IMM 5488 — Document Checklist: Work Permit (Applied outside Canada)
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Letter of explanation – Open work permit for vulnerable workers
IMM 0104Details of Education/Employment/Travel
IMM 0113Schedule 1: Subsequent temporary public policy to continue to facilitate access to permanent resident status for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
IMM 0115Offer of Employment to a Foreign National: Agri-Food Pilot
IMM 0123Document Checklist: Subsequent temporary public policy to continue to facilitate access to permanent resident status for out-of-status construction workers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA)
IMM 0149Details of Government Employment
IMM 0156Undertaking for an Application for a Work Permit Exempted from a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) as part of the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP)
IMM 0157Offer of Employment to a Foreign National: Atlantic Immigration Program
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