If your work permit is about to expire and your employer's LMIA is still pending, IRCC now gives you more time. Here is exactly who qualifies, and the one mistake that turns this relief into a refusal.
When you apply from inside Canada to extend a work permit but your new LMIA has not yet been issued, IRCC holds your application while you wait for the positive LMIA. That holding window has been extended from 60 days to 90 days from the date IRCC receives your application. IRCC will not make a decision until it receives your LMIA, so the longer window is real breathing room for applicants caught by slow LMIA processing.
This is narrow relief, and all of the conditions must be met at once. Under IRCC's current guidance, you can apply to extend your work permit without the LMIA in hand only if:
your current permit will expire in less than two weeks; and
your employer has already submitted a complete LMIA application to Service Canada.
When you apply, you must include both proof of a valid job offer and proof that the LMIA request was made, and you must enter the LMIA request details (the date sent, the office, the employer's name and the confirmation number) in the Details of intended work in Canada section of your application.
If your permit expires within two weeks and the LMIA is pending. You can file now, but file correctly: the proof of the LMIA request and the job offer must be in the application, and the request details must be entered accurately. A missing document or a wrong entry can sink an otherwise valid extension.
If you applied before your permit expired. You generally have maintained status and may keep working under your existing conditions while IRCC processes the extension. This is valuable, and it is also easy to get wrong, so confirm your status before you rely on it.
If the 90 days is running out. Do not wait for the refusal. There are steps that can be taken while the application is still open, and options if a decision has already been made against you.
We make sure the extension is filed correctly the first time, with the right proof and the right profile entries, and we track the LMIA clock so a processing delay at Service Canada does not become a loss of your status. If a refusal has already happened, we handle restoration, reconsideration and judicial review.
This article is general legal information, current as of 24 October 2026, and is not legal advice. Program rules can change. For your own situation, please book a consultation.
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Book a Consultation如果你的工签即将到期、而雇主的LMIA还在审批中，移民部现在给了你更多时间。本文讲清楚：谁符合条件，以及哪一个错误会把这项缓冲变成一纸拒签。
当你在加拿大境内申请续工签、但新的LMIA还没下来时，移民部会先把你的申请"挂起"等你补交positive LMIA。这个等待窗口，已从60天延长到90天（自移民部收到你申请之日起算）。在收到LMIA之前，移民部不会作决定，所以对被LMIA审批拖慢的申请人来说，这多出来的时间是实打实的喘息空间。
这是一项范围很窄的缓冲，以下条件必须同时满足。按移民部现行指引，只有当：
你现有工签将在两周内到期；并且
你的雇主已向 Service Canada 递交了一份完整的LMIA申请，
你才可以在手上还没有LMIA的情况下申请续工签。递交时，你必须同时附上有效job offer的证明，以及LMIA已递交的证明；并在申请表"Details of intended work in Canada（在加预期工作详情）"一栏填入LMIA申请的具体信息：递交日期、受理机构、雇主名称及确认编号。
如果你的工签两周内到期、LMIA还在审批中。你现在就可以递交，但要递交正确：LMIA已递交的证明和job offer证明必须放进申请，申请信息必须准确填报。少一份文件、或填错一项，都可能让一个本可成立的续签功亏一篑。
如果你在工签到期前已经递交了续签。你通常享有维持身份(maintained status)，在等待期间可以按原工签条件继续工作。这一点很有价值，也很容易弄错，所以在依赖它之前，请先确认你的身份状态。
如果90天快用完了。不要等拒签下来。在申请仍未关闭时还有一些可做的步骤；即便已经作出对你不利的决定，也仍有应对选项。
我们确保续签一次性递交到位（该有的证明、该填的信息都正确无误），并帮你盯住LMIA的时限，不让 Service Canada 的审批拖延演变成你身份的丧失。如果拒签已经发生，我们办理身份恢复(restoration)、请求重新考虑(reconsideration)与司法复议。
本文为一般法律信息，内容截至2026年10月24日，不构成法律意见。项目规则可能变动。针对您的具体情况，请预约咨询。