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Archived: June 2, 2025 2:53:01 PM From: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC Sent: [requester] To: [requester] Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration [RCC Subject: [requester] Importance: Normal Sensitivity: None Good day, Thank you for contacting the Immigration Representatives [requester] note that this mailbox is intended for general guidance and does not provide responses to case-specific inquiries but have provided the following information as guidance. Ifyou have case specific questions about a file, you are encouraged to submit the [RCC Web form. Please see our response to your question, When foreign nationals, who hold temporary resident status in Canada, leave Canada and after a visit to the United States or [requester] and Miquelon, re-enter for the purpose of obtaining immigration services at a port of entry including work and study permits they are considered to be flagpoling. In the example provided, the applicant is visiting the U.S for work, but also intends to get a work permit at a port of entry. Applying for a work permit is considered to be obtaining immigration services, and this applicant will meet the definition of a flagpoler unless they meet one of the exemptions. The applicant will not be able to obtain a work permit at the port of entry no matter what reason they had for going to the U.S in the first place. In the event that CBSA is satisfied that the client in question is not ineligible to enter Canada as a visitor they could be issued a vistor record, resulting in the client losing their authorization to work in Canada until such time as their original application for work permit extension is approved. Visitors are not eligible to apply for a work permit from inside Canada Clients returning to Canada from a country other than the United States, or [requester] and Miquelon would not be defined as flagpolers. In exceptional circumstances, you can send an urgent work permit application if you are a * *Doctor involved in the treatment of patients who is changing employers, moving to another province, or renewing their medical license, or * *Worker who is travelling urgently due to business travel, or death or serious illness in the family. If you meet the criteria for urgent processing: *You can send the application for a work permit by mail and please follow these instructions: « * include an explanation letter, * include a proof of the emergency (e.g., death certificate, doctor's note, letter from the employer, etc.), ¢ * mail the application to the following address Case Processing Centre - Edmonton Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada clo TLIOSS (clearly marked in red pen) oo1se7