Opportunity for Relatives of Temporary Foreign Workers to Canada Published in the Jamaican Gleaner, May 28, 2014 Dear Ms. Powell, What is an open work permit? My father is working at a hotel as a temporary foreign worker and heard that I can get an open work permit. I am very hardworking and just would like to be close to my father. How can I do that? MC Dear MC, When you are granted an open work permit to Canada that means that you have permission to work in Canada without first getting either a job offer or a positive labour market opinion (LMO) from the Employment and Social Development agency and you are not restricted to one particular employer. Since your father is already in Canada as a temporary worker, you may be able to get an open work permit under various new programmes and pilot projects through a special arrangement between provinces and the federal government. Some provinces are in desperate need of certain workers and they are current...
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