Canada · Work Permits

A Canadian work permit is the first year of your PR file, not the finish line.

LMIA, Global Talent Stream, intra-company, IEC, and open permits, filed by one team in association with RCIC professionals, with the Express Entry clock running from your first day at work. We pick the permit your job offer fits and the one your PR plan needs.

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Compare the routes

Six ways to work in Canada. We pick the one your offer and your PR plan fit.

Every permit below can feed Canadian experience into Express Entry. Some run through an LMIA labour-market test, some are LMIA-exempt, and some need no employer at all. The 2024 reforms tightened the LMIA (six-month validity, a 10% low-wage cap, refusals in high-unemployment areas), so we read the current rules before we file.

Permit	Route to PR	Best for	Sponsor / offer
LMIA-Based Work Permit	Employer labour-market test	Best forSkilled workers with a Canadian job offer where no domestic worker is available	Sponsor / offerA positive LMIA from the employer (the 6-month-validity labour-market test)
Global Talent Stream (GTS)	Tech 2-week standard	Best forTech professionals in TEER 0/1 roles on the global talent list	Sponsor / offerA designated employer; the government targets a 2-week LMIA service standard
Intra-Company Transfer (ICT)	Transfer LMIA-exempt	Best forExecutives, senior managers, and specialised-knowledge staff moving within a corporate group	Sponsor / offerA qualifying multinational employer; no labour-market test
IEC Working Holiday	Youth no employer	Best forYoung adults, typically 18 to 30, wanting an open permit to live and work in Canada	Sponsor / offerNo job offer; an invitation from the IEC pool, with eligibility by country and age
Spouse / Family Open Work Permit	Partner tied to principal	Best forSpouses of eligible skilled workers and students	Sponsor / offerA principal worker in an eligible role with 16+ months left on their permit, since Jan 2025
Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP)	Graduate post-study	Best forGraduates of eligible Canadian programs bridging into skilled work	Sponsor / offerNo employer; CLB 7 for degrees or CLB 5 for college, and an eligible field, since Nov 2024

For informatory and consultation purposes only — visa rules, fees, and intake windows change; verify with the relevant official source and book a personal consultation before acting.

Match my permit

How we match you to a lane

Four filing lanes. Every one feeds your Express Entry clock.

Through an LMIA

For skilled roles needing a labour-market test. We run the advertising, recruitment, and wage attestation, and draft the employer LMIA inside its six-month validity so the permit filing does not lapse.

Through the IMP

Global Talent Stream, Intra-Company Transfer, and Francophone Mobility skip the labour-market test, so they move faster. We confirm the exempt category and file through the employer portal.

No employer needed

IEC, Spouse Open Work Permit, PGWP, and the Bridging Open Work Permit are eligibility-led, not employer-led. We map which open permit your profile wins before any filing.

The PR clock starts now

Day one of work is day one of your PR file. We track Canadian Experience Class hours from week one, time the Express Entry profile for peak CRS, and bridge any status gap with a BOWP.

How a Canadian work file gets built

Four stages, sequenced to start your PR clock on day one.

Offer & LMIA fit

The job mapped to a NOC TEER code, the high- or low-wage stream checked, and the LMIA drafted on the employer behalf, or the LMIA-exempt category confirmed.

Work-permit filing

The employer-led (IMP) or worker-led (TFWP) filing, biometrics booked in advance, and the spouse and dependent study permits filed in parallel so the family arrives together.

In-status support

Renewals, employer-compliance upkeep, procedural-fairness responses, and a Bridging Open Work Permit if permanent residence is still being decided when status runs out.

Work to PR

Canadian Experience Class hours tracked, the Express Entry profile filed at peak CRS, a provincial nomination for 600 points where it fits, and then landing on the same case file.

Will you qualify?

A quick, honest read on your permit before you spend a dollar.

A few questions and an honest check of your job offer against the 2024-2025 rules. Free, no commitment.

Match my permit

✓A qualifying job offer (LMIA stream) or eligibility for an open or exempt permit (IEC, spouse, ICT, PGWP)
✓A role at NOC TEER 0 to 3 for permits that track toward permanent residence
✓The principal-permit validity and eligible role the Spouse Open Work Permit now requires (16+ months)
✓Language and admissibility clearance, and a genuine employer where a sponsor is needed

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Honest answers

The questions that decide your Canadian work-permit strategy.

LMIA and most LMIA-exempt employer streams do. IEC, the Spouse Open Work Permit, the PGWP, and the Bridging Open Work Permit do not. We map your eligibility against the open-permit options first, then the sponsored routes, so you do not chase a sponsor you may not need.
A positive LMIA is valid for up to six months, down from twelve, for applications from May 2024. The low-wage stream is capped at 10% of a workforce, and LMIAs can be refused in areas of high unemployment. We sequence every permit filing inside the six-month window so the employer does not have to restart.
The government targets a two-week LMIA service standard for the Global Talent Stream, and the work permit follows after that. It is a service target rather than a guaranteed timeline, so we use the standard language and confirm the current timeline for your role before quoting.
Often yes, but the Spouse Open Work Permit narrowed in January 2025. The principal worker must hold an eligible TEER 0/1 role, or a select priority TEER 2/3 role, with at least 16 months remaining on their permit. We check the principal role and the remaining validity before filing the spouse application.
Most do. A year of skilled (TEER 0 to 3) Canadian work builds Canadian Experience Class eligibility inside Express Entry, a provincial nomination can add 600 CRS points, and a Bridging Open Work Permit covers any status gap while permanent residence is decided. We run the permit file and the PR file in parallel from day one.
Intake into the Home Care Worker immigration pilots is paused, since December 2025, with no restart date set, so we do not file new caregiver applications until it reopens. Existing participants continue on their current path, and we flag the program so no one plans around a closed door.
Yes. As an employer-facing service we run the advertising and recruitment, draft the LMIA, and handle the employer-compliance side, separately from the worker permit filing. This is a Chase Global service, not a government program, and it is where most employer-side delays are avoided.

For informatory and consultation purposes only — visa rules, fees, and intake windows change; verify with the relevant official source and book a personal consultation before acting.

LMIA windows and IEC pools close on a schedule. The next one could carry your offer.

Book a free assessment. We will match your job to a permit, read the 2024-2025 rules against your case, and tell you whether to file now or build the case first.

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A Canadian work permit is the first year of your PR file, not the finish line.

Six ways to work in Canada. We pick the one your offer and your PR plan fit.

The permits we file most.

LMIA-Based Work Permit

Global Talent Stream (GTS)

Intra-Company Transfer (ICT)

IEC Working Holiday

Spouse / Family Open Work Permit

Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP)