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Open Work Permit Temporary Residence Programs

If you are dealing with Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada, this article might be handy to prepare your legal arguments on the Submission letter.

Here I have tried to put all the possible provisions related to Temporary Foreign Workers in Canada found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (IRPR). The below sources are taken from www.canada.ca. Please check the latest rules, acts and regulations before you act upon them as rules, acts and regulations are always changeable for greater cause.

Temporary Foreign Workers

Agenda	Provisions
Immigration objectives	A3(1)(g)(h)(j)
Need for authorization to work	A30(1)
Issuance of temporary resident visa	R179
Worker class	R194
Worker	R195
Work permit required	R196
Application before entry	R197
Application on entry	R198
Application after entry	R199
Issuance of work permits	R200
Application for renewal	R201
Temporary resident status	R202
Economic effect	R203
Canadian interests	R205
No other means of support	R206
Applicants in Canada	R207
Humanitarian reasons	R208
When a work permit becomes invalid	R209
Contravention of Act – employing foreign national not authorized to work	A124(1)(c)
Contravention of Act – due diligence must be exercised by employer	A124(2)

Employer Compliance

Agenda	Provisions
Certified debt	A146(1) of Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Certified debt treated as judgment	A146(2) of Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Garnishment	A147(1) of Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Deduction and set-off	A155(1) of the Financial Administrative Act
Calculation of interest and amount owed	R5(1) of the Interest and Administrative Charges Regulations
Waive or reduce interest	R9 and R12 of the Interest and Administrative Charges Regulations
Debt write-off	R4 of the Debt Write-off Regulations
If an employer is in default, an officer shall not issue a work permit	R200(3)(h) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
Period to pay the penalty or to enter into an agreement	R209.996(4)(e) and (f) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
When the Notification of Final Determination is deemed received	R209.996(6) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

Disclaimer: The above writing is not intended to be a source of legal advice. Please seek legal advice and use your own good judgement before choosing to act on any information provided above. If you choose to rely on this article, you do so entirely at your own accountability.

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