Canada
Work Permit

You can apply for your work permit as soon as you received written evidence of your job offer.

• Proof of identity
• Proof of employment in Canada including your job offer
• Proof that you meet the requirements of the job including educational / training / work experience requirements.

If you are not a citizen of the country in which you are applying for the Canadian work permit, you must provide proof of your present immigration status in the country of application.  Additional documents may be required from the case officer.

You will be required to complete a medical exam if your job involves working in the health services, child care, primary or secondary education.
Medicals may also be requested depending on where you lived in the past 12 months.
Finally, medicals may also be requested for those who want to work in Agriculture in Canada.
Please note that a medical exam may add over three months to the processing of your application.

A case officer can impose restrictions on your work permit including some or all of the following:

• Type of employment in which you may work;
• The employer for whom you may work, generally you are tied to one employer for the duration of your work permit;
• Where you may work;
• How long you may continue to work, all work permits are for a specified period of time that is related to HRSDC confirmation.

Yes, your partner and dependant can travel with you and should be included on your application form.
Your spouse and children must also meet all the requirements for temporary residents to Canada.

Yes, but they must apply for their own work permit and must meet the same standards including HRSDC confirmation.

A common-law partner is a person of the opposite or same sex who is currently cohabiting and has cohabited in a conjugal relationship with your for a period of at least 12 months.

A dependant may be your own children or those of your spouse/ common-law partner.  Also your dependant must be under the age of 22 and single, that is not married and not in a common-law relationship or 22 years and older and is dependant substantially on the financial support of a parent.

Yes, once you process a valid passport and travel documents.  You also need to hold a valid work permit if you are returning to work in Canada.
Contact www.visafirst.com if you have any further queries.

It is always advisable to use an authorised representative who is a member of CSIC.  All files lodged by visafirst.com are through an authorised agent. 
If a file is lodged with incorrect details fees are not refunded by Canadian Immigration so it is important that a correct file is lodged initially.  Visafirst.com guarantees to have a correct file lodgement for you.

No. You can apply from inside as well as from outside Canada for your work permit.