Work Permit or Buisness Trip

[justfire]

I am a Business Consultant, ;D and will be providing my consulting services for a store in Canada BC. I will work with the store for 2-3 days at a time for a total for 4-6 months. Do I need a work Permit, and if so do i get this at the boarder with my appropriate documents(not for sure which ones I need), or do I need them before I travel to Canada. Or is this considered a Business trip, and I need nothing. Frustrated, wanting to purchase airfair ASAP. :-\

 

[ragluf]

I am a Business Consultant, ;D and will be providing my consulting services for a store in Canada BC. I will work with the store for 2-3 days at a time for a total for 4-6 months. Do I need a work Permit, and if so do i get this at the boarder with my appropriate documents(not for sure which ones I need), or do I need them before I travel to Canada. Or is this considered a Business trip, and I need nothing. Frustrated, wanting to purchase airfair ASAP. :-\

For this to be a business visit and therefore work permit exempt - you have to fall under R186 of the IPRP
Work without a work permit R186(a)—Business visitor
R187 defines the criteria for entry as a business visitor. This broad category facilitates the entry of persons to Canada who intend to engage in business or trade activities, and parallels the NAFTA business visitor criteria. (See Appendix G) R187(3) provides the general criteria that must be met, and R187(2) provides specific examples, which are meant to be illustrative. Included in this category are persons providing after-sales service (see Appendix H); and foreign government officials not accredited to Canada (see Appendix C).
General Criteria
• There must be no intent to enter the Canadian labour market, that is, no gainful employment in Canada.
• The activity of the foreign worker must be international in scope, that is, there is the presumption of an underlying cross-border business activity, e.g. after sales service;
• There is the presumption of a foreign employer:
o The primary source of the worker's remuneration remains outside Canada
o The principal place of the worker's employer is located outside Canada
o The accrual of profits of the worker's employer is located outside Canada.