On June 8 and 9, IRCC published updates to the Program Delivery Instructions for two international agreement-based programs:
Updates related to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), with changes to the PDIs:
- Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership – International Mobility Program
- Investor criteria – T50 (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership)
- Professionals and technicians – T52 (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership)
IRCC states that the main points are:
Removed the note “Permanent residents of Australia and permanent residents of New Zealand may also qualify for temporary entry under the CPTPP” since that will be specified under each sub-category.
Removed New Zealand from the Investor criteria – T50 (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) instructions.
Updated the Professionals and technicians – T52 (Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) instructions to clarify the responsibilities of the company submitting the offer of employment and provide more detailed information in the Global Case Management System (GCMS) section.
Updates related to the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), with changes to the PDIs:
- International Mobility Program: Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
- Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) – Contractual service suppliers and independent professionals (work permit required/LMIA exemption codes T47 and T43)
- National Occupational Classification equivalents of Canada’s commitments in the Canada-European Union free-trade agreement
And one new PDI:
IRCC states that the main points are:
Added the following message to the main page: “Canada will continue to issue work permits to United Kingdom nationals under CETA until December 31, 2020. These permits will be valid until the expiry date fixed on the permit. As work permit duration under CETA is capped at 12 months in any 24-month period, existing, new or renewed work permits cannot extend beyond December 31, 2021. For more information, refer to the Trade Commissioner’s webpage.”
Updated the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) – Contractual service suppliers and independent professionals (work permit required/LMIA exemption codes T47 and T43) PDI to clarify the responsibilities of the company submitting the offer of employment.
Added a section for engineering technologists and another section for scientific technologists in the National Occupational Classification equivalents of Canada’s commitments in the Canada-European Union free-trade agreement PDI.