Under the Canadian immigration legislation and regulations, employers are required to provide foreign workers with pay and conditions of work that are substantially the same but not less favourable than those stated in the work permit application. You can view these responsibilities in our post about employer compliance: https://www.cilf.ca/2025/05/08/amps/. Voluntary disclosures are a way for […]
Under the foreign worker programs in Canada, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (“TFWP”) in which Labour Market Impact Assessments (“LMIAs”) are required, and the International Mobility Program (“IMP”) where employers are required to submit an offer of employment, employers have certain responsibilities and must comply with the conditions provided to Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada […]
IEC Work Permits Inside Canada Due to the government’s restrictions on flagpoling, which involves leaving Canada for the United States and applying for an immigration status document upon re-entry at the border, IRCC has made changes to the process of issuing International Experience Canada (“IEC”) work permits to those already inside Canada. Until December 1, […]
It is crucial that employers verify the documents of any foreign workers they employ to ensure that they can legally be employed. Section 124(1)(c) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (“IRPA”) provides that it is an offence to employ a foreign national when they are not authorized to be employed. This is a strict […]
As perhaps his last act as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, on March 11, Marc Miller signed a Ministerial Instruction making good on his earlier promise to eliminate points for job offers with respect to Express Entry, Canada’s system for selecting economic immigrants for permanent residence. Effective March 25, 2025, candidates will no longer receive […]
Reminder to Employers on LMIA and LMIA-Exempt Work Permit Obligations Kicking this bulletin off, we’d like to remind employers who have workers on Labour Market Impact Assessment (“LMIA”)-based work permits as well as LMIA-exempt work permits that they have ongoing obligations to report changes in conditions of employment to Employment and Social Development Canada (“ESDC”) […]
Permanent Residence – Category-Based Express Entry Draws Express Entry is the system under which the profiles of PR hopefuls are assigned points based on factors like age, education, official language skills, and work experience. Over the past few years, the government has been conducting targeted draws to meet immigration targets and boost certain economic sectors. […]
One of the objectives of Canada’s immigration legislation, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (“IRPA”) is “to see that families are reunited in Canada” (IRPA, s. 3(1)(d)). In relation to family-class immigration, the government has not conducted a draw to allow Canadian citizens and permanent residents to sponsor their parents or grandparents since 2020. This […]
Newcomers to Canada typically settle in large urban areas in the south which creates challenges in terms of the development of the vast expanses of the country away from the major cities. Most immigrants to Canada are also English-speaking, despite Canada’s official languages being English and French, with both languages having equal status at the […]
After record numbers of newcomers in 2022 and 2023, last year the government changed tack and announced major changes aimed at reducing the number of temporary residents and new permanent residents amidst the high cost of living and housing shortage. In all likelihood, 2025 will see the government continue to implement measures which will have […]
