An Employer-Specific Work Permit specifies certain terms of your stay in Canada as a worker include:

• Name of your employer

• The length of your stay

• The location of where you will be working

An open work allows the individual to work for ANY employer in Canada.

 

Exceptions include:

• an employer that is on the list of ineligible employers who have failed to comply with conditions

• the industry of erotic work ( dance, services, massages).

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You are eligible to apply for open work permit if:

• You are a student who graduated from DIL &  want to apply to the PGWP ( post graduation work permit

• applied for Permanent Residence in Canada

• a temporary permit holder

• are a refugee, refugee claimant, protected person or their family member

• are an under an enforceable removal order

• are a young worker participating in special programs

• are a dependent family member of someone who applied for permanent residence

• are the spouse or common-law partner of a skilled worker or international student

• are the spouse or common-law partner of an applicant of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program

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