Canada ends policy of allowing visitors to apply for work permits from within the country

Of note, yet another correction:

The federal government has scrapped a COVID-era special measure that has been blamed for contributing to the surge of temporary residents in Canada and possibly asylum claimants at airports.

Starting immediately, the Immigration Department has ended the temporary public policy that allowed visitors to apply for work permits from within Canada, a measure to partly mitigate the financial hardship faced by visitors stuck in the country as a result of border closures and to partly fill labour shortages after the pandemic.

The special policy was to expire on Feb. 28, 2025.

The abrupt end to the measure is ”part of our overall efforts to recalibrate the number of temporary residents in Canada and preserve the integrity of the immigration system,” said Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in a notice on Wednesday. …

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