Workers in 10 occupations now hired faster in Canada

Canada immigration has recently been actively inviting skilled workers at different levels. They have been chosen and invited through federal and provincial nomination programs. The importance of many of these workers is quite prominent. This is clear from the fact that they are necessary to keep the economy floating and healthy.

Immigration programs like Express Entry Canada and Provincial Nomination Programs are pathways for international workers. These channels help them to be a part of the country’s workforce. Among the industries that are aggressively inviting workers are farming and food supply sector. A lot of practically skilled people are required to make their foray into Canada with a Canada work visa.

Canada’s priority has made it keep immigration open. The border restrictions to prevent COVID-19 has made it challenging to operate. There is a specific set of occupations to which workers are currently hired with urgency. Canadian employers hiring foreign workers in 10 occupations are now given certain sops. These jobs are related to food processing, agriculture, and trucking. They can now skip past a time-consuming step in the work permit process.

Canada is now waiving the requirement to advertise for the Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) in some of the high priority occupations.

In a normal procedure, in most cases, employers need to prove the non-availability of Canadians to take a vacant position. This should have led them to offer it to a foreign worker. Only then they will get an LMIA. For this step, they advertise the position for hire across various platforms for up to 3 months.

Now there’s a facility given to the employers to get LMIA. As of March 20, the minimum requirements for recruitment for pending and forthcoming LMIA applications will be waived. This applies to 10 occupations which are:

• Transport truck drivers (NOC 7511)
• Butchers, meat cutters and fishmongers - retail and wholesale (NOC 6331)
• General farm workers (NOC 8431)
• Agricultural service contractors, farm supervisors and specialized livestock workers (NOC 8252)
• Harvesting laborers (NOC 8611)
• Nursery and greenhouse workers (NOC 8432)
• Laborers in fish and seafood processing (NOC 9618)
• Fish and seafood plant workers (NOC 9463)
• Industrial butchers and meat cutters, poultry preparers and related workers (NOC 9462)
• Laborers in food, beverage and associated products processing (NOC 9617)

In a specific stipulation, truck drivers from a province with a Mandatory Entry-Level Training requirement must have the certification. It should be in their possession at the time they get their work permit. These provinces include Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Quebec, Manitoba, and Ontario.

New electronic LMIA application processing

With the new electronic application processing in place, LMIAs can now be emailed to Service Canada. Employers can email their application to the appropriate address based on the job location and immigration stream.

For now, low wage and high wage applications for agricultural stream from Manitoba, British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Nunavut, Yukon, and Northwest Territories must be sent to the Ontario processing center.

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