Removing Restrictions from OWP

[aristotelian]

Hi All, I've scoured the past discussions on this, but I just need to clarify a couple of things. Please kindly help.

I have an OWP with restrictions (can't work in the medical setting, etc.). I saw that we can remove the restrictions doing an upfront medical. Could you help me confirm several points?

1. Once I have the upfront medical, can I take my work permit to a CIC agent at the airport or land border and have the restrictions removed?

2. Do I really need to pay again or were there cases when a new OWP was issued without repayment?

3. Can I use the upfront medical for later PR application?

4. If I have to apply online to get a new OWP (and have to wait a month or more), do you know whether I can still use the current OWP to work legally in Canada (within the restrictions, of course)?

Thanks for any help.

 

[BA101]

Hi All, I've scoured the past discussions on this, but I just need to clarify a couple of things. Please kindly help.

I have an OWP with restrictions (can't work in the medical setting, etc.). I saw that we can remove the restrictions doing an upfront medical. Could you help me confirm several points?

1. Once I have the upfront medical, can I take my work permit to a CIC agent at the airport or land border and have the restrictions removed?

2. Do I really need to pay again or were there cases when a new OWP was issued without repayment?

3. Can I use the upfront medical for later PR application?

4. If I have to apply online to get a new OWP (and have to wait a month or more), do you know whether I can still use the current OWP to work legally in Canada (within the restrictions, of course)?

Thanks for any help.

I have an OWP with restrictions (can't work in the medical setting, etc.). I saw that we can remove the restrictions doing an upfront medical. Could you help me confirm several points? not sure where you saw this but these are conditions that cannot be changed

1. Once I have the upfront medical, can I take my work permit to a CIC agent at the airport or land border and have the restrictions removed? I don't know if there is any such known process. These conditions stay

2. Do I really need to pay again or were there cases when a new OWP was issued without repayment? Answer as above

3. Can I use the upfront medical for later PR application?The medical validity is a temporary measure. Check canada.ca for news about medical validity at the time of submitting your PR application

4. If I have to apply online to get a new OWP (and have to wait a month or more), do you know whether I can still use the current OWP to work legally in Canada (within the restrictions, of course)? What is the basis for the new OWP? If you have a valid WP already then there is no ground to apply for a new one.

Thanks for any help.

 

[aristotelian]

I have an OWP with restrictions (can't work in the medical setting, etc.). I saw that we can remove the restrictions doing an upfront medical. Could you help me confirm several points? not sure where you saw this but these are conditions that cannot be changed

Hello, thanks for responding. The conditions cannot be changed on the current work permit, that is why I need a new WP. See this:

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=844&top=4

If you want to work in a job that requires a medical exam, you must apply for a new work permit.

 

[Bornlucky]

Hello, thanks for responding. The conditions cannot be changed on the current work permit, that is why I need a new WP. See this:

https://www.cic.gc.ca/english/helpcentre/answer.asp?qnum=844&top=4

If you want to work in a job that requires a medical exam, you must apply for a new work permit.

There's a process: https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/application/application-forms-guides/guide-5551-applying-change-conditions-extend-your-stay-canada.html

The application is to extend, or change the conditions of an existing document.

Technically, you're a temporary resident (visitor) with authorization to engage in employment subject to proscribed conditions. You want to be a temporary resident (visitor) with authorization to engage in employment without any conditions. I don't mean to be pedantic, it's just the legal description.

Can you simply go to a Port of Entry and get one for free? I suspect the answer is a solid no, but one can rarely predict what the POE will do. The only way that they can make their jobs interesting is to make your experience a nightmare.

Good luck