims of abuse at the workplace
-H-1B visa holders
-For H-1B specialty occupations visa holders living in the U.S.
-Hong Kong recent graduates
-For Hong Kong residents with post-secondary education
-Ukraininan nationals
-For Ukrainian nationals and their family members
-Indigenous peoples New
-For Indigenous people separated by Canada’s border to reunite with their family
-Quebec investors
-For investors with a Quebec Notice of Intent to Select
-International Experience Canada (IEC)
-For youth aged 18 to 35 from certain countries: Working Holiday, Young Professionals, International Co-op
-Travel and work in Canada as a youth
-Employer-specific (closed) work permits
-These work permits only let you work for the employer who made you the job offer. Your employer may need to get a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).
-Caregivers LMIA required
-For home child care providers or home support workers
-Agricultural workers LMIA required
-For agricultural workers working on a farm, nursery, or greenhouse
-Work under a free trade agreement (FTA)
-For business people such as business visitors, professionals, intra-company transfers, traders, investors
-Francophone Mobility
-For French-speaking workers outside Quebec
-Overnight camp counsellors
-For counsellors at overnight summer camps, including faith-based camps
-Innovation Stream
-For skilled workers with a job offer from a Global Hypergrowth Project (GHP) employer
-Foreign diplomatic mission, government or organization
-For employees working on a mission, consular post, international organization or foreign government
-Explore immigration programs
-Answer a few questions to see different ways you might be able to come to Canada
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