LMIA Work Permit

Service Description

To apply for a work permit under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), a foreign national needs to find an employer who obtained a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). The LMIA process is a tool available to employers who want to hire a foreign worker. An employer must apply for an LMIA in order to hire a foreign worker. A positive LMIA means that the employer can bring in a foreign worker and pay them at least the prevailing wage for that kind of work. .All work permits issued under the TFWP are employer-specific. This means a foreign worker may only work for the company named on their permit – that is, a single-employer LMIA. To find new employment, the foreign worker must first apply for and receive a new work permit from the government, then find another employer who will first apply for and receive another LMIA.