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I just started my job one month ago and my employer had advertised for over a month before hiring me, on my open work permit, so hopefully all will go well, but we shall see. Thanks so much for your help! :)

Well I'm not expecting a quick outcome to my PR application so I guess that leads to my next question. Now that it has been decided that I do need an lmo, will I be able to continue working if my current work permit expires while I am waiting for the lmo or will I have to quit?

Sorry, I don't mean to get testy and I do appreciate your input. I'm just frustrated and confused by the whole process!

First of all I did not come to this forum to argue, but one would think that my husband becoming a citizen would have made my situation easier not more complicated and while my situation is a bit different than the norm there are still MANY people already working in Canada that suddenly need an...

True, however my profession does fall in the skilled worker category as well and when we moved here the spouse's of skilled workers were allowed to work. It is not right to change the rules after people move here and buy homes and make a life, etc.

I totally understand that the process is in place to protect Canadian workers and agree that it is necessary, however in my husband's situation there is a need to hire workers from outside of Canada which is why there is a foreign worker program in the first place.

My husband is a safety director for a large American Owned company. He has been trying to hire a safety manager for one of his jobsites since last March. The LMO's that he has applied for have been for US workers that have experience and work for the same company he does, however they keep...

The company my husband works for has applied for several LMO's to over the last few months and every one of them has been denied.

Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure if I'm exempt or not because things that I have read seem to conflict. I read somewhere that if a skilled worker is in Canada on a work permit then their spouse can obtain an open work permit without an LMO, but my husband is now a citizen and not required...

My children and I came to Canada in December of 2008 with my husband who was transferred here by his company as a skilled worker. I obtained an open work permit and am currently working, however my permit will expire in November of 2011. My husband now has dual US/Canada citizenship and is...