Foreign workers and students

Your work must fall under 1 of the following National Occupational Classifications (NOCs):

• Managers in agriculture (NOC 0821)
• Managers in horticulture (NOC 0822)
• Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers—retail and wholesale (NOC 6331)
• Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers (NOC 8252)
• Contractors and supervisors, landscaping, grounds maintenance and horticulture services (NOC 8255)
• General farm workers (NOC 8431)
• Nursery and greenhouse workers (NOC 8432)
• Harvesting labourers (NOC 8611)
• Process control and machine operators, food and beverage processing (NOC 9461)
• Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers (NOC 9462)
• Fish and seafood plant workers (NOC 9463)
• Labourers in food and beverage processing (NOC 9617)
• Labourers in fish and seafood processing (NOC 9618)

You must be entering Canada to work, and your work must be essential for transporting goods by vessel.

You’ll deliver cells, blood and blood products, tissues, organs or other body parts that are needed for patient care in Canada.

You may be delivering, maintaining, installing or repairing medical devices or equipment.

There are specific requirements for the employers of this group of temporary foreign workers.

Agricultural, agri-food and seafood quarantine and testing requirements

You must bring:

• a valid study permit, or a port of entry letter of introduction that shows you were approved for a study permit
• a valid letter of acceptance from the DLI you’re enrolled in
• proof that you have enough money to support yourself and any family members who come with you to Canada
• proof of vaccination

The border services officer will make a final decision on your eligibility to enter Canada when you arrive.

If you’re a minor student (under 18 years of age), you don’t have to qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller.

Minor children need a valid passport or travel document to come to Canada, but they may not need a study permit.

A border services officer will make the final decision at the border about whether the minor student can enter Canada and be issued a study permit.

Learn more about what you need to study in Canada as a minor (18 years or under).

To be able to enter Canada as a student, you must

• qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller, unless you’re under 18 years of age
• have a study permit and
• be enrolled at a DLI in British Columbia, Canada

As a cross-border student, you’ll likely be exempt from quarantine upon arrival in Canada if you’re enrolled at a DLI in British Columbia.

While in Canada you must:

• wear a mask in any public setting where you can’t maintain physical distancing
• follow all public health guidelines for the municipality and province or territory in which you study

If someone will be driving you to and from your DLI, they also don’t need to quarantine for 14 days, as long as

• they only leave their vehicle to escort you to and from your school and
• they wear a mask at all times while outside their vehicle

If your child (under the age of 18 years) will be coming with you to Canada, they don’t need to qualify as a fully vaccinated traveller. However, they do need to come to Canada at the same time as you.