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What type of work will you do in Canada?

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  • Business person, entrepreneur, investor

    What type of business person are you?

    • Business visitor (meetings, conferences, training)
    • Entrepreneur or self-employed
    • Convention organizer
    • Intra-company transferee
    • Exchange or reciprocal program worker
    • Trade agreement worker
    • Quebec investor who received a Quebec Notice of Intent to Select
    • Other business person
  • Skilled worker

    What type of skilled worker are you?

    • Short-term high-skilled worker (30 days or less)
    • Short-term researcher (less than 120 days)
    • Trade agreement worker (such as CUSMA or CETA)
    • Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP) worker
    • Quebec Selection Certificate (CSQ) holder

      Do you live in Quebec?

      • Yes
      • No
    • Other skilled worker
  • Entertainment, media, arts or sports

    Which option best describes your work?

    • Canadian film or TV
    • Performing artist

      Are you a performer or worker for a live dance, opera, orchestra or theatre?

      • Yes
      • No
    • Athlete, coach or other sports team member

      Which option best describes you?

      • Horse jockey

        Where is the stable or horse owner you’ll be working with based?

        • In Canada

          What province will you be competing in?

          • Ontario
          • British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba
          • Other province
        • Outside Canada
      • Other type of athlete, coach or sports team member

        Will you be working for a professional or semi-professional Canadian-based team?

        • Yes
        • No
    • News reporter or foreign media crew
    • Advertising
    • Graphic designer working under a trade agreement
    • Other worker in sports, media or arts
• All options (A – Z)
  • Agriculture or food processing

    What option best describes your work?

    • Agricultural work (such as farming or greenhouse work)

      Are you being hired through the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program? (SAWP)

      • Yes
      • No
    • Seafood processing worker
    • Other seasonal agriculture or food processing work
  • Business person, entrepreneur, investor
  • Camp counsellor, camp owner or director, or charitable or religious worker

    Which option best describes your work?

    • Religious work
    • Camp owner or director
    • Camp counsellor

      What kind of camp?

      • Overnight (residential)
      • Day camp
    • Charity work
  • Entertainment, media, arts or sports
  • Fishing guides or fishing camp owner or director

    Which option best describes your work?

    • Fishing guide

      Will you work on a lake on the Canada-US border?

      • Yes
      • No

        Are you self-employed?

        • Yes
        • No
    • Fishing camp owner or director
  • Foreign government, international organization or military

    Where will you work?

    • Diplomatic mission, consular post, international organization or government

      Which option best describes you?

      • Non-accredited employee of a diplomatic mission, consular post or foreign government
      • Non-accredited employee of an international organization
      • Diplomat or government official accredited by Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
      • United Nations representative or accredited official
      • Accredited official of an international organization
      • Employee of a foreign government working on an exchange
      • Family member of a foreign government representative
    • Military
  • French speaker working outside Quebec
  • Transportation, repair, maintenance or emergency

    Which option best describes your work?

    • Repair or maintenance worker for industrial equipment
    • Transportation crew member
    • Airline personnel (not flight crew)

      What type of airline personnel are you?

      • Operational, technical and ground personnel
      • Station manager
      • Security guard
    • Emergency service provider
    • Aviation inspector
    • Aviation accident or incident investigator
    • Rail grinder, rail worker and track maintenance worker
    • Other transportation, repair or emergency worker
  • International agreement, company transfer or exchange program

    What type of agreement or employer will you be working under?

    • International agreement

      What type of international agreement?

      • Trade agreement (such as CUSMA or CETA)
      • Non-trade agreement
    • Intra-company transfer
    • Exchange or reciprocal program
    • International bridge or tunnel
    • International Experience Canada (IEC)
  • Medical or health care

    Which option best describes you?

    • Health-care student
    • Medical (or dental) resident or fellow
    • Doctor who’ll work in underserved region in Quebec
    • Health-care worker working under a trade agreement (such as CUSMA or CETA)
    • Other health-care worker
  • Skilled worker
  • Special event or activity (such as convention or contest)

    Choose the option that best describes you:

    • Business visitor (conventions, meetings, training)
    • Convention organizer
    • Public speaker
    • Contest judge or referee
    • Expert witness or investigator
    • Aviation accident or incident investigator
    • Other worker coming for a special event or activity
  • Teacher or researcher

    Which option best describes your work?

    • Elementary or high school teacher
    • Teacher working under a trade agreement (CCFTA or CUSMA)
    • Visiting professor or guest lecturer at a university or college
    • Short-term researcher (less than 120 days)
    • Researcher
    • Post-doctoral fellow
    • Research award recipient
    • Examiner or evaluator
    • Other education worker
  • Worker hired under the Global Hypergrowth Project (GHP)
  • Other type of work or trade not in this list