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Restoration of Status as a Worker: The 90-Day Deadline and Why You Can’t Work Yet
You missed the date. Your work permit expired before you applied to extend it, or your extension was refused. You ...
Travelling While on Maintained Status: What You Lose at the Border
A family emergency, a wedding abroad, a quick trip across the U.S. border — and your permit extension is still ...
Your Passport Cut Your Work Permit or PGWP Short: How to Get the Missing Time Back
You were approved for a three-year PGWP, but the permit in your hand ends in fourteen months. Or your employer’s ...
Health Card on Maintained Status: What Every Province Does When Your Permit Expires
Your provincial health card has the same expiry date as your work permit. When the permit expires while IRCC is ...
My SIN Expired While I’m on Maintained Status: Can I Keep Working?
If your Social Insurance Number starts with a 9, it has an expiry date — and that date is the ...
How to Prove to Your Employer You Can Keep Working on Maintained Status (the 365-Day WP-EXT Letter)
Your work permit expired last week. Your extension application is still in processing. You are allowed to keep working — ...
PSTQ and PEQ for Temporary Workers in Quebec (2026)
If you are working in Quebec on a temporary permit, your path to permanent residence runs through Quebec first: you ...
How Does Maternity and Parental Leave Work in Canada? (EI Benefits Explained)
Canada’s maternity and parental leave system surprises a lot of newcomers — not because it’s ungenerous (it’s substantially more generous ...
Can a Canadian Permanent Resident Work in the US?
Canadian permanent residence and the ability to work in the United States are two completely separate legal systems, and confusing ...
Bridging Open Work Permit (BOWP): Keep Working While Your PR Processes
The BOWP lets you keep working while IRCC processes your PR. The 4-month application window, the PNP employer-restriction trap, fees, and why BOWP beats a regular extension for almost everyone with a PR application in process.
