Finally, A Reprieve (For Some) From The Four Year Canadian Work Permit Limitation

Background

On April 1, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced that subject to various exceptions, work permits in Canada would be capped at four years. Thereafter, workers would need to be absent for a further four years before they might work in Canada again. CIC said at that time that the provision was not retrospective; as such, the first possible date that someone could hit the four year cap was April 1, 2015. There are therefore people at this moment who are starting to be caught by this provision, and whose work permits will not be renewable.

What Has Changed

In what seems like a 'common sense revolution', however, CIC has recognized that there needs to be some adjustment to this pronouncement, and has made some modification.