Canadian tourist visa to work visa

A tourist visa cannot be changed to a work visa. First of all, tourist visas can only engage in tourism-related activities, not business and work-related activities, otherwise it will violate the provisions of tourist visas and be illegal. If applicants need to work in other countries, they can apply for a work visa, which is legal and guaranteed.

You need to go back to your home country to reapply for a work visa, and you can't transfer it from a short-term tourist visa.

Tourist visa is a kind of visa, which is generally a quick way to apply for a visa for the convenience of tourists and the development of tourism resources. Correspondingly, it is also subject to great restrictions. Generally speaking, the validity period and stay period are short, and it can only be used for tourism-related activities.

Most visas are endorsed on a person's passport or travel document, or affixed with a label with a clear explanation, which indicates the reason for the holder to enter the country, the time allowed to stay, or the permission to travel to other countries through his territory.

The application requirements are as follows:

1. Have a valid visitor identity when submitting the application (including the renewed implied identity maintained status).

2. Submit a closed work permit application for LMIA or exemption from LMIA before February 28th, 2023.

3. After submitting the application, you need to be in Canada and maintain your legal status.

4, the application needs to have a valid LMIA or exemption from LMIA, such as the provincial nomination of employer guarantee and the focus of this policy! It is necessary to have a domestic identity, first find a job, and the employer will help you apply for LMIA. The LMIA application cycle usually takes 3-4 months, and then go to the border to change the work visa face to face, but now it is ok to apply online.

It is not a fixed application category or a regular immigration project, but because the temporary policy of the epidemic (as of February 28, 2023) must have LMIA or meet the requirements of exemption from LMIA before the travel visa can be signed. In fact, it is much more difficult to get an offer. It just means that in the past, to meet this requirement, you must apply for a work visa at the border or abroad, and you can submit a work visa in China before February 28, 2023.

Legal basis:

Regulations on the Administration of Entry and Exit of Foreigners

Article 7

When applying for a visa, a foreigner shall fill in an application form and submit his passport or other international travel documents, as well as photos that meet the requirements and relevant materials for the application.

Article 9

If the visa authority considers that it meets the conditions for issuance after examination, it will issue visas of corresponding categories. For those who need to apply for residence certificates after entry, the visa authority shall indicate the time limit for applying for residence certificates after entry on the visa.

Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Entry and Exit of Foreigners

Article 52

Foreigners applying for the extension or change of various visas and certificates must go through the following procedures:

(1) Submit passports, visas and certificates for examination;

(two) fill in the application form for extension or change;

(3) Providing certificates related to the reasons for the extension or change.

* * Yes, a Canadian business visa can be converted into a work visa, as long as the relevant conditions are met. To meet the following conditions:

1. Qualified employer: Applicants must be employed by a qualified employer, who needs to issue relevant legal certificates to prove that they have actual employment needs.

2. Professional qualification of the employee: the applicant must have the professional qualification consistent with the work visa he applied for.

3. Labor relations meet the requirements: the labor relations between the two parties need to meet the relevant requirements of the Canadian Immigration Bureau.

After meeting the above conditions, the applicant can directly apply for a work visa. For more information, you can go to the Canadian Immigration Bureau in official website.