Freelance work outside my closed work-permit

[pgy]

Hi,

I am mid-application for my PR through PNP (from New Zealand), so currently on a closed work-permit. My application is in-progress and hopefully not far from approval.
I get that I am not allowed to register a business in Canada to do freelance work (until I have my PR), but is there any other work around for me rather than turning down the work? Would I be allowed to open up shop as a NZ business and continue working here on the side? Or does my closed-work permit ban any work outside my current employer, regardless of where the business is registered, and regardless of if it is a paid job or not?

Any advice is much appreciated, thanks!

 

[zardoz]

Hi,

I am mid-application for my PR through PNP (from New Zealand), so currently on a closed work-permit. My application is in-progress and hopefully not far from approval.
I get that I am not allowed to register a business in Canada to do freelance work (until I have my PR), but is there any other work around for me rather than turning down the work? Would I be allowed to open up shop as a NZ business and continue working here on the side? Or does my closed-work permit ban any work outside my current employer, regardless of where the business is registered, and regardless of if it is a paid job or not?

Any advice is much appreciated, thanks!

You are permitted to work for that single employer only. Anything else, paid or unpaid, that has ANY impact on the Canadian labour market is illegal work.