Moving to canada working for an US Employer

[AlohaIyer]

Hello All.

My employer is US Based but allows remote from anywhere in the world. Is it possible to move into Canada with that?? I will have a job and salary, but what type of visa I will need??

1) Can I enter with visitor visa and switch it into a work permit?
2) Is thee any other temporary visa that will let me enter, stay for few months and change into a work visa ?

 

[scylla]

Hello All.

My employer is US Based but allows remote from anywhere in the world. Is it possible to move into Canada with that?? I will have a job and salary, but what type of visa I will need??

1) Can I enter with visitor visa and switch it into a work permit?
2) Is thee any other temporary visa that will let me enter, stay for few months and change into a work visa ?

1) No - you cannot. To qualify for a work permit, you must have a job offer from an employer in Canada and that employer must obtain an approved LMIA. Additionally the job offer would have to be for a job that is physically located in Canada.
2) No - there isn't.

If you want to be able to live in Canada and work remotely for a US employer, then you should focus on applying to immigrate through an economic immigration stream like Express Entry. Once you have PR, you will be able to live in Canada and work remotely.