Visas For Business Visits to Canada

Visas & Permits Required For Business Visits to Canada

Business visitors may enter Canada for a variety of reasons, but all must meet the following criteria:

• They must have no intent to enter the Canadian labour market. That is, they will not be gainfully employed by a Canadian employer during their time in Canada; and
• Their activity must be international in scope. It is assumed that a business visitor is engaging in cross-border business activity of some sort

In addition, for business visitors it is presumed that the following are true:

• Their primary source of remuneration is from outside of Canada;
• Their principal place of employment remains outside of Canada; and
• The accrual of their employer’s profits are located outside of Canada.

Business visitors usually fall under one of the following common sub-categories. They are:

• Employees of foreign companies contracting Canadian companies;
• After-sales service providers;
• Trainers and trainees, including intra-company training;
• Attendees of board of director’s meetings; and
• Employees of short-term temporary residents (such as caregivers or personal assistants)