Work Permit Application
for Canada
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Each year, Canada welcomes millions of tourists. More than 35 million people go to Canada each year to take advantage of the various opportunities it provides, including visiting family and friends. Unless you are a citizen of a nation that does not require visas, a TRV may be required if you just want to visit Canada temporarily.
Understanding whether you require a visitor visa before entering Canada is essential before beginning the application process. Before your trip, find out if you require a visitor visa for Canada.
In some cases, you may need an eTA to travel.
What We Will Do for You
- Summarize and discuss the various kinds of work permits
- Before applying for immigration to Canada, evaluate your situation.
- In order to obtain a work permit in Canada, find out if LMIA is necessary in your case.
- Assemble all the paperwork needed to complete the work permit application
- Submit the work permit application to Immigration Canada
- Keep you updated on all the developments of your application
- Communicate with Immigration Canada
Many skilled foreign workers from all over the world find working in Canada to be an appealing alternative. On Temporary Canadian Work Permits, about 200,000 foreign skilled workers arrive in Canada each year. There is no reason why you can't experience this as well!
For foreign skilled workers to be able to temporarily work in Canada, workers must have a temporary offer of employment from a Canadian employer and be granted a Temporary Foreign Worker Permit by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
If you or a family member are applying for a PR card, you can also apply via an ‘Open Work’ permit, and if you are American or Mexican, you can fast track the working visa process via the NAFTA Agreement
What distinguishes LMOs and LMIAs from one another?
Although the process for obtaining an LMIA is like that for LMOs, there are important distinctions.
- High-Paying Jobs
- The application forms are now more detailed than the previous LMOs
- Employers are required to complete a "transition plan" outlining their strategy for filling the position held by the temporary foreign worker
- Employers must maintain more thorough records throughout the foreign worker's tenure in Canada
- Applications submitted by individuals will be handled more swiftly.
- Foreign workers in skilled trades, high paid workers with salaries in the top 10% of Canadian earnings, and employees immigrating for 120 days or less will all receive LMIA decisions in 10 business days.
Who is exempt from applying for an LMIA?
Employers in Canada can hire some Temporary Foreign Workers without an LMIA, just like they could with the previous LMOs. The following are categories where temporary work permits are LMIA exempt:
- Skilled Workers covered under the NAFTA agreement
- Intra-Company Transferees
- International Experience Canada participants (also known as Working Holiday Permit holders)
- Post-Graduate temporary work permit holders
- Bridging Open Work Permit holders
- Participants in private academic exchanges such as postdoctoral fellows and visiting professors
- Programs such as those above have now been reclassified as ‘International Mobility Programs
- Also, beginning in summer 2015 employers hiring through some International Mobility Programs must have their job offers approved by a Canadian visa office before their hired employees can request a Canadian temporary work permit. The processing fee for the job offer approval application will be $230.