A Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) is a document that an employer in Canada may need to get before hiring a foreign worker. A positive LMIA will show that there is a need for a foreign worker to fill the job. It will also show that no Canadian worker is available to do the job. A positive LMIA is sometimes called a confirmation letter. Find out if you need a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), how to hire workers through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP), what to do after you’ve hired a worker and how to extend a temporary worker’s work permit.

Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), formerly called Labor Market Opinion (LMO) is a permit that aids in hiring foreign workers on temporary basis in Canada. Here the Canadian employer submits 2 applications, first to Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) for Labor Market Impact Assessment, next to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to obtain the actual work permit.

The verification process assesses that a foreign worker hired will not impact Canada’s labor market in a harm’s way.

Requirement

• Application fee for LMIA submission is $1000.
• English and French are the languages to be included in job requirements/advertisements unless the employer proves another language is needed for the position.
• The location where the job will be taken by foreigner must have an annual unemployment rate of over 6%.
• Airline jobs have more requirements.