Hiring someone from outside Canada
The applications a worker files, which of them a representative signs, and where the employer's part of the paperwork actually sits.
An employer whose candidate is not in Canada, or is here on a permit that is running out. Most of these forms are the worker's rather than yours.
The work permit application
Filed by the worker from outside Canada. It is one of the busiest forms in the country and it is long.
Extending or changing a permit already held
For somebody already in Canada whose conditions or expiry date are changing.
Background and family information
Filed alongside most applications rather than on their own.
Naming a representative
If a consultant or lawyer is acting, this is the form that says so, and there is a separate one authorising release of information to them. Paid representatives must be licensed; that is the law's requirement, not ours.
Worth knowing
This page names forms and nothing else. It does not say whether a job offer needs a labour market assessment, whether a candidate is eligible, or which stream fits. Giving immigration advice for a fee without a licence is an offence in Canada, and beyond the law, somebody who acts on a guess about their own application can lose years.
The employer's own paperwork in this process is usually not an IRCC form at all. It is a job offer, a contract, and whatever your immigration counsel sends you, none of which is in any catalogue.
Fill in the copy you have
Already downloaded it? Bring that file and we'll fill it in. It works the same for a form nobody publishes: a benefits enrolment, an employer's payroll form, anything with boxes in it.