If you are visiting Canada for setting up and testing industrial or commercial equipment, computer software, repairing and servicing or supervising installers may be considered as business visitors and you not need to take a Canadian work permit. Kindly note :its not include construction or building installations by hands like electricians or pipe fitters.

Specialized equipment’s purchased or leased outside Canada and if it’s required specialized person for repair or service, as per the original or extended sales agreement, lease/rental agreement warranty or service contract, that particular skilled person may considered this same business visit category.

For qualify as a business visitor under this , the related service contracts should have been negotiated as part of the original sales, lease or rental agreement, or they must be an extension of the original agreement.

Service contracts negotiated with third parties after the signing of the sales, lease or rental agreement are not under this. If, however, the original sales agreement indicates that a third company has been or will be contracted to service the equipment. If the work is not covered under a warranty or a related service agreement, a work permit and an LMIA are usually required.

In some situations Canadian companies has directly contracted for services from a foreign company, the workers doing the services for the Canadian company requires a Canadian work permit why because even they not paid directly from Canadian company, their company income source from a Canadian company and its counted as an entry of Canadian labour market.in this situation the worker cannot be considered a business visitor .

In some cases, people wish to entry to Canada for work in the entertainment industry can consider as business visitors.

As per their nature of work , duration of the work in Canada they do not require a work permit, because a Labour Market Impact Assessment ( LMIA )in only need for work permit application and this case its not required .

Generally three categories of people in the entertainment Industry receive consideration as business visitors;

• Film producers who are coming Canada to work on a movie, TV show, or documentary which should be a foreign-funded production. Collaborations between foreign production companies and Canadian entities do not constitute such a production as the project must be entirely financed from outside Canada.In order to avoid issues upon entry, it is essential for foreign film members entering Canada to be intimately familiar with the details of who is providing financial support for the production.
• Essential personnel who are coming Canada to work on a non-candian-financed commercial shoot. These workers should be coming Canada for short durations, generally no longer than two weeks. Consideration as to what constitutes “essential personnel” is made on a case-by-case basis and depends mainly upon what evidence is submitted by the production company.
• Performing artists who are performing at a show, concert or festival, or may even be appearing in a guest spot on a television series or a film that is being filmed in Canada. Whatever the venue, as long as their reason for entering Canada constitutes a time-limited engagement, they can most likely receive consideration as business visitors. It is only in cases of recurring, regular performances that the need to procure work authorization arises.

Canada attracting lot of tourist every year, and few of these tourists coming Canada as part of a guided tour group, and using a tour bus and tour guide, in such cases the tour guides may considers as business visitors, if the role of the tour guide limited to handling unforeseen incidents and ensuring the smooth progression of the tour. If the tour guide performing more duties, then mostly need a work permit.

Canada / companies is conducting lots of international seminar or workshops related to IT/ Tech-related subjects, for participating this lot of International experts coming Canada, the non-Canadian experts in this domain to be granted entry Canada as business visitors and Canadians are benefited from their specialized knowledge on given subject.

If you are coming Canada to receive a training at a Canadian branch of a international company, (some cases certain equipment or software need proprietary knowledge specific to that company ) you may considered as a business visitor. This option helpful for IT/Tech workers who wish to come Canada for the purpose of getting a training.