Getting your Work Permit
Getting your work permit (or work visa) is a crucial step of coming to work in Canada if you are not a Canadian citizen. You must have it in your possession in order to work at Camp (or anywhere else in Canada).
Camp Ouareau works with Camp Canada, an agency who helps us recruit internationally - some of you might have applied and gotten a job at Ouareau through them - and helps us with the work permit process for our direct hires.
Communications regarding your work permit ahead of the summer will come from Camp Canada so keep an eye out on your emails for the documents to submit in order to apply for the visa.
Once you’ve arrived in Canada
The very first thing you’ll do after getting off the plane is heading to Immigration & Customs to get your Work Permit.
It can be an intimidating process to go through, so here are some tips!
-Be patient! Sometimes the process can be simple and straight forward and go super quickly and others it can be a little longer and you might have to wait in a waiting area for a bit!
- Make sure that you have your Work Permit when you leave immigration; you should not be entering the country as a visitor/tourist.
- There’s free WiFi at the Montreal Airport ;)
Once you get your work permit, double check that it has your correct legal name and that the expiry date is on or after the last day of your camp contract.
