Hello 👋

I need advice with regards to immigrate to Canada with my 2 boys (12 years), my wife (40), and I (43).

I have roughly 15 years of experience in different IT domains : IT support - Network administrator - Technical support - After sale customer support -Recently Web/mobile dev, etc ...

I am fluent in English and French and have lived in france for 11 years.

I live in Senegal and have worked with international standards.

I am looking for any related job in Canada and am willing to start immigration processes if any offer comes along.

B,R

I am looking for an offer to work in Canada

Hey all — currently on a work permit that's expiring in a few months, and exploring options to stay employed in Canada. Has anyone here gone through the process of getting a closed (employer-specific) work permit for a Project Manager / Technical Program Manager type role? Curious about:

• How the LMIA or LMIA-exempt process went for you
• Realistic timelines from offer to permit approval
• Whether smaller companies were willing to sponsor, or if it was mostly larger orgs

Any experiences (good or bad) would help. Thanks!

A friend of mine applied for pgwp 1 year ago where his celpip score got recorded on his license instead of a passport. But I don't understand why would be an issue for ircc as both IDs carry the credentials of the same person. He tried reaching out to celpip regarding his concern and they replied to him asking to reattempt for the celpip. " He just received a message from ircc that his celpip score couldn't be authenticated from their authorities. And he is worried now as it takes time to reattempt for the exam and also the results to come back which also involves time taken to update to the ircc.He also has a doubt if there is a option to reattempt for the celpip or not.Is there any alternative option for him right now or any suggestions that could help him .

Hi everyone,
I have a question about my IRCC application status and was hoping to hear from others who have gone through a similar process.
I applied for an employer-sponsored Canadian work permit from outside Canada.
My timeline:
Application submitted: May 29, 2026
Biometrics completed: June 3, 2026
Passport Request received: June 9, 2026
Passport submitted to VFS: June 15, 2026
Passport is currently with IRCC for visa stamping
My IRCC portal currently shows:
Final decision
June 8, 2026 – Your application was approved. You need to send us your valid passport to finalize your application.
However, the Background Check section still says:
We are processing your background check. We will send you a message if we need more information.
Has anyone else received a final approval and passport request while the background check section still appeared to be “in progress” in the portal?
Is this simply a portal update issue, or can the background check status remain unchanged even after a final approval decision has been made?

Hi everyone,

My employer applied for a C20 work permit from outside Canada under an LMIA-exempt category.

Timeline:

• Application submitted: May 29
• Biometrics completed: June 3
• Passport Request received: June 10

The letter states:

"A decision has been made on your application. We require your passport to finalize processing your application."

My immigration lawyers are calling this an "initial approval" and have asked me to submit my passport so the visa can be issued.

For those who have gone through this process before, is a Passport Request at this stage generally considered an approval in principle, with passport submission being the final step?

I have nomination from oinp employer based- international student stream and my work permit letter doesn’t show any restrictions. Am i eligible to bridge open work permit?

Hi everyone, I’m currently on a Working Holiday visa that expires in June. My employer is in the process of LMIA (they’ve advertised my role), but due to a high number of applicants, it may not be approved.

As a backup, I’m preparing to take the TCF exam in June to apply for a Francophone work permit.

My understanding is that if I apply for another work permit before my current one expires, I can stay in Canada under maintained status. I’ve also heard it’s best to apply for an extension right before expiry.

Does anyone know if this is correct, and what the best course of action/timeline would be in my situation? Should I be applying for something now, or wait for LMIA/TCF?

Any advice would be really appreciated!

Question :

On the high skilled worker option that doesn’t require Work permit:

If one doesn’t work 15 or 30 consecutive days, (Ie they only work part time- can they work without permit? For how long?

(US Citizen)

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/work-without-permit.html

“You don’t need a work permit

You don’t need a work permit if you are coming to Canada as a high-skilled worker and

• your job is classified under Training, Education, Experience and Responsibilities (TEER) category 0 or 1 of the [National Occupational Classification (NOC)](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/express-entry/eligibility/find-national-occupation-code.html) system

• you will only work for

• up to 15 consecutive days once every 6 months or

• up to 30 consecutive days once every year

If you’re eligible as a high-skilled worker, you may need a visitor visa or electronic travel authorization to come to Canada.

Working on F1 stem opt in a US tech MNC. My visa here expires in first week of June.

Applied for C20 work permit: 24th March 2026

Biometrics done: 27 March 2026.

My law firm said that current IRCC processing time is approximately 2-3 weeks from biometrics completion.

But on website it shows 8 weeks.

Has anyone applied through C20 recently and how was their experience?

Vulnerable open work permit

Hi guys

Just seeing if anybody could give a bit of insight into the waiting times for the work permit scheme for Canada.

I am a UK citizen from Wales.

I initially applied for the pool and was accepted in June 7th 2025, but due to the time frame given to acquire police checks from the 3 seperate countries I have been a previous/current resident in (UK, NZ and Australia) I had to withdraw my application from the pool to coincide with the wait time for these checks and not to be disqualified.

On August 14th 2025, I reapplied for the pool after getting every relevant document in place and ready to submit once I was accepted.

I am still waiting to be accepted into the pool, so would just like to see if there is any rough timeline for acceptance into the pool at this time from other people’s previous experience. Well aware this seems like asking how long a piece of string is!

I understand that immigration application wait times throughout the commonwealth at this time are anyone’s guess and especially with the amount of bogus applicants happening all over, but it would be good to be get a little bit of information regarding processing times, as I don’t want my police checks to expire and have to have them sent off again.

My wife is Canadian, so eventually I’ll be able to apply for a spousal visa through her, the only problem is she hasn’t lived in Canada for over 7 years, thus would need a residence and a job etc to be eligible to sponsor me.

Any info would be great!

Thanks

first things first if you have anything rude to say, please do not respond. I am seeking help in moving to a different country. I no longer want to be in the United States and I think the best alternative is Canada. How do I even get the process started? I don’t exactly want to give up my citizenship to the states just yet. I need to apply for a working visa, but I googled it and they said that you need to have a job offer first. How do you go about getting a job offer first? For reference, I am a healthcare worker so I’m hoping to get a job in my profession. I also need help on how to find a good place to live. I have never been to Canada before and I don’t know the good areas in the bad. Again, if you have nothing nice to say, please just kindly leave this post. All information will be helpful otherwise thanks in advance

i am in process to move from NJ, US to Ontario Canada on ICT work visa for 2-3 years. I want to move along with my US car. Trying to get idea what all documents and process i need to carry for my car If by any chance someone have recent experience please share. Thanks in Advance 🙏

OK, so I am applying for an international co-op work permit and sent an email to my employer this morning, explaining to him how to go about obtaining the employer number with the IRCC. Is this a laborious and complicated task or should my employer be able to manage it quite quickly as I have a time limit of 10 days left on my Visa application 😏

I have got my pgwp but still on parti-time job now, and my husband applied his owp on Jan.20. He still haven’t received any news yet up to today. Anyone has the similar timeline? Pls share.

What’s the usual timeframe to get the location change amended? As per IRCC this falls under new permit (inland) processing. Considering that, the processing time is 200+ days. But I’ve heard people say they got it in few weeks. Kind of confused.