LMIA

This program is determined by the wages given to the temporary foreign worker for a given job. An employer must apply TFWP stream and fulfill the below condition for applying for LMIA.

• Most offer the foreign workers will be paid wages equal to or above the medium hourly wage of the province/territory

• Must submit a transition plan with the application to disclose plans to reduce dependency on foreign nationals over time. 

If an employer hires a temporary foreign worker on wages paid less than the median hourly wage of their province/ territory then the employer must apply through the TFWP stream for low-wage workers. 

The employers seeking to hire foreign workers on a low-wage program does not require to submit transition plans with their LMIA application but have to fulfill the following requirements.

The employer is required to provide an employer-employee contract. 

The employer is required to provide adequate private health insurance to the temporary foreign workers until the worker is eligible for provincial health coverage.

The worker must be registered with the workplace safety board of the province/territory.  

Employer is responsible for providing round-trip transportation costs to the temporary foreign workers. 

For an employer to hire employees under the low-wage worker program there is a capping on the number of temporary foreign workers.

The Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers (TFW) in their agricultural production. The maximum period of the work permit is (8month) at a time. 

Under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) employers must meet the below conditions to hire employees:- 

• Farm production has to be in specified commodities only. 
• The worker employed must be a citizen of Mexico or the participating Caribbean.  
• The activity must be on-farm primary agriculture.  
• The work must fulfill the work laws in their home country as well.

How To Apply For LMIA Under The Temporary Foreign Worker Program Permit To Canada? 

To attain LMIA under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program there is a procedure in which the employer gathers all the required documents and submits them along with the LMIA request. After the LMIA request is submitted the ESDC evaluates the application in the interest of the Canadian labour market. ESDC then gives the approved LMIA to the employer. For the additional processing, the employers give a copy of LMIA to the worker. With all the other required documents the worker then applies for IRCC for the work permit. 

To attain LMIA under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program there is a procedure in which the employer gathers all the required documents and submits them along with the LMIA request. After the LMIA request is submitted the ESDC evaluates the application in the interest of the Canadian labour market. ESDC then gives the approved LMIA to the employer if approved. For the additional processing, the employers give a copy of LMIA to the worker. With all the other required documents the worker then applies for IRCC for the work permit.

A collection of work permit streams with the objective of checking and bringing the high-skilled foreign nationals to Canada on temporary work permits to fill specific labour needs. The stream is a part of TFWP and is a joint program run in partnership with IRCC (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada) and ESDC (Employment and Social Development Canada). 

In order to be eligible for the Global Talent Stream, a Canadian employer must fit into any one of the two categories of the program offered: