LMIA-Exempt Work Permit

• Spouse
• Investor
• Intra-company transferee
• Professional or technician

Canada-provincial or territorial programs

• Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program

Canadian interests

• Significant benefit – if a foreign worker will bring an important social, cultural, or economic benefit to Canada. 
• Unique work situations:
  • Airline personnel (foreign airline security guards)
  • Interns with international organizations recognized under the Foreign Missions and International Organizations Act
  • Rail grinder operators, rail welders or other specialized track maintenance workers
  • Experts on a mission, working for a United Nations office in Canada
  • Foreign physicians coming to work in Quebec
• Entrepreneurs
• Unique work situations:
  • Fishing guides (Canadian lakes)
  • Foreign camp owner or director, and outfitters
  • Foreign freelance race jockeys
• Intra-company transferees
• Unique work situations
  • Airline personnel (station managers)
• Emergency repair or repair personnel for out-of-warranty equipment
• Television and film production workers
• Francophone mobility
• Live-in caregivers whose permanent residence application is submitted
• Caregivers whose permanent residence application is submitted under the Home Child Care Provider Pilot (HCCPP) or Home Support Worker Pilot (HSWP) (occupation-restricted open work permit)
• Spouses and dependants at age of majority of caregivers whose permanent residence application is submitted under the HCCPP or HSWP
  • Bridging open work permits (BOWPs)
• Caregivers under the HCCPP or HSWP
• Unique work situations
  • Certain Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ) holders currently in Quebec

Reciprocal employment

• Reciprocal employment – foreign workers get jobs in Canada when Canadians have similar opportunities in other countries.
• Unique work situations:
  • Fishing guides (border lakes)
  • Residential camp counsellors
  • United States government personnel (family members)
• Youth exchange programs
• Academic exchanges (professors, visiting lecturers)
• Performing arts

Researchers

• Researchers
• Educational co-op – post-secondary
• Educational co-op – secondary level

Competitiveness and public policy

• Spouses of skilled workers
• Spouses of students
• Post-graduate employment
• Post-doctoral Ph.D. fellows and award recipients
• Off-campus employment for students
• Medical residents and fellows

Charitable or religious workers

• Charitable or religious work

No other means of support

• Refugee claimants
• Persons under an unenforceable removal order

Permanent residence applicants in Canada

• Permanent residence applicants in Canada:
  • Live-in-caregiver class
  • Spouse or common-law partner in Canada class
  • Protected persons under subsection A95(2)
  • Section A25 exemption (humanitarian and compassionate grounds)
  • Family members of the above

Vulnerable workers

• Vulnerable workers
• Family member of vulnerable worker

Humanitarian reasons

• Destitute students
• Holders of a temporary resident permit valid for a minimum of six months