andreachen wrote:Sorry for not being clearer. This would ideally be for 6 months, and it would be someone employed by the British branch of the middle east company travelling to an existing customer to help them set up their system. The customer would pay the middle east company for this service.
Maybe it's more of a work permit that's required, even though the person would not be employed by the Canadian company? I think I'll search for work permit, I hadn't really thought of that before.
Thanks!
Yes, its always a good idea to give as much information as possible, so you can get a better answer.
Work permit may not work for you. To get a work permit, you need to be hired by a Canadian company. Canadian companies cannot hire non-Canadians (citizens or permanent residences) without authorisation from the Canadian government. To get authorisation, the company would need to show that there are no Canadians who can do the job, by advertising the job for certain number of days (and meeting other criteria).
Having said that, you may still be able to go on a Business Visa to fulfil a contract.
General Criteria for Business Visitor visa:
• There must be no intent to enter the Canadian labour market, that is, no gainful employment in Canada.
• The activity of the foreign worker must be international in scope, that is, there is the presumption of an underlying cross-border commercial activity, e.g. after sales service;
• There is the presumption of a foreign employer:
o The primary source of the worker’s remuneration remains outside Canada
o The principal place of the worker’s employer is located outside Canada
o The accrual of profits of the worker’s employer is located outside Canada.
There is more information on this in Section 5 (page 21) of the following document:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/ ... 01-eng.pdf
I suggest you contact the Canadian High Commission in London:
http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/un ... index.aspx
Ray
