Visitor's visa to Work Permit Visa??

[AVKON]

If I come to Canada on a Visitor's Visa, and then find an employer willing to give me a full time job contract, can I file for a TWP from within Canada?  Or can I apply for TWP at my home country's visa office while I am still in Canada?

[PMM]

Hi

If I come to Canada on a Visitor's Visa, and then find an employer willing to give me a full time job contract, can I file for a TWP from within Canada?  Or can I apply for TWP at my home country's visa office while I am still in Canada?

1.  You can't apply in Canada so you would have to apply to the office that services your country of residence/citizenship.

PMM

[AVKON]

Thanks for the reply, PMM.  One squiggly little detail:  Can I get somebody from my home country to apply for me (basically just do paperwork and send it to the embassy) even if I am still in Canada?  Or should I be in the Philippines while this application is going on?  If, for instance, I get my TWP, won't I be questioned how I got it if my passport shows I was in Canada during the time my TWP was being processed?

[PMM]

Hi

Thanks for the reply, PMM.  One squiggly little detail:  Can I get somebody from my home country to apply for me (basically just do paperwork and send it to the embassy) even if I am still in Canada?  Or should I be in the Philippines while this application is going on?  If, for instance, I get my TWP, won't I be questioned how I got it if my passport shows I was in Canada during the time my TWP was being processed?

1.  You have to complete and sign the application
2.  Being a Filipino you will also require a medical
3.  Since the employer has to go through POEA you better read this: http://www.poea.gov.ph/MCs/MC%206-08.pdf

PMM

[AVKON]

Hello and thanks for the prompt reply PMM.

1.  I can do that from Canada and just mail the forms to a relative in the Philippines to submit
2.  Maybe I can do a Medical before leaving for Canada?  How long before a medical "expires"?
3.  I read that and it seems that it is more for employers than for me

[PMM]

Hi

quote author=AVKON link=topic=13881.msg56634#msg56634 date=1232260859]
Hello and thanks for the prompt reply PMM.

1.  I can do that from Canada and just mail the forms to a relative in the Philippines to submit
2.  Maybe I can do a Medical before leaving for Canada?  How long before a medical "expires"?
3.  I read that and it seems that it is more for employers than for me
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1.  Yes
2.  You can't have the medical until Manila sends you the forms.

PMM

[AVKON]

Hmmm... so the medical is the speedbump...
When the medical comes, does it specify what hospitals are accredited?  Can't I have the medical from some Canadian hospital?