Closed Work Permit to Open Work Permit

[akalra]

Hello everyone. I am looking for expert advice. I currently hold an closed work permit. I want to know if there is any way i can get my permit open from being closed with some restrictions. Thanks.

 

[scylla]

Hello everyone. I am looking for expert advice. I currently hold an closed work permit. I want to know if there is any way i can get my permit open from being closed with some restrictions. Thanks.

You'll need to provide more information about yourself in order for us to answer that question. Open work permits are only granted under specific circumstances (e.g. your spouse is an international student in Canada studying full time as a designated learning institution).

Do you have a spouse / common law partner? Are they in Canada? If so, under what status?

Have you applied for PR? If so, under what program, when, and what is the current status of your application?

 

[SLHI]

You'll need to provide more information about yourself in order for us to answer that question. Openwork permits are only granted under specific circumstances (e.g. your spouse is an international student in Canada studying full time as a designated learning institution).

Do you have a spouse / common-law partner? Are they in Canada? If so, under what status?

Have you applied for PR? If so, under what program, when, and what is the current status of your application?

Hi.. I am in the same boat. I am in the CEC category, closed work permit and applying for PR as I got ITA recently. Could you please share your thoughts about the process to change my status to an open work permit?

 

[scylla]

Hi.. I am in the same boat. I am in the CEC category, closed work permit and applying for PR as I got ITA recently. Could you please share your thoughts about the process to change my status to an open work permit?

When does your closed work permit expire?

 

[SLHI]

When does your closed work permit expire?

November 2021

 

[scylla]

November 2021

You can apply for a Bridging Open Work Permit once your closed work permit is expiring in four months or less. So that means you'll need to wait until sometime in July to apply for the OWP.