Requirements for Open Work Permit Application

This is only containing the list of of POSSIBLE requirements for Open Work Permit Application. You may or may not need some of these documents, depending on your case and situations.

You'll be given a checklist of requirements once you created an account and created an application. The only purpose of this article is IF you want to work on these requirements in advance.

Please note that this is NOT the application guide. Here's the link for the application guide

Open Work Permit Application Guide

Requirements that takes a lot of time to complete

• • Police Clearance Certificate
    • IRCC use police certificates to check if you have a criminal record. They help make sure you are not a security risk to Canada. 
    • To make it clear, what you need is NBI Clearance from Philippines.
    • then Police Clearance from every country you stayed for 6months or more since you become 18 years of age.
  How to get a police certificate

Personal Documents

• Passports/Travel Documents (Multipe)
  • You must submit a legible copy of your valid travel document which you will use to travel. If you have a passport, you must provide a copy of:
    • the page that shows your birth date and country of origin, and
    • any pages with stamps, visas or markings.
    If you do not have a passport and must use another travel document, it must be issued by a government and include your:
    • name,
    • date of birth,
    • document number,
    • citizenship or residency status,
    • photo, and
    • expiry date (if applicable).
• Digital Photo

  • Temporary residents (students, workers, visitors), Express Entry and Canadian citizenship certificate

    • The photo must show a full front view of the head and tops of shoulders, with the face in the middle of the photo.
    • Size of the head, from chin to crown, must be between 31mm and 36mm.
    • Image size: at least 420 x 540 pixels.
    • We accept JPEG or JPEG2000 format.
    • File size: approximately 240 kB, no more than 4 MB.
    • Image must be in colour (24 bits per pixel) in RGB colour space, the common output for most digital cameras.

• Marriage License/Certificate (Otherwise called - Legal Name Change Doc. - if applicable)
  • If you were married in Canada: You must have a marriage certificate issued by the province or territory where the marriage took place.If you were married outside Canada:The marriage must be valid under the law of the country where it took place and under Canadian law.A marriage performed in an embassy or consulate must comply with the law of the host country where it took place, not the country of nationality of the embassy or consulate.

• Proof of Relationship (if above is not applicable)
  • You must provide proof of your relationship with your host or family member. This can include:
    • Statutory Declaration of Common-Law Union (IMM5409)
    • a birth certificate
    • an official document naming you as a parent
    • a copy of the inside back cover of the inviter's passport showing the inviter's parents, if applicable
• Legal Name Change Doc. (Could be same as Marriage Certificate or if you have any other document)
  • You indicated you have another name. You must provide information on the use of this other name (such as a letter of explanation, legal documents of a name change, etc).

Employment Related Documents

All are OPTIONAL since you are not the Principal Applicant

• Employment Records
  • You must provide proof of work experience for your current job and for each past position you listed. Proof must include a reference letter from your employer and pay stubs, if you have them. The reference letter must:
    • be an official document printed on company letterhead
    • include your name, the company's contact information (address, telephone number and e-mail address), the signature of your immediate
    • show all positions held while employed at the company
    • include these details: job title, duties/responsibilities, job status (if current job), the dates you worked for the company, the number of work hours per week and your annual salary plus benefits.
    You must scan all documents for this period of employment and save them as one file. (You must create a separate file for each period of employment.)
  • Please note: in our experience, we submitted this documents together with below
    • Resume
    • Work Permit/Pass in your present country of employment (if you're working outside Philippines)

Immigration forms

• Immigration forms (such as imm1295e) but I better not list them all here to avoid confusion. Better check from their website or from the application page itself which ones are required in your case.

May NOT be required but an advantage to submit

• Proof of Means of Financial Support (commonly called "show money") (IF required)

  • Temporary Residents-If you are visiting Canada, you must prove that you can support yourself and the family members who will be with you while you are in Canada. Provide as many of these documents as you can:

    • your bank statements for the past four months
    • a bank draft in convertible currency
    • pay stubs
    • an employment letter
    • proof of assets or business
    • proof of payment of tuition and accommodation fees
    • tax reports, declarations or statements
    • proof of a student/education loan from a financial institution
    • a letter from the person or institution providing you with money
    • proof of funding paid from within Canada, if you have a scholarship or are in a Canadian-funded educational program
    • proof of a Canadian bank account in your name if money has been transferred to Canada