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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada released significant policy updates for work permit applications filed under the International Mobility Program, and specifically, the Intra-Company Transfer categories.
Updates from Deputy Minister of IRCC Christiane Fox’s presentation regarding Canada-India relations and impacts on immigration processing.
A Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) is a document that an employer in Canada sometimes needs before they can hire a Temporary Foreign Worker.
The Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) allows employers in Canada to hire foreign workers when Canadians or permanent residents are not available. The TFWP involves an employer in Canada making an application to Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)/Service Canada for a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). If ESDC/Service Canada determines that the hiring of a foreign worker will have a neutral or positive impact on the Canadian labour market, a positive LMIA may be issued to the employer, which a foreign national can then use in support of their application to work in Canada.
In the 2016 report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of...
The Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program allows employers in Canada to hire foreign workers when Canadians or...
As the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19 continue to evolve, the Government of Canada...
In the wake of the spread of COVID-19, immigration lawyers have been confronted with an abundance of new directives...
Immigration issues continue to dominate Canadian politics, and acutely so in Quebec. The 2018 provincial election in...
As of December 3, 2019, the Government of Canada has rolled out the final phase of its biometrics collection program....