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What documents and steps are needed for Extend or change a work permit?

Prepare the current permit/passport and status timeline, employer LMIA decision or LMIA-exempt offer and number, written job terms, qualifications and family records, the personalized checklist, forms, receipts, pending-status evidence, account messages and issued permit. Confirm each current form and personalized checklist control on www.canada.ca.

Practical order

1. 1

   Record the work permit, passport and job-offer expiries, current employer, occupation, location and every printed condition before selecting an extension or change.

2. 2

   Use the current IRCC page to distinguish extending the same authorization, changing employer or job conditions, and restoring status after expiry.

3. 3

   Before the worker files, the employer obtains the required new LMIA or submits the required LMIA-exempt offer and gives the worker the resulting decision or offer number.

4. 4

   Open the applicant’s current IRCC checklist and prepare passport, status, current permit, employer decision or offer number, job terms, qualifications and family records requested.

5. 5

   Review and submit the extension or change in the worker’s own account, pay IRCC directly and retain the exact confirmation time and package.

6. 6

   Follow the current rules on whether and under which conditions work may continue, answer account requests and verify every employer, occupation, location and expiry field on the new permit.