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| availability for work |
restrictions |
work permit limitations in canada |
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Summary:
The claimant was not a Canadian citizen and was here on a work permit for one particular person as a caregiver. This permit was from March 2007 to December 2008. The Commission denied the claimant benefits because she failed to establish that she was available for work. The claimant renewed her work permit as of the 27th of November, 2008 and from that point on she was available for work with any employer. Her new work permit was valid until November 2009. The claimant in her appeal before the Board stated that she disagreed with the Commission for failing to pay her benefits from August 2008 to December 6, 2008 because her permit was valid until the end of December of 2008. The Board dismissed the claimant's appeal because of the restricted work permit which made her unavailable for work as she could only work for one person. The claimant could not claim employment insurance benefits based on that employment, because once that employment ended, she no longer had the ability to work anywhere else. The appeal is dismissed.
