Can a Live in caregiver apply for workpermit at the border?

[lorna07]

Hello to all!

I am a newbie here and found this forum through a friend.

I am a currently here in Toronto, Canada as a tourist. I found an employer and she filed for my LMO just lask week.

Can I apply for a work permit at the border? How about medical? How can I get medical? I think I need to bring my medical result at the border? Do I get medical in Canada or U.S? I only have a single entry visa in the US . If I go to the U.S. to apply, I don't know anybody there and they will take my passport and I cannot go back to Canada until my work permit is approved.

I don't want to go home and file my application in the Philippines because it will take me forever

Thank you all!

Lorna

 

[scylla]

No - you can't apply at the border. From the CIC site:

To participate in the Live-in Caregiver Program, you must make an application for an initial live-in caregiver work permit at a visa office outside Canada.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/caregiver/apply-who.asp