Dean’s Office, Faculty of Medicine
3605 de la Montagne
Montreal, Quebec, CANADA, H3G 2M1
WORK PERMIT RENEWALS
INFORMATION
Professors who are NOT medical doctors (MD’s)
The following contains information concerning the process to obtain a Work Permit renewal to enable you to work at McGillUniversity. Please ensure that your passport is valid for at least the first year of the renewal of your appointment.
Please remember that the Restrictive Permit is the central document in the Work Permit renewal process.
1)The Chair’s office submits your file for renewal of your Work Permit to the Academic Affairs office in the Faculty of Medicine for ratification and verification of financial aspects. Your file is then given to our Immigration Coordinator.
2)The Chair's office then submits your dossier to the Academic Affairs Office in the Faculty of Medicine for ratification and verification of financial aspects. Please complete the “Application form and Payment form (two separate payments of $175CDN each – one from employer and one from candidate) for a Certificate of Acceptance” (CAQ) and return them to our Immigration Coordinator at the address above. Your dossier is then given to the Faculty of Medicine’s Immigration Coordinator (see step 4).
3)When the Immigration Coordinator receives your documents and your file is complete it will be sent to Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) and QIMM to obtain the combined Job Validation/CAQ. After your dossier has been approved and the combined Job Validation/CAQ has been issued by HRDC and QIMM, a copy is sent to the Immigration Coordinator who will notify you and your departmental Chair that this document has been received. When contacted you must refer to the Citizenship & Immigration Canada web site for information and appropriate application form to renew your work permit. Complete the renewal application form and submit it to Immigration Canada (by mail or courier service) along with the supporting documents and appropriate fee payment voucher (payments will be accepted by most Canadian financial institutions) for yourself and each member of your family (Work Permit and extension of visitor status). If you are submitting your request by courier service, please be sure to keep the receipt as proof that you have sent the package to the Immigration Canada offices in Vegreville, Alberta.
4)It takes approximately four months to obtain a valid Work Permit. Please remember that the CMQ restrictive permit renewal letter is the central piece in this whole process. Once it has been issued, the other steps should follow automatically if you have submitted your papers as directed above, and continue to follow up with the appropriate people. Obtaining a Work Permit is a lengthy procedure, so beginning each step as early as possible is helpful. If you are experiencing unreasonable difficulties, please phone our Immigration Coordinator at (514) 398-5718 or by email and we will try to help from this end. Be sure to have the exact dates when you submitted your paperwork.
Remember that you alone are responsible for obtaining your Work Permit. To help you in this regard we will provide you with the necessary paperwork. Once our part is completed the process then becomes a personal matter between you and the Immigration Canada officials.
Dec-2005 Renewal Information for Professors with a Master’s or Ph.D. degree