[requester]

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Archived: June 2, 2025 3:07:28 PM

From: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC

Sent: [requester]

To:

Ce: Immigration Representatives / Représentants immigration (RCC

Subject: [requester]

Importance: Normal

Sensitivity: None

Good day,

Thank you for contacting the Immigration Representatives Mailbox

Please 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. If you have case specific questions about a

file, you are encouraged to submit the IRCC Web form.

Please see our response to your question.

Situation:

Applicant has a valid visitor visa for Canada.

Applicant has been to Canada once and has eft.

Applicant received a Valid LMIA from Canadian employer now

As announced by the Government of Canada as part of Canada’s Border Plan, work and study permits will no longer be

provided to flagpoles at a port of entry, effective December 23 at 11:59 pm ET.

hups:/\www.canada.ca/en/horder-services-ageney/news/2024/12/ending-flagpoling-for-work-and-study-permits-at-the-

border.html

Question:

Can the applicant fly to Canada using a valid visitor visa, and apply for a work permit at the airport?

Answer:

CBSA ports of entry are no longer receiving applications from flagpolers. Flagpoling is defined as 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.

Asa result, a foreign national seeking a work permit at a port of entry after a visit to the U.S or [requester] and Miquelon may not

be able to apply for a work permit if they have valid visitor authorization in Canada from a previous visit

If the client is returning from a country other than the United States, or [requester] and Miquelon then they would not be defined as oote7s