Globe Immigration

A foreign national usually needs his/her Employer to obtain an LMIA (Labor Market Impact Assessment) from HRSDC (Human Resources and Skills Development Canada) in order to work in Canada unless they are work permit exempted or are eligible for an open work permit.

HRSDC/Service Canada ensures that job opportunities are protected for Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents. Canadian employers can hire foreign workers when it will not negatively affect employment of Canadians and Permanent Residents, or when there are significant benefits to the recruitment of a foreign worker.

There are certain guidelines that HRSDC follow in the process of approving Canadian employer to hire a foreign worker. The employer must demonstrate that:

• A job offer itself is bonafide and not designed to be inaccessible to Canadians/permanent residents
• Wages and a working condition offered are sufficient to attract and retain Canadians or permanent residents in employment
• An employer has made reasonable efforts to hire or train Canadians or permanent residents for an employment in request. Usually an employer can extend a job offer to a foreign worker after establishing that Canadians and permanent residents are not readily available. An employer can provide evidence to support either one of the two following conditions:
• Reasonable efforts were made to recruit and train qualified Canadians or permanent residents for employment
• Foreign worker possesses a combination of skills and experience not readily available in Canada.
• The employment of the foreign worker is critical for the company to maximize its human resources in creating or maintaining jobs and/or transferring specialized knowledge and skills to the company's labor force.