Work Permit

• ‘Our town’s going to collapse’: Northern B.C. businesses demand Ottawa revisit immigration, work permit cuts

  Community Futures Development Corporation says Prince Rupert is at risk due to federal government changes to immigration and work permit policies.

  Politics

  Jul 1, 2025
  
• Visitors can no longer apply for work permits while in Canada

  The federal government ended the COVID-19-era policy that was introduced to help visitors who couldn’t leave the country due to pandemic-related travel restrictions.

  Canada

  Aug 30, 2024
  
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• Proposed class action claims foreign workers exploited by Quebec recruiter, airline caterer

  The workers centre is acting on behalf of more than 400 people since 2021 who it says were falsely promised they would be given work permits and legitimate jobs in Canada.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2023
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• Father of Manitoba-born son out of options as deportation looms: ‘I don’t want to lose my kid’

  'My visa was canceled because we're going through a divorce ... I'm not a skilled worker, I don't have a trade or anything, I don't meet the requirements to extend my work permit.'

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2023
• Victim of fatal B.C. bus crash dreamed of future for his family in Canada

  "The only dream he had was to get his family here. He missed them a lot, he spent a lot of time away from them," a colleague said of Karonjot Singh said of the bus crash victim.

  Canada

  Dec 27, 2022
• Quebec migrant worker who helped on COVID-19 front line fears deportation

  A worker originally from Ivory Coast helped out on the front lines of the pandemic in Quebec back when little was known about COVID. Now, he fears he'll soon be deported.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2022
• Paperwork backlog leaves B.C. international students in limbo

  Ekam Sandhu believes his work permit application was incorrectly rejected, but he's now stuck waiting months to reapply and can't work in the meantime.

  Canada

  Feb 16, 2022
• Work permit requirements reduced for spouses of Atlantic program immigrants

  The federal Department of Immigration says in a news release that the change "supports the Atlantic Immigration Pilot's goal to ensure newcomers who have come here, stay here."

  Politics

  May 8, 2019
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• South Korean family fights to return to Alberta town they now call home

  A South Korean man claims his family is being ordered to leave Canada over a misunderstanding about work permits.

  Canada

  Dec 6, 2018
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• Okotoks family fears they will be forced to leave Canada following permanent residence rejection

  “For a family that is contributing to the community, that is not sucking any resources from Canada – they are contributing – the idea of sending them home? I can’t wrap my head around it,” family friend Inge French said.

  Canada

  Nov 21, 2018