I've read somewhere that if a company would like to hire someone on a closed work permit, instead of applying for a new…
CanadaWork Permit1I've read somewhere that if a company would like to hire someone on a closed work permit, instead of applying for a new one, they can bridge the current one and change the conditions on it. Also, I read that while waiting you can submit a letter to IRCC asking to allow you to work for the new role and they may approve it. How true is this? Thanks.
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Can an employer just 'bridge' your closed work permit to a new role instead of applying fresh?
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Well it definitely wasn’t this easy for me. A company has to go through the LMIA process with ESDC before the candidate can apply to IRCC. I guess that if your job is super on demand there is a program to skip the LMIA process but that’s just for a subset of jobs.
Get a new Lmia, apply for a new work permit and then raise a webform requesting IRCC from an interim work authorisation while the new work permit is being processed