Anxious Man

Dear Mr Miller and everybody,


I have one more question:

How long may I stay in Canada as a Temporary Worker in the following cases:
1) if the Canadian authorities agree to extend my Temporary
Work Permit for the same job on request by my Canadian
employer
2) if I hold several successive jobs, for each of which
I get a different Temporary Work Permit.


Thank you very much,

Have a nice day,

Sincerely,

AM

Andrew Miller

Work Permits are of temporary nature and while they can be extended once or
twice you will have extreme difficulties getting such extended later. There
is no fixed total time limit for subsequent extensions (like for example it
is with H1 visas in US), but you most likely won't get any further extension
beyond 5 or so years.

But why the question in the first place?

Anxious Man

Dear Mr Miller,


Thank you for your very quick reply!

Actually, I asked that question for the following reason:
Currently I'm not eligible for Permanent Resident status (I don't have
enough professional experience). So I may work in Canada only if I get
an appropriate job offer from a Canadian employer and the necessary
Temporary Work Permit. And I just wondered if, once I meet the
professional experience requirements to apply for PR status as a Skilled
Worker, I will be allowed to continue to work in Canada (with Temporary
Worker status) during the entire processing of my PR application, given
the average processing time (that can span over several years).

Once again, thank you very much for your help!

Keep up the good work,

Sincerely,


AM



Andrew Miller a écrit :

    > Work Permits are of temporary nature and while they can be extended once or
    > twice you will have extreme difficulties getting such extended later. There
    > is no fixed total time limit for subsequent extensions (like for example it
    > is with H1 visas in US), but you most likely won't get any further extension
    > beyond 5 or so years.
    >
    > But why the question in the first place?
    >

Andrew Miller

If you don't have work experience then you will have problems with getting
work permit or even a job offer anyway, unless you are graduating from
post-secondary school in Canada. Why not gain experience in your country
first? But anyway - if you are lucky to get job offer and work permit then
you'll be allowed to continue working as long as such permit is valid,
regardless pending PR application.