Restoration of visitor status

[psag]

Hello everyone

What are the options after getting visitor status? Can one apply for work permit, with a new employer with LMIA?? Is flagpole an option for the applicant??

Your help and assistance is highly appreciated..

Thanks

 

[scylla]

Yes - if you have an approved LMIA then you can certainly apply for a closed work permit.

 

[psag]

Yes - if you have an approved LMIA then you can certainly apply for a closed work permit.

Hello scylla

Can that be applied from within Canada or Flagpole??
Thanks for your response

 

[fkl]

Hello scylla

Can that be applied from within Canada or Flagpole??
Thanks for your response

You can apply from within Canada (online or by mail) certainly.

Flag pole really depends on a few more factors.

A) As a rule, you have to be from a visa exempt country - to be able to get a work permit at the border.
B) But if you already had a valid study or work permit and you are entering ONLY from US, you do not need a trv to enter Canada. Since in this case one is visa exempt, he/she can get work permit at the border even if you are not from a visa exempt country. I have done this and know of many others too with similar situation.

However, I don't know for sure if this applies to the situation where some one got a visitor status as restoration (the exact law actually says "lawfully admitted as a worker or student to Canada"). So your situation is a bit different. Those I referred already had valid study / work permits.

At best, I think it is CBSA's discretion and you should at least expect to be grilled over why you got out of status and had to get restoration in the first place.