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Overview 1. Program requirements 2. Wages, working conditions and occupations
The Government of Canada believes that foreign workers can help employers meet their labour needs when Canadians and permanent residents are not available. As part of this process the government supports higher-skilled foreign workers based on their potential to become economically established in Canada and to assist employers to meet their skilled labour shortages.
Employers who wish to hire skilled foreign workers and support their permanent resident visa application can make a job offer under Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s (IRCC) Express Entry system. The job offer must meet the criteria of 1 of the listed economic immigration programs. These programs include:
The employer must be offering a job that is:
The employer must be offering a job that is for:
The employer must be offering a job that is:
Employers are not eligible to make a job offer to a foreign worker under these immigration programs, if they are:
For information on the Quebec Skilled Worker Program, consult the ministère de l’Immigration, de la Diversité et de l’Inclusion (MIDI) (French only).
Employers who wish to hire skilled foreign workers through 1 of these immigration programs may also want to hire these workers temporarily while their application for permanent residence is being processed by IRCC. As a result, employers can apply for a dual intent Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) which requires paying the processing fee. These dual intent LMIAs can be used to support the foreign nationals’ application to IRCC for a:
