LMIA
LMIA(Labour Market Impact Assessment) is a certificate issued by the Government of Canada for foreign workers to obtain a work permit.
If your business is facing a labour shortage, or you are unable to find the talent your business needs, why not look outside of Canada? Your business may be eligible to access a pool of foreign workers to hire on a temporary basis when Canadian citizens and/or permanent residents are not available.
The Temporary foreign worker program or TFWP is a program of the Canadian Government to allow employers in Canada to hire foreign workers. The program is jointly administered by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). Canadian employers are required to obtain a document from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)/Service Canada stating that they can hire the temporary worker. This is known as a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), is a document from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) that gives the employer permission to hire a temporary foreign worker. It shows that there is a need for a foreign worker to fill the job and no Canadian worker is available to do the job. Employers who wish to hire skilled foreign workers and support their permanent resident visa application can make a job offer under Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) Express Entry system.
The purpose of the LMIA is to make sure that foreign workers are not being chosen over Canadian citizens and/or permanent residents those are qualified for the job. Positive LMIA determines that hiring foreign nationals in the specified occupation and at the specified work location is likely to have a positive or neutral impact on the Canadian labour market.
- An embassy
- A high commission or consulate in Canada
- On the list of ineligible employers maintained by IRCC
- New and have not been in business for a minimum of one year, or
- Hiring workers who intend to reside in the province of Quebec.
The Process
