The date on your work permit is fixed. Your options don’t have to be. If your Canadian work permit is expiring in the next few months, the key question is not only “When does it end?” but “How do I keep working legally, and what is my long-term plan?” A short-term extension and a longer-term permanent residence strategy often need to be developed together, not one after the other. Many workers assume their employer will refuse to support them, but employers are often simply

Ontario has overhauled its provincial immigration program for workers and employers – and the old OINP streams many people knew are gone. Ontario has closed eight previous OINP worker streams and launched a new Ontario Workforce Priority Stream with a single Expression of Interest (EOI) system. The new stream covers job offers in Ontario across TEER 0–3 and TEER 4–5 occupations, as well as a separate pathway for eligible self‑employed physicians. The EOI portal for this new

Did you know that in some cases you may not need to redo your immigration medical exam, even if it’s more than a year old? Under IRCC’s temporary public policy, certain applicants inside Canada may be able to reuse a previous immigration medical exam (IME) that is up to 5 years old, even though the standard validity is only 12 months. This exception can apply if you are in Canada, applying for temporary or permanent residence, had an IME within the last 5 years, and were ass

Lost an immigration document? Found an error on your permit? The next step is not always obvious—and choosing the wrong IRCC process can slow everything down. Verification of Status (VOS), replacement, and amendment are three different IRCC processes, and they are not interchangeable. A replacement is generally used when a valid permit (for example, a work or study permit) was lost, stolen, or destroyed and you need another copy of the same document. A VOS is a plain‑paper c

If your work permit was lost and an officer printed a new one for you with a different issue date, does this change your status or affect future extensions? Many temporary workers panic when they lose their work permit and receive a replacement at the airport or from IRCC. The new document often has the same employer, occupation and expiry date, but a different “date of issue” — and people worry this might cause problems for future extensions or permanent residence applicati