What should I tell them? Or am I wasting my time?

[yingnan]

I'm teaching at a American university and am seeking to move to Canada for family reasons. I came across a job ad that fits me but I'm not sure whether I should apply. I know that in order to hire me, the university will need a LMIA and in fact few employers are willing to get an LMIA. So my questions are:

1) Are universities more willing to apply for an LMIA?

2) I will complete my Express Entry profile before the application deadline of the job. Should I tell them about it? Does my EE application change the equation?

Many thanks!

 

[scylla]

Are you American (i.e. US passport holder)? Or are you simply working in the US right now.

1) Unlikely a university will go through the LMIA process.
2) No - no point telling them. It doesn't change the equation.

 

[yingnan]

Are you American (i.e. US passport holder)? Or are you simply working in the US right now.

1) Unlikely a university will go through the LMIA process.
2) No - no point telling them. It doesn't change the equation.

Thanks for your answer. I'm not an American citizen.

 

[scylla]

Ah - too bad. In that case you might have been able to leverage NAFTA and avoid the LMIA process.

You can certainly see if the university may be willing to go through the LMIA process to hire you. There's always some chance they might be. I would very strongly recommend that you be very upfront with this information and state in your original application / cover letter that you don't have authorization to work in Canada at this time and would need the support of the university to obtain a work permit.

 

[picklee]

Most universities will not offer permanent positions to non-PR. It's too risky for them.

 

[yingnan]

Most universities will not offer permanent positions to non-PR. It's too risky for them.

Thanks! It's interesting and surprising that Canadian universities take a more conservative approach in hiring faculty than American universities. In America, qualified non-PR applicants are not discriminated against, precisely because a faculty job is a secure path to PR.

 

[picklee]

Thanks! It's interesting and surprising that Canadian universities take a more conservative approach in hiring faculty than American universities. In America, qualified non-PR applicants are not discriminated against, precisely because a faculty job is a secure path to PR.

The policy is university-specific, but you can appreciate that faculty searches are expensive for the university. If the position is offerred to someone with temporary status and they lose that status or cannot obtain permanent status then the university has to undertake a new search.

 

[yingnan]

The policy is university-specific, but you can appreciate that faculty searches are expensive for the university. If the position is offerred to someone with temporary status and they lose that status or cannot obtain permanent status then the university has to undertake a new search.

I understand the risk you described. What surprises me is that getting a PR for a professor is not that easy in Canada. Thanks anyway.

 

[wyho007]

I understand the risk you described. What surprises me is that getting a PR for a professor is not that easy in Canada. Thanks anyway.

Canada is much more protective than anyone can imagine, unfortunately.