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On a Work Permit? You may be impacted by the '4 and 4' rule

Date

2015-03-11

Authors

Migrant Workers Alliance for Change

Abstract

As of April 1, 2015, any migrant worker in a low-waged
occupation who has had work permits for a total of 4 years will
not be able to renew their work permit and will have to wait
another 4 years before being able to return to work in Canada.
This is called the ‘4 and 4 rule’.
This ‘4 and 4’ rule applies to workers in the Temporary Foreign
Workers Program (including workers in agriculture), the Live-In
Caregiver Program, and the Caregiver stream. It does not apply
to workers in the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program.

Publisher

Migrant Worker Alliance for Change

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Economic sectors

General relevance - all sectors

Content types

Current Policy

Target groups

(Im)migrants workers

Geographical focuses

Federal and National relevance

Languages

English