Family Members of Workers in the High-Wage Stream of the TFWP and IMP are Eligible To Apply for an Open Work Permit.
Some family members of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) will be eligible for work permits beginning today, January 30.
According to Immigration Minister Sean Fraser, temporary work permits will be extended to family members of principal applicants in the (TFWP) and (IMP). This policy will assist Canada in combating persistent labor shortages.
TFWP- temporary foreign worker program
IMP -International Mobility Program
The new policy extends work permit eligibility to people who meet the following criteria:
1. They are a work permit holder’s spouse, common-law partner, or dependant child who:
1.1. works in a job that falls into any of the Training, Education, Experience, and Responsibilities (TEER) categories (0 to 5), or
1.2. is the primary applicant with an open work permit (example: post-graduation work permit holders at all skill levels).
2. They are the spouse, common-law partner, or dependent child of a work permit-holding economic class permanent resident applicant.
SOURCE: CICNEWS
Who are not eligible to apply at this time:
- Spouses, common-law partners and dependents of workers in a TEER 4 or 5
- job under the low-wage stream of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program
- Agricultural Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
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