A lot of temporary immigrants can stay in the country while they wait for the response either regarding temporary residence or permanent residence.
One of the examples of such scenarios is Maintained status. It enables the applicant to stay in the country while they have applied for temporary status. The candidates are not required to leave the country if their temporary resident status expires and the decision from IRCC hasn’t come yet. With the help of maintained status, the candidates can stay on the same term as they were living earlier.
Programs like Post-Graduation Work Permit are not available for renewal and extension. This does not mean that the workers lose their eligibility for other work permits.
Although the workers and students do not prefer Temporary Resident Visa because it disables the candidates from studying and working. Such candidates can apply for a Visitor Record to extend their stay in the country for up to 6 months. But this also prevents the applicant from studying or working.
There are other options available through which the candidates can stay like Exempt from work permits. Below are the options for temporary candidates to stay in the country.
- Study Permit- Candidates who are career-oriented and financially sound can further stay in the country by applying for a study permit. The candidate can have the opportunity for part-time jobs during their academic sessions and full-time jobs during their breaks.
After getting an acceptance from any of the Designated Learning Institutions, the scholar can then apply for a study permit. This letter of acceptance can then be further used as a means to apply for a Canadian study permit.
By the end of your program, you become eligible for staying in Canada through PGWP. Also, this gives the candidate the eligibility to apply for various pathways of getting Canadian Residency available for International Graduates.
Work permits
The Canadian permit is diversified into 2 categories.
- LMIA exempt
- Labour Market Impact Assessment
1. Labour Market Impact Assessment- An LMIA is used as a tool to show the Canadian Government the unavailability of skilled workers in the province. So, in order to fill the vacant seats of the workers, the employer has to show an LMIA. As soon as Employment and Development Services Canada releases a positive or favorable LMIA, the employer can hire a worker by submitting a work permit.
Programs like the Global Talent Stream provide LMIA processes to solve the problem of lack of labor. GTS gives employers the power to dissolve the step of advertisement of an LMIA. This too helps in eliminating the processing time.
2. LMIA exempt– A majority of temporary workers in Canada have an LMIA exempt work permit. The previous year, more than 3 lakhs of LMIA exempt work permits were sent which was far more than the actual number of work permits that LMIA supports. Employers aiming to hire workers through an LMIA exempt code need to first deposit a compliance fee with an offer of employment on the IRCC’s portal.
The reason for giving LMIA exempt work permits from the Canadian Government approach is to assist the interest of Canada’s governance. The work of foreign workers which benefits the Canadian Government economically, socially, and culturally are categorized under the Significant Benefit. On the other hand, Reciprocal Employment abides the country with an agreement made with the other country to promote healthy commutation of workers across countries.
3. Post-Graduation Work Permit– This option is available for students who have completed their post-graduation program from any of the Designated Learning Institutions. The advantage of this permit is that it does not abide the applicant to choose any specific occupation.
PGWP gives the eligibility only to programs that are more than 8 months but shorter than 24 months. The graduates who have completed the programs of more than 24 months can apply for a 3-year PGWP.
4. Spousal Open Work Permit– Applicants whose immediate relatives reside in Canada can extend their stay through Spousal Open Work Permit. If the applicant is applying within Canada, then they are called in-land applicants and can avail the benefits of a Spousal Open Work Permit.
Openwork permits can also be given to the spouse of temporary residents. Openwork permits are also given to the temporary foreign workers if they fulfill all the four conditions mentioned below.
- In order to get acceptance from Atlantic Immigration Program, the candidate should be working in any profession
- Or the applicant can work at NOC skill levels of A, B, and 0
- The applicant should be working in any industry with a provincial nomination from PNP
- The candidate can be working in any industry with a CSQ.
Apart from fulfilling these requirements, a candidate has to fulfill the separate requirements related to the program.
The Openwork permits can also be given to the spouses of international graduates. Although the spouse of the candidate has to prove that their partner is enrolled in a genuine program.
5. Bridging Open Work Permit- this program allows certain candidates to stay back in Canada even if the expiry of their temporary status. Programs that are listed below come under the category of BOWP
- FSWP
- CEC
- FSTP
- QSW
- APP
The applicants of CEC are still not provided with the opportunity of getting Canadian PR.
