Okay guys, finally I had some time to breathe so here it is what happened, hopefully this information will be helpful to some of you.
Province BC - High Wage Stream
LMIA number received April 30th 2019
Called on August 22nd, unable to get any info about LMIA
Called today, September 3rd 2019, file still pending and not assigned to an officer....we are over the estimated 85 business days
Asked for help to the local MP, will see what happens
Called again, finally I am told that file was assigned to an office on September 6th
MP after a couple of weeks tell me that I should receive a call within the 2nd of October
October 1st I receive a call from the officer and we decide to schedule the interview on the 2nd as officer required more info. In the evening I receive an email requesting this additional info:
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(1) CRA Documents
The non-official CRA documents included in your LMIA application are outdated
. Provide a copy of your
most recent T2 Schedules 100 + 125
issued from the CRA itself to determine XXX’s ability to fulfill the financial obligations of hiring one full-time employee in the position of ###, as identified on the LMIA application.
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(2) Job Match services
Effective August 28, 2017, you must use the
Job Match service for recruitment purposes when advertising a position on Job Bank.
The Job Match service allows you to see anonymous profiles of registered job seekers, which correspond to the skills and requirements, outlined in your job posting. Each match is rated using a star system of one to five stars. The more stars received by the match, the greater the compatibility between your advertised position and the anonymous job seeker.
When creating your job posting, you must select the ‘’
default’’ option. This option allows matches with job seekers from a wide variety of background as opposed to the ‘’strict’’ matching mode, where matches may be limited to fewer job seekers.
When seeking to fill a high-wage position, you are required to invite all job seekers matched within the first 30 days of your job advertisement to apply for the position if they are rated four stars or
more.
§ Submit a printed copy of the “Activity Report” from the Employer Module (accessed by employers) – Advertisement ID
XXXX
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(3) Proof of “Ongoing” Advertisement [Time and Duration]
· All advertisements must have occurred during the three (3) months prior to the submission of your Labour Market Impact Assessment application.
· All advertisements must have run for a minimum of 4 consecutive weeks (28 days) prior to the submission of your Labour Market Impact Assessment application.
· The copies of the advertisements must confirm the dates and the length of time the advertisements were posted.
· Employers must continue to advertise the available position in at least one source to actively seek qualified Canadians and permanent residents until the date they receive notification that a positive or negative LMIA has been issued.
§ Provide a copy of one ongoing advertisement that would have been continuously posted from the very beginning until present [without gaps in between].
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(4) Proof of minimum advertisement “National in Scope” Required
Your LMIA application package does not include a “National in Scope” advertisement meeting our program requirements.
§ Provide a copy of
www.indeed.ca print media advertisement indicating the web source and the duration of the posting.
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(5) Proof of minimum advertisement Required [3rd Source]
Your LMIA application package does not include a 3rd Source of advertisement meeting our program requirements.
§ Submit a copy of print media as follows:
Proof of advertisement
•a copy of the advertisement and information to support where, when and for how long the position was advertised including full content of the advertisement.
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(6) Staffing Level Required
§ Provide the list of employees on payroll (including the owners if listed on payroll) stating both job titles and status in Canada.
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(7) Recruitment Results
Confirm if you had any applicants since you first submitted your LMIA application on (date)
· Number of applications/resumes received from Canadians/permanent residents:
· Number of Canadian/permanent resident applicants interviewed:
· Number of Canadians/permanent residents offered the position:
· Number of Canadians/permanent residents hired:
· Number of offers declined by Canadian/permanent resident applicants:
· Number of Canadian/permanent resident applicants who were not qualified for the job:
· Describe reasons why unqualified applicants were not selected:
Let me know should you have any questions.
I provided all the above info (some of them were already supplied like the job ads, but I re-send them), interview was quite long, over 1hr and we had some back and forth about "national in scope" as our Indeed job posting was sponsored with quite a bit of money and that was somehow new to the officer. I had to clarify all of the above, we went through all the pages of the LMIA and we ended the call without any final decision taken (was quite late when we finished).
Following day Officer calls back with a few more questions regarding one ex employee that got PR denied because of an error filling up his paperwork (employee filled up Express Entry himself without paying enough attention to all the details). I explained what happened and finally got approval at the end of the day.
Thank you
Fab
