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You prospective employer needs to apply for the LMIA. If you have a job then your boss needs to apply as you cannot

Bridging visa only pertains to when you're applying for permanent residency and your work permit is almost expired. If you have no work permit then your prospective employer needs permission from HRSDC in the form of a positive LMIA before you can apply for a work permit. The LMIA can take...

Is it the case that since there is a sub cap of 200 for each of the 13 noc B major groups which amounts to 2600 places, that if the 5400 other applications have been reached then they close it. But wouldnt they wait until all the NOC B sub caps are each full to 200? I'm just trying to keep some...

Thats what i intend to do. I'm from Ireland and currently out of status and when or if i get the positive LMIA i dont fancy waiting another 4-5-6---- many weeks to get a work permit. My consultant wants me to apply online but she makes money this way.... Best of luck mate, as long as you have...

I'm in the same boat. I just received my permit denied letter after 9 weeks on implied status so i have 90 days to restore my status. My consultant tells me that if i get my LMIA (10 weeks waiting) then i will be applying for a new work permit AND restoration of status with my LMIA. This however...

Yes as long as you have a letter of a job offer from your employer with your LMIA then flag polling seems a faster way to get the visa and saves 5 weeks waiting.

Yes, 90 days from Jan 20th to apply for restoration of status. Im in Alberta NOC 2242

I wouldnt hold for a miracle on the LMIA because you only have to look around these forums to see that the processing times vary from 8-20+ weeks. You should get his employer to fax someone higher up and stress that his permit is expiring/expired but thats pretty much all you can do. I would...

I received the denial letter last week. My company messed up the first LMIA application leading to their foreign worker program being audited and this delayed the second application past this two month grace period. My denial letter came exactly 2 months since i was on implied status. The letter...

I had applied for LMIA July 2014 and waited until Oct 2 to find out my boss didnt read the new rules and completely messed up the application. So i had to wait until Nov 2 (4 weeks job advert) to apply again, meanwhile my work permit was due to expire Nov 12. So i got my work permit denial...