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A Labour Market Impact Assessment (French: étude d’impact sur le marché du travail, LMIA) is a document that an employer in Canada may need to receive prior to hiring a foreign worker. [ 1 ] The LMIA program has been noted to be used by fraudulent actors to sell jobs to temporary foreign workers , with them being sold a work permit in ...
It is against Canadian federal law to bring in temporary foreign workers if Canadian workers are available. For an employer to hire a foreign worker or to allow a foreign worker to in Canada, they may need obtain a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). A positive LMIA or a confirmation letter grants permission to the employer who proves that ...
In July of 2023, Canada opened up a pilot program that would let 10,000 H-1B visa holders in the U.S. apply for a three-year open-work permit to find jobs in Canada.
The Canada‑Ukraine authorization for emergency travel (or CUAET) is a temporary travel visa introduced by the Canadian government in March 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The program provides temporary status to Ukrainian nationals and their family members, allowing visa holders to travel, study, and work within Canada for up ...
The permanent resident card (French: carte de résident permanent) also known colloquially as the PR card or the Maple Leaf card, is an identification document and a travel document that shows that a person has permanent residency in Canada. [1]
Canada has introduced a program known as CAN+ for visitors of some countries who have been to Canada in the last 10 years or who possess a valid U.S. visa. When applying through CAN+, the applicant only needs to submit his or her proof of travel to U.S. or Canada and can submit fewer proof of financial support.
Assuming a 40-hour workweek and 52 paid weeks per year, the annual gross employment income of an individual earning the minimum wage in Canada is between C$31,200 (in Alberta and Saskatchewan) and C$39,520 (in Nunavut). [4] The following table lists the hourly minimum wages for adult workers in each province and territory of Canada.
The first part of the Permanent Labor Certification is the Prevailing Wage Determination (PWD). Before the labor market can be tested to see whether any U.S. workers are willing and qualified to work in a given position for which a foreign citizen is being sponsored, the Department of Labor is required to determine what the average prevailing U.S. wage for that position is.