What if one has a full-time job and a work permit for that job, and one decides to

have another job, part-time job, at a different company?

Or one wants to work on freelance basis (as Editor) for that other company.............

do you need to apply for a second separate work permit,

or can you not get two different work permits?

Thanks

With agreement of current work permit holder it can be added I believe but do not believe freelance work would qualify for work permit. Hopefully someone can answer fuller.

By current work permit holder I assume you mean current employer.......what if I do not want my current employer to know?

"...what if I do not want my current employer to know?"

They currently have the system in place to add a second employer to the existing WP. Because of that I suspect they'll want to follow what's routine for them, but I don't know that for sure.

You could always ask them.

Either way, old book or new book, the second employer will require all of the documents, just like the first one.

Terry

As I understand it, you need the permission from the first employer or will not get a work permit (be added) for the 2nd job.

It might be different if the second employer is in another province, as you I believe that in that case you get a second work permit. I'm not sure if they will also ask for permission from the first employer in that case.

As has been posted you will require the signature of your 'first' employer on the Labour Department application form to add a second employer to your Work Permit.

In practical terms I don't think it would be possible for your primary employer not to know because the "2nd WP" is just annotated on another page of your current book. Also, although it is pretty straightforward to add the 2nd employer you still need to furnish all the same company documents as for the primary company and the same conditions (capital etc) apply. It only involves the labour dept (not immi) though and there aren't any salary requirements.

With agreement of current work permit holder it can be added I believe but do not believe freelance work would qualify for work permit. Hopefully someone can answer fuller.

I'm pretty sure you're right about that unless the freelance work was done through a company that met the Labout dept's minimum requirements. In my case the 2nd employer is located in a different province than the first so involved Labour dept offices in both and the 2nd one was actually more finicky about documentation than the first.

In practical terms I don't think it would be possible for your primary employer not to know because the "2nd WP" is just annotated on another page of your current book. Also, although it is pretty straightforward to add the 2nd employer you still need to furnish all the same company documents as for the primary company and the same conditions (capital etc) apply. It only involves the labour dept (not immi) though and there aren't any salary requirements.

Labour will require the Signature/Company Stamp of the 'Primary Employer' listed in the WP to add an additional employer (plus all the relevant papers from that second employer).

With agreement of current work permit holder it can be added I believe but do not believe freelance work would qualify for work permit. Hopefully someone can answer fuller.

I'm pretty sure you're right about that unless the freelance work was done through a company that met the Labout dept's minimum requirements. In my case the 2nd employer is located in a different province than the first so involved Labour dept offices in both and the 2nd one was actually more finicky about documentation than the first.

I presume that as you were applying in a different Province that you got a separate WP Booklet issued?

The 2nd employer didn't want to do a wp, so closed chapter.

Thanks for all the replies!