This is a really old thread, but instead of opening a new topic I'll ask the question here since it's a variant of the initial one.
Right, so a foreigner opens a company in Canada (this is totally doable). He's the owner of and in fact an employee in that company and operates that company PROFITABILITY from abroad for two years. The company pays taxes, gives salary, dividends, etc during that time. The company becomes LMIA eligible. It's a real, solid company.
Now, the foreigner enters the Express Entry system. As demonstrated, he already has a job in a Canadian company. What happens? Can he list his job as having a Canadian work experience, specifically a managerial job (NOC Skill Level 0), or in order to have a Canadian work experience he has to be on Canadian soil?
Anyhow, if he can't list any Canadian experience this way, can this company give him a job offer then? Practically the same job he already does for the past two years, or some similar job at his company?
Keep in mind, the corporation is a separate legal entity from its owner, shareholders, employees, etc, thus the foreigner in this case won't be giving himself a job offer, or a job. A Canadian corporation would. So the legal aspect of this matter is clear.
To simplify, can the foreigner claim Canadian work experience and/or Canadian job offer this way?
The way I've described here takes two+ years time in order one to even apply in Express Entry (if you want almost guaranteed entry because of the job offer), since in order for company to become LMIA eligible it needs the last two tax returns (as per this answer), among other things. So basically, instead of looking for a job you create one yourself from the ground up, with two years prior, hard labor.
So make no mistake, this is not a gimmick or a workaround. Provinces have Business/Entrepreneurial streams for these types of fellows who CAN'T WAIT for two years in order their company to become LMIA eligible, thus the conditions for those streams are expectedly draconian (require certain NET worth, investment, proof of managerial experience, etc).
Right, so a foreigner opens a company in Canada (this is totally doable). He's the owner of and in fact an employee in that company and operates that company PROFITABILITY from abroad for two years. The company pays taxes, gives salary, dividends, etc during that time. The company becomes LMIA eligible. It's a real, solid company.
Now, the foreigner enters the Express Entry system. As demonstrated, he already has a job in a Canadian company. What happens? Can he list his job as having a Canadian work experience, specifically a managerial job (NOC Skill Level 0), or in order to have a Canadian work experience he has to be on Canadian soil?
Anyhow, if he can't list any Canadian experience this way, can this company give him a job offer then? Practically the same job he already does for the past two years, or some similar job at his company?
Keep in mind, the corporation is a separate legal entity from its owner, shareholders, employees, etc, thus the foreigner in this case won't be giving himself a job offer, or a job. A Canadian corporation would. So the legal aspect of this matter is clear.
To simplify, can the foreigner claim Canadian work experience and/or Canadian job offer this way?
The way I've described here takes two+ years time in order one to even apply in Express Entry (if you want almost guaranteed entry because of the job offer), since in order for company to become LMIA eligible it needs the last two tax returns (as per this answer), among other things. So basically, instead of looking for a job you create one yourself from the ground up, with two years prior, hard labor.
So make no mistake, this is not a gimmick or a workaround. Provinces have Business/Entrepreneurial streams for these types of fellows who CAN'T WAIT for two years in order their company to become LMIA eligible, thus the conditions for those streams are expectedly draconian (require certain NET worth, investment, proof of managerial experience, etc).
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