Program delivery update: Updates to work permit instructions due to NOC 2021 implementation (Phase 1)

December 06, 2022

The instructions have been updated to change the 4-digit National Occupational Classification (NOC) code to the 5-digit code used in the 2021 version of the NOC.

One instruction page has been deleted because the related public policy expired in March 2022.

Updated instructions

• Bridging open work permits for certain economic class permanent residence applicants [R205(a) - A75] – International Mobility Program
• Caribbean Agricultural Liaison Officers [R205(a) – C10] – Canadian interests – International Mobility Program
• Foreign freelance horse jockeys [R205(a) – C11] – Unique work situations – International Mobility Program (IMP)
• Humanitarian reasons [R208 – H81 and H82] – International Mobility Program
• International Mobility Program: Unique work situations – Fishing guides
• International Mobility Program: Unique work situations – Rail grinder operators, rail welders or other specialized track maintenance workers
• Applicants with no other means of support [R206 – S61 and S62] – International Mobility Program
• Open work permits for applicants under the Interim Pathway for Caregivers
• Open work permits for vulnerable workers [R207.1 – A72] – International Mobility Program
• Public policy: Open work permits for applicants under the temporary resident to permanent resident pathway
• Work related to a research, educational or training program – exemption codes C31, C32 and C33 (International Mobility Program)
• Residential summer camp counsellors [R205(b) – C20] – Canadian interests - International Mobility Program
• United States government personnel: International agreement (LMIA exemption code T11) – International Mobility Program
• Temporary resident permit (TRP) for victims of family violence

Deleted instructions

• Temporary public policy: Graphic designers working on live-action television or film in Canada