LMIA Program

Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA):

A Labor Market Impact Assessment is an official permit or a document that allows a Canadian employer to recruit a skilled foreign worker lawfully into their organization or business. A positive LMIA indicates a dire need for a skilled foreign worker to fill the vacancy. Besides, it also indicates that no other Canadian worker or Canada PR Visa Holder is accessible or equipped for doing that job. Subsequently, Canadian Employers would require a positive LMIA to recruit skilled foreign workers. Being a skilled professional, you can migrate to Canada for an Employer with the assistance of LMIA, or you can opt for mediums that are LMIA-exempt. Hence, you want to determine whether your pathway requires an LMIA process or Work Permit. Accordingly, your employer must do one of the following:
  • Distinguish the LMIA exemption codes and work permit exemptions
  • Pick the fitting LMIA exemption or work permit code as per your employment circumstances
  • Incorporate the exemption code in your offer of employment or
  • Contact the International Mobility Workers Unit if they are recruiting a foreign worker who is presently outside Canada and hails from a visa-exempt county.

What are the minimum eligibility requirements?

Employers:
  • Must show that their job proposition is genuine and legitimate
  • Present a transition plan for the same
  • Should advertise the Job Vacancy on the Government of Canada Job Bank
  • Must conduct at least two extra adequate methods of enrollment with the occupation
  • Salary compensation must be similar to Canadian workers or residents
  • When the employer receives the LMIA, the skilled foreign worker can apply for a Canadian work permit and eventual Canada Immigration. To apply for Work Permit, Applicants need:
  • A valid Canadian employment offer
  • A contract of employment
  • A copy of the LMIA
  • Also, the LMIA number

What is the process to acquire an LMIA?

Your employer should get a positive LMIA from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to work in Canada. The LMIA application process varies based on the type of program your employer is recruiting for. The employer can hire:

  • high-wage workers
  • low-wage workers
  • Skilled workers via Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program
  • Skilled workers via Agricultural Stream
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