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Hi, I plan to apply for a 2-year NAFTA work permit at the border. I have 2 concerns... 1. Does NAFTA have a strict no-criminal record rule? My misdemeanor for possession of marijuana 9.5 years ago will be "considered rehabilitated" in just 6 months. Does that mean I will get denied? 2. If my...

Does anyone know where I can find the NAFTA application form for professionals? I'm trying to prepare for it, but can't find a checklist or anything...

Scylla -- This is a separate work permit than the Startup Visa. Right?

The part of the page which refers to the Startup Visa program is in turquise. It is a notification section which is unrelated to the TEMPORARY work permit with the $230 employer fee which is what the page is about. If you look at the navigation at the top of the page, you'll see this is in the...

I own a Canadian corporation and would like to apply for this open work permit as an Entrepreneur. Is this possible? http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/apply-who-permit-result.asp?q1_options=1k

I am a US citizen and I would like to work for a Canadian corporation. I don't care if it is temporary or long-term or part-time or full-time. Is there any way for me to do this? (Attending school & LMIA process aren't valid solutions in my case)

Hi, I'm visiting Canada from the US. We can come in for 6 months at a time. A Canadian friend and I are thinking of starting a corporation here... Does that put my visitor status in danger? For example, I know visitors are restricted from competing with any Canadian market... How does that work...

How do you guys know so much about all of this stuff? Are you immigration lawyers? Today, a friend told me I CAN begin working for my employer during the waiting period for the work visa. He said I can do this by going through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) with the intention of...

Okay, great, so that company which hires me part-time could start going through the LMIA process and we could wait out the 6-month work permit processing time WHILE I am already working for them. Right?

Okay, what if I enroll in full-time school? Then I could get an open work permit while I'm a student and I could start working for my employer while the LMIA/work visa application is processing for 6 months, right?

The immigration department is disabling companies to hire the workers they need at the time that they need them. A 3 month wait period is quite long -- especially when you add a month or two at the beginning to submit the LMIA itself. I find it really tough to believe that the immigration...

If I leave the country and begin working as a contractor from a virtual office, that would work, right?

Can I start working for my employer right away once they submit the LMIA and work permit application? Wait time is about 3 months, but that is a huge barrier to getting employers to hire me... What kinds of options are there? Can my employer just have me start working for no pay and then pay me...

To be honest, I am not ready to live with him. Do you think I can extend my stay as a visitor by just telling them that I want to spend more time with him even though we are NOT on the same lease, as well as spending time with my extended family members?

Hi, I'm visiting Canada and thinking of applying for school... I read somewhere that "you cannot change from visitor status to a study or work permit, although there are exceptions." What does this mean? How can I get a study visa if I am a visitor?

Thank you! Do you know if we can live together in a house with two other roommates? As long as we both sign the lease and get a joint bank account, then when I apply for an extension they will see that we are, indeed, going for common-law status, right?

Are you sure you're right about this? A few users are saying that living with my boyfriend for the purpose of creating common-law status is NOT a valid reason to extend my stay as a visitor: www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/valid-reasons-to-extend-your-stay-t442429.0.html

Scylla said the opposite information that you are saying about reasons to extend a visitor visa... Scylla said, "if you are living with your boyfriend and attempting to live together for a full year to become common law so that he can sponsor you for PR - this is a valid reason." I'm not sure...

If I sign a 1-year lease with my boyfriend and tell them I need to stay in order to gain common-law status, that should do it, right? I also have extended family here in Canada.... they are my mom's cousins. Should I ask them to write a letter stating that we would like to get to know each...

We're thinking of renting a house with friends. We would each have our own bedroom. Would this still qualify us for extending the visa to eventually gain common-law status?