Guided Pathway for applying for an open work permit
CLEO’s Guided Pathway for applying for an open work permit can help you fill out the draft forms you need to apply for an open work permit from within Canada. An open work permit allows you to work for any employer in Canada. You may only be eligible for an open work permit under specific circumstances.
You can use the pathways to:
- complete a draft of the IMM 5710 E: Application to change conditions, extend my stay or remain in Canada as a worker
- complete drafts of other documents you may need as part of your work permit application:
- IMM 5409 E: Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union
- IMM 5476 E: Use of a Representative Form
- IMM 5475 E: Authority to Release Personal Information to a Designated Individual
The pathways ask you questions about your situation, give you information to help answer them, and creates documents based on your answers.
Then you can enter the information from your draft application and documents into Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) online forms. IRCC requires you to submit your work permit application online (with a few exceptions).
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Using the pathway
You can sign up to create an account or use the pathway as a guest. If you choose not to create an account, the system will time out after 4 hours. You must create an account if you want to save your work on the system or use the other pathways.
Any personal information that you enter into the pathways is confidential. CLEO will not give your personal information to anyone unless you ask us to do this. Read more in the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
Need help?
If you need technical help using the Guided Pathways, or have questions contact support@cleo.on.ca.
CLEO’s Guided Pathways don’t give you legal advice. For advice about your situation, talk to a lawyer.