Canada Introduces New Regulations for Bridging Open Work Permits

Canada Introduces New Regulations for Bridging Open Work Permits

Immigrants who have submitted applications for permanent residency in Canada are given a Bridging Open Work Permit. The permission enables these foreign nationals to continue working while the IRCC examines their application for a final determination. Now that the government is moving to implement new bridging open work permit regulations intended to streamline the process, newcomers to Canada can exhale with relief. The new regulations, among other things, allow you to apply for the permit even after your work permit has expired.

The New Adjustments

Now, foreign nationals who have expired work permits may apply for the bridging open work permit. Prior to this, the law required foreign nationals to apply for the bridging work permit four months before it became invalid.

The Canadian government additionally made the following applicants eligible to apply for the Bridging Open Work Program in addition to this new rule:

• The BOWP is now open to Quebec Skilled Worker Class (QSWC) applicants.
• After your dossier has undergone a comprehensive completeness check, you may now apply for the BOWP if you belong to the Quebec Skilled Worker Class.

Candidates for the Provincial Nominee Program

You may apply for the Bridging Open Work Permit if you can show through a nomination letter that you were indeed nominated. It must be stated in the nomination letter that your employment is unrestricted. On your application form, you would also need to pick the open work permit option.

Pilot Agri-Food applications

This group of foreign nationals must apply online in order to be eligible. In the client information area of the application form, they must additionally indicate their approval.

The extended period of time will provide Quebec skilled workers and PNP applicants enough time to wait for the IRCC’s final decision; their BOWPs may last up to two years or until the expiration of their passports, whichever comes first.

Increased Employment Rates in Canada

Canada can breathe a sigh of relief as employment returns to levels seen before the pandemic, despite rest of the continent seeing record-low employment rates. As employment opportunities for relatively recent immigrants improve, the situation keeps getting better. In the second week of September 2021, there were 157,000 new positions on the Canadian labor market.

For those intending to enter public places like gyms and restaurants, several provinces now require evidence of vaccination. Only non-essential locations or venues must comply with this criteria. Scientists determine the percentage of the population that is overemployed and 15 years old in order to calculate the employment rate. This method of calculation resulted in an employment rate of 60.9%. The employment rates that were observed in February 2020 are 0.9 below this figure.

In September, Canada’s jobless rate decreased as well, falling to 6.9 percent. This rate is 0.9% less than the unemployment figures from the previous year. When population growth is taken into account, the unemployment rates are practically equal. Four straight months of gradually falling unemployment rates increase the likelihood that the trend will last.

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The employment rate climbs steadily while the unemployment rate continues its steady decline because employment and unemployment are at opposite ends of a seesaw. This progress has benefited new immigrants more than others, as employment rates rose by 71 percent after maintaining their upward trend. Although Canada saw high unemployment rates toward the end of last year, the nation did not expand immigration levels.