Canada Immigration features Labour Market Opinions

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Labour Market Opinions
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• Foreign nationals who seek temporary
• work in Canada are in
• most cases required to go through an
  application
• process that consists of two steps.

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Step 1 Labour Market Opinion (LMO) Application

• The Canadian employer is usually required to
  apply for a Labour Market Opinion, or LMO.
• After Service Canada has considered several
  factors in the labour market, service Canada may
  issue an LMO which
• authorizes the employer
• to employ a qualified
• foreign worker

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How Service Canada Considers LMO Qualification

• For the approval of an LMO application, Service
  Canada considers the following factors
• Service Canada assesses if the employment of the
  foreign worker in Canada will likely result in
  direct creation of jobs or retention of jobs for
  citizens of Canada or permanent residents.
• Service Canada considers whether the potential
  foreign worker possesses unique skills and
  knowledge that are transferable to Canadians
  during the period of employment.

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• Service Canada considers whether there is a
  labour shortage or shortage of workers in the
  occupation or field at present.
• The working conditions and wages that the foreign
  worker will be paid by the Canadian employer are
  also considered, and Service Canada only approves
  applications if the employer will pay the
• prevailingsalary rate for
• the position.

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• The potential company wherein the foreign worker
  intends to work must prove that it has made
  reasonable recruitment and advertising efforts to
  train or hire Canadian citizens or permanent
  residents.
• Service Canada makes an assessment of whether
  hiring the foreign worker will cause any adverse
  effect on the settlement of any labour dispute in
  progress, or the employment of any person who is
  involved in the dispute.

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Duration of LMO Application Process

• The first step of the work permit process, which
  is the application for the LMO, may vary from a
  few weeks to several months depending on the
  number of applications being processed and the
  location where the potential foreign worker will
  be employed in Canada. However, in some cases LMO
  applications can be processed on an expedited
  basis.

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Step 2 Work Permit Application

• Once Service Canada approves the application for
  Labour Market Opinion, the potential foreign
  worker can apply for a temporary work permit.
• The application for a Labour Market Opinion and
  the application for a work permit can become
  complicated due to many factors that Service
  Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada
  need to consider before issuing LMOs and work
  permits respectively.

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