Obtained a Work Permit After Two Refusals｜Client K
Date Posted:May 8, 2018
Last Updated:September 24, 2026
This is the case of Client K, whose working holiday expired while the employer’s own LMIA application dragged on, leaving the client working without authorization, and who then asked Shiraishi VisaJP Canada to help put things right. After returning to Japan temporarily and waiting for the record of unauthorized work to clear, the client restarted the application and obtained an LMIA-based work permit in approximately 6 months.
The client’s own application had failed, and the client had ended up working without authorization.
Work Permit
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Working Holiday → Returned to Japan
Calgary → Japan
Approximately 6 months
Key Points from the Consultant
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Client Comments
Why did you decide to immigrate to Canada?
Five months had passed since I received a job offer from the employer I had worked for during my working holiday. My employer had applied for an LMIA on their own, but we were stuck waiting for it the whole time. Meanwhile, my working holiday visa expired, but I had heard that I could keep working for the employer while the application was in progress, so I simply continued working.
What was the most memorable part of the process?
When I consulted Shiraishi VisaJP Canada, who had helped me with my working holiday application, I found out that I had actually been working illegally for as long as four months, and I panicked. I realized how serious it is not to know the law. Shiraishi VisaJP Canada told me that I should go back to Japan right away for the time being, and that the unauthorized work would be cleared once six months had passed, so I returned to Japan immediately and contacted Shiraishi VisaJP Canada again six months later. By then, exactly one year had passed since my working holiday expired.
From there, Shiraishi VisaJP Canada acted as the go-between for my employer and me, and we restarted the visa application.
How was your experience using Shiraishi VisaJP Canada’s services?
As you would expect when you ask professionals, everything went smoothly, and half a year later I was able to come back to Canada on a work permit!
Future outlook and a message for those planning to travel to Canada
It is frustrating to think that if I had asked Shiraishi VisaJP Canada from the start, I would not have lost a year, but now I have somewhere I can rely on, so I feel confident about my time in Canada from here on!
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