Work permit expired in Canada, how to do jobs now? Know what options do students have

Canada Work Permit News: Foreign students in Canada are allowed jobs after the course is over. For this, the government gives them ‘Post-Graduate Work Permit’ (PGWP). One to three years can be worked in Canada through PGWP. However, students are not allowed jobs after it expires. But if someone’s PGWP is going to expire soon, he/she can work by getting a ‘Temporary Foreign Workers Program’ (TFWP) work permit.
The TFWP work permit is given to work for any one company. This means that a foreign worker can work in Canada, but he/she will be allowed only in a company. Foreign nationals get TFWP work permits for almost all types of work in Canada. To achieve this, the company first has to get positive or neutral ‘Labor Market Impact Assessment’ (LMIA) through ‘Employment and Social Development Canada’ (ESDC).

What is LMIA?

LMIA is a kind of document, through which it is proved that there are neither Canadian citizens nor permanent residents in Canada to do a particular job, due to which foreign workers are being hired. Only companies are allowed to file LMIA. The result of LMIA should be neutral or positive, which means ESDC has given the green signal to hire foreign workers. Applications can be made for work permits when LMIA is approved.

On what conditions will the work permit be available?

To get TFWP work permits, foreign workers have to fulfill certain conditions, which are the following:

• Getting a job offer from a Canadian company.
• The company is ready to get the LMIA certificate.
• Getting positive or neutral LMIA from ESDC.
• The job should not be such that LMIA cannot be released.

How to apply for work permit?

Once the LMIA certificate is received, the company should also offer the job offer to the foreign workers. After this the worker can start applying for TFWP work permit. Let us know how to apply for work permits.

• The application will first have to create an online account on the IRCC website and sign in.
• Some questions will be asked at the time of application, based on the answer, the list of necessary documents will be prepared.
• Job offers, LMIA Certificate, Language Test Result, Valid Passport, Savings will also have to be shown for work permit.
• Fill the work permit form and upload the necessary documents.
• A fee of $ 155 Canadian dollars will also have to be paid for the work permit.

The applicant will also have to pay biometrics to get a permit, for which separate fees have to be paid. This includes the cost of fingerprint and digital photos. It usually takes six to eight months to get TFWP work permit from PGWP. Candidates with PGWP should always start the TFWP process eight to ten months before the permit expires.