In Canada, employers looking to fill their labour shortage needs may engage in Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The objective of the TFWP is to assist employers who have demonstrated a need to fill jobs for which there are no qualified Canadian citizens or PRs, implementing processes to ensure that Canadian employers make efforts to hire and train Canadian workers before seeking temporary foreign workers, and also to ensure that foreign workers are genuinely temporary. The TFWP relies on the cooperation of three key departments, generally for the following activities:

• ESDC, for conducting employer compliance reviews and determining labour market impact assessments; IRCC, for processing applications; and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), for conducting port-of-entry examinations and admitting foreign nationals.
• The TFWP is administered based on wage instead of the NOC. Employers need to know whether they are paying a high or low wage

• High-Wage Positions – Labour Market Impact Assessment
  • Positions in which the wage offered is at or above the provincial/territorial median wage. Examples of high-wage positions include management, professional, scientific, technical, or skilled trade occupations
• Low-Wage Positions – Labour Market Impact Assessment
  • Positions in which the wage offered is below the provincial/territorial median wage. The general goal of the low-wage positions stream is to correct labour market imbalances when there is a shortage of Canadians and permanent residents, so generally there is a 10 % cap on the number of temporary foreign workers that employers may hire. Examples of low-wage positions include general labourers, food counter attendants, and sales and service, cleaners, cashiers, and drivers

• LMIA Processing Fee (Less then 15 employees)/Occupation: $3,750
• LMIA Processing Fee (More then 15 employees)/Occupation: $4,550

MOR Immigration has filed over 600 successful LMIA submissions covering the hospitality, fast food, retail, professional services, oil/gas, and farming industries. Our clients rely on us to deliver results fast and on schedule.