I am currently working in the US on OPT status. I did not get picked in H1B lottery and my OPT will expire in July. My employer has agreed to let me work remotely from Canada. Apart from PR, is there any other work visa with which I can move to and start working from Canada quicker? My employer does not have any presence in Canada. I have a valid Canadian visitor visa.
Working remotely from Canada for US employer
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Just because your employer agreed to let you work from Canada, doesn't mean you can live in work in Canada without authorization. So you don't have a Canadian work permit just a visitor visa. You can't enter Canada on a visitor visa unless you have immediate or extended family in the country and even then you need written authorization to enter. There is no quick way unless you apply for PR and that isn't quick. You can't apply for a work permit because your employer doesn't have a presence in Canada. A visitor visa is of no use because you want to move and work from Canada. What country are you from? You could look at Barbados and their nomadic/remote work permit.
No. Your employer is not Canadian based. So you need to wait for your PR to process and get COPR to land.