Canada has signed at least 15 international free trade agreements, in which some 49 countries participate. Several of these agreements include certain agreements that include the exchange of workers.
If you are visiting Canada or planning to do so, and would like to know if you may have any options or certain preferences when applying for a possible work permit, of course if your country of origin has signed or is part of a regional agreement with Canada, then contact us, and a consultant duly authorized by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants – CICC representing AMIGRAR Immigration Consulting will offer you the professional advice necessary to understand the system, examine options and analyze whether you qualify, and analyze your credentials to apply for a work permit under the parameters of a bilateral agreement between Canada and your country.
Bilateral and multilateral agreements
Canada provides work permit to thousands of skilled and semi-skilled workers every year under the bilateral and multilateral FTA – Free Trade Agreements.
Workers are coming to Canada as part of trade agreements like:
- CUSMA (Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement)
- CETA (Canadian European Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement) with several European countries
- GATS (General Agreement on Trade Services with WTO – World Trade Organization members) for professionals and intra-company transferees!
Work Permit requirements may be different from one agreement to another, but the good thing here is that LMIA exemption applies for most of them!!!
Countries included: Chile, Perú, Colombia, Korea, Panamá, and members of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership – CPTPP, including countries from the Asia-Pacific area, such as Australia, Brunei, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Vietnam.