The CETA agreement started officially working in the year 2017. It is an agreement signed between Canada and the European Union. This agreement made obtaining a Canadian work permit easier for the nationals of the European Union. The same goes for the Canadians getting work permits in the EU. The workers do not need LMIA in this case.
Different types of Canadian work permits under CETA :
• Intra-Company Transfer
If a worker is transferred from a foreign company to a related Canadian company, they will need this type of work permit. Transferees under these work permits are of three types. Those are a high-rank employee, graduate trainee, and worker with special skills. Eligibility Conditions:
• The transferees have been working for 12 months in a company located in the EU when the application is ongoing.
• They are going through a short-term transfer.
• Engineering and Scientific Technologists
Engineers and scientific technicians can get a work permit to Canada through CETA. Eligibility conditions:
• They should be professionally qualified to provide necessary services according to the local law and order.
• Their serving period is no more than one year.
• Engineering technologists need to obtain a 3-year post-secondary certificate in engineering. They have to get this degree from a reputed engineering academy.
• The scientific technologists need to obtain a 3-year post-secondary certificate from a well-known institute. Their degree should be in one of the following subjects:
• Architecture,
• The Discipline of Agriculture
• Mining
• Energy
• Chemistry
• Geophysics
• Biology
• Physics,
• Geology
• Forestry
• Business Visitor
CETA business visitor work permit means permitting someone to pay a short-term visit to Canada for business purposes. A business visit in Canada for no more than 90 days falls under this type of work permit. Actions Permitted under CETA Business Visitor Work Permits:
• Conducting researches.
• Designing. Providing post-sales services.
• Attending or involving in trade fairs or exhibitions
• Attending Conferences and consultancy activities.
• Attending training events.
• Translating or interpreting
• Buying things.
• Tourism work and related activities
• Making business-related transactions.
• Involving in sales that are not directly targeted to the common people.
Constraints:
• No Canadian source should remunerate the visitors in any way.
• If a service is not included in Annex 10-D, the visitors must not get involved in it.
• The business visitors must not trade with the public. • Investor
CETA gives work permits for 12 months to the investors. If needed, the investor can apply to extend the time later. The candidates of these work permits must be from one of the countries under the European Union. Classifications of Candidates:
There are three categories of candidates for this work permit.
• The original investment providers: These are the people who are putting their money into the Canadian business.
• Employees of investing organizations: organizations that have invested or are about to invest in Canada can send employees to Canada.
• Supervising or executive staffs: This refers to the workers responsible for supervising or executing the managerial works regarding the investment.
• Independent Specialists and Contract-based Service Providers
In this case, CETA provides work permits to two types of workers. Those are independent specialists and contract-based services providers. Both categories have some common eligibility conditions as well as some category-specified eligibility conditions. Common Eligibility conditions:
Common conditions refer to the basic conditions both types of applicants have to fulfill. Those are:
• The applicant needs to be a university graduate. If not, he must possess a degree that is equal to university graduation.
• They should be professionally qualified to provide necessary services according to the local law and order.
• Their serving period is no more than one year. Category-specified Eligibility conditions:
Each category of the applicant has to fulfill specific conditions.
Independent Specialists:
• They have to be experienced in the sector they claim to specialize in. The minimum period of experience is six years.
• The candidates will serve a Canadian party for a short time. Contract-based Services Providers:
• The candidates will be serving as a worker of a business on a short term basis.
• They should be working in an EU-based company for 1 year right before applying for the work permit.
• They are not supposed to get paid for anything else other than the original payment they get from the company.
• They have to be experienced in the subject mentioned in the application. The experience period must be no less than 36 months.
Visa Services
The CETA agreement started officially working in the year 2017. It is an agreement signed between Canada and the European Union. This agreement made obtaining a Canadian work permit easier for the nationals of the European Union. The same goes for the Canadians getting work permits in the EU. The workers do not need LMIA in this case.
Different types of Canadian work permits under CETA :
• Intra-Company Transfer
If a worker is transferred from a foreign company to a related Canadian company, they will need this type of work permit. Transferees under these work permits are of three types. Those are a high-rank employee, graduate trainee, and worker with special skills.
Eligibility Conditions:
• The transferees have been working for 12 months in a company located in the EU when the application is ongoing. • They are going through a short-term transfer.
• Engineering and Scientific Technologists
Engineers and scientific technicians can get a work permit to Canada through CETA.
Eligibility conditions:
• They should be professionally qualified to provide necessary services according to the local law and order.
• Their serving period is no more than one year.
• Engineering technologists need to obtain a 3-year post-secondary certificate in engineering. They have to get this degree from a reputed engineering academy.
• The scientific technologists need to obtain a 3-year post-secondary certificate from a well-known institute. Their degree should be in one of the following subjects:
• Architecture,
• The Discipline of Agriculture
• Mining
• Energy
• Chemistry
• Geophysics
• Biology
• Physics,
• Geology
• Forestry
• Business Visitor
CETA business visitor work permit means permitting someone to pay a short-term visit to Canada for business purposes. A business visit in Canada for no more than 90 days falls under this type of work permit.
Actions Permitted under CETA Business Visitor Work Permits:
• Conducting researches.
• Designing. Providing post-sales services.
• Attending or involving in trade fairs or exhibitions
• Attending Conferences and consultancy activities.
• Attending training events.
• Translating or interpreting
• Buying things.
• Tourism work and related activities
• Making business-related transactions.
• Involving in sales that are not directly targeted to the common people.
Constraints: • No Canadian source should remunerate the visitors in any way.
• If a service is not included in Annex 10-D, the visitors must not get involved in it.
• The business visitors must not trade with the public.
• Investor
CETA gives work permits for 12 months to the investors. If needed, the investor can apply to extend the time later. The candidates of these work permits must be from one of the countries under the European Union.
Classifications of Candidates:
There are three categories of candidates for this work permit.
• The original investment providers: These are the people who are putting their money into the Canadian business.
• Employees of investing organizations: organizations that have invested or are about to invest in Canada can send employees to Canada.
• Supervising or executive staffs: This refers to the workers responsible for supervising or executing the managerial works regarding the investment.
• Independent Specialists and Contract-based Service Providers
In this case, CETA provides work permits to two types of workers. Those are independent specialists and contract-based services providers. Both categories have some common eligibility conditions as well as some category-specified eligibility conditions.
Common Eligibility conditions:
Common conditions refer to the basic conditions both types of applicants have to fulfill. Those are:
• The applicant needs to be a university graduate. If not, he must possess a degree that is equal to university graduation.
• They should be professionally qualified to provide necessary services according to the local law and order.
• Their serving period is no more than one year.
Category-specified Eligibility conditions:
Each category of the applicant has to fulfill specific conditions.
Independent Specialists:
• They have to be experienced in the sector they claim to specialize in. The minimum period of experience is six years.
• The candidates will serve a Canadian party for a short time.
Contract-based Services Providers:
• The candidates will be serving as a worker of a business on a short term basis.
• They should be working in an EU-based company for 1 year right before applying for the work permit.
• They are not supposed to get paid for anything else other than the original payment they get from the company.
• They have to be experienced in the subject mentioned in the application. The experience period must be no less than 36 months.