Ottawa extends time for Ukrainians temporarily here under CUAET to apply for new open work permits

By Cristin Schmitz ( February 27, 2025, 4:41 PM EST) -- The federal government has announced that Ukrainians and their family members who fled Russia’s three-year-old full-scale illegal invasion of Ukraine, and who arrived in Canada under the temporary Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel (CUAET) by March 31, 2024, now have until March 31, 2026: to apply for a new open work permit valid for up to three years, to renew an existing work permit, or apply for a new study permit, “subject to standard fees.”...