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LMIA Applications and benefits to Canadian businesses

The world is the Global Market. The best employees can quickly find employment in different countries like the USA, Australia, Gulf Region, Western European countries, or elsewhere. By bringing international flair and diversity to your company, you can get hard-working and motivated employees who are eager to deserve their Canadian Permanent Residency. These employees would receive employer-specific work permits, usually for two-year periods. 

Canadian employers would get an internationally trained employee with excellent English Language skills, extensive work experience, and a professional work ethic. Moreover, these employees would bring dedication, punctuality, and ‘international flair’ to your company. They will usually try to stay in Canada longer by applying for Permanent Residency. Don’t be confused with the program’s name: ‘Temporary Foreign Program.’ You can extend their work permits indefinitely; most will stay in Canada permanently.

Our firm

We are dedicated, passionate, and fun immigration professionals! Our firm has two Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCIC) on board, and multiple recruiters in our Calgary Head Office as we as in other countries such as the USA, Mexico, India, Philippines, Serbia, and more! We are fully licensed in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta to recruit foreign workers and provide professional immigration services! LMIA and Work Permit applications are our specialty!

About LMIA Applications

LMIA applicants require approval by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). That is a verification process whereby ESDC assesses an offer of employment to ensure that a foreign worker’s employment will not negatively impact the Canadian labor market.

There are multiple types of LMIA applications with certain rules and regulations. Don’t worry – you tell us when you need workers and what positions you need and we will determine the best LMIA pathway. 

• High-wage or Low-wage stream (There are new tightening measures for the Low wage stream)

• Agricultural Worker

• Dual Intent (Permanent Residency support)

• In-home Caregiver

• Global Talent Stream                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Steps in the International Recruitment Process

Step 1:

Posting advertisements. You complete a brief Premier Immigration Services Questionnaire, create a Job Bank account, and add our company as a third-party representative following our instructions. We will take it from there!

Step 2:

We post and run your ads on your behalf for 28 days on four different websites in accordance with strict ESDC policy. You try to hire Canadians and PRs first. We will send you a list of several business documents necessary for the process!

Step 3:

The international recruitment process commences! We start pre-screening international candidates by interviewing them and performing employment reference checks. We would save you time by sending you only the very best resumes!  

Step 4:

We arrange video interviews for you on MS Teams with candidates we have pre-screened.

Step 5:

LMIA submission: we create the LMIA rationale, Submission Letter, and all other relevant documents necessary to file the LMIA application. We submit the LMIA application. Processing time is between 10 business days – 6 months depending on the stream. Process times are displayed here. 

Step 6:

We will prepare you for a quick interview with the ESDC Officer if requested, and once you receive an email or a phone call from them. LMIA is approved!

Step 7:

Work Permit submission: even before the LMIA approval, we would assist nominated workers with their Work Permit applications to avoid delays. We aim to file the complete Work Permit application once the LMIA is approved! Processing time is out of our control and entirely in the hands of the IRCC. The work permit processing time ranges from the same day to several months. 

Step 8:

The work permit is approved and there is time to celebrate! After the celebration process is done, we will start preparing applicants for arrival by providing them with information regarding flights, housing, health care, SIN number applications, and more! You are not obligated to pay for housing. However, it would be great if you could ask all your existing employees, friends, or co-workers if they know anyone renting!

Step 10:

An employee arrives! A Work Permit is a 2-year employer-specific work permit and that 2 years will start from the date of arrival. An employee would have a 1-year time frame to come to Canada and activate their 2 years work permit. In other words, you can agree with an employee on the best mutual date of arrival!

Some requirements of the Temporary Foreign Worker program:                                                  

• Processing fee: there is a mandatory $1,000 Government processing fee per application.                  

• Language requirements: French or English language are the only languages that can be identified as job requirements. Occasionally, we can request no language requirements only under special circumstances.                       

• Business legitimacy: this is an essential part of the application. Employers must prove that they will fulfill the terms of the employment offer. The most common documents used for this are:

• T2 Schedule 100 Balance sheet information and T2 Schedule 125 Income Statement information. An Attestation letter can be used to supplement these and it can be drafted by your financial institution. 

• Business Licence, T4 Summary of remuneration paid or PD7A statement of account. Only 1 document is needed, however, we like to see all three. 

• One year in business (for PR LMIA only): Proof that the business has been operational for one year. Unlike other LMIA streams, this is a must for this type of application.

• Prevailing wage: The advertised rate of pay and offered rate of pay needs to be at least the median rate of pay for that occupation and that region of Canada or in the wage range paid to Canadians and Permanent Residents, whichever is higher. To determine the median rate of pay, we use Job Bank.  That median rate of pay will have to be updated once every year, in January. 

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