Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs)

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InterJurisconsult law firm provides legal advice and assistance related to obtaining a wide range of Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) for all Provinces and Territories of Canada (including Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon).

We assist business corporations and non-profit organisations in obtaining LMIAs and Canadian work permits and work visas for their employees for all Provinces and Territories of Canada.

Canadian immigration officials will often require an employer to obtain a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (previously called Labour Market Opinion (LMO)) from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) / Service Canada before they would consider a work permit application from a foreign worker. However, some work permit categories are exempt from the general requirement to obtain an LMIA.

Due to significant labour shortages in certain occupations, Canadian government simplified some of the procedures for obtaining Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).

Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) applications can be submitted for:

• Temporary positions in Canada

• Permanent positions in Canada

LMIA process is divided into 3 main streams:

• High-wage positions

• Low-wage positions

• Global Talent positions

Through a series of government-driven changes, LMIA process has become quite complex, restrictive, expensive and time-consuming for employers seeking to hire foreign workers to work in Canada. Some employers are subjected by the Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) to time-consuming and intrusive Employer Compliance Reviews (ECR) aimed at determining their compliance with the terms of previously issued LMIA(s). Methods of verifying employer compliance include the following:

• Employer Compliance Review (ECR)

• Inspection

• Review under ministerial instructions (LMIA suspension or revocation)

Employers that fail to demonstrate during ESDC's Employer Compliance Review that they have met LMIA requirements and conditions may be found to be non-compliant and may be subjected to:

• Ban of two years (the employer name, address and period of ineligibility will be published on a public website)

• Negative LMIA being issued for any pending applications

• Revocation of previously-issued LMIAs

Despite the complexity of LMIA process, some employers may find LMIA to be the only way to fill some of their vacant temporary and/or permanent positions in Canada.

Some business people may also find it useful to apply for an LMIA in order to get a work permit to start a business in Canada.

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