LMIA application processing time?

[AA89]

Hi Guys!

Do you have any idea how much time to take in resubmitting LMIA?
My supposedly employer has sold his share of their family business to his brother and my consultant told me that they need to resubmit the application under the new owner. In addition, my consultant told me that it may be take another 2-3mos to process.

I've already waited for almost 12 weeks already.

 

[AlanKju]

Hi Guys!

Do you have any idea how much time to take in resubmitting LMIA?
My supposedly employer has sold his share of their family business to his brother and my consultant told me that they need to resubmit the application under the new owner. In addition, my consultant told me that it may be take another 2-3mos to process.

I've already waited for almost 12 weeks already.

Did you check with them if it requires a new process or should it require a document change, as the company is still the same, with the same job offer?

 

[RS93]

my friend's timeline
application sent on dec 8
interview call on jan 6
LMIA approved received on jan 20
Application was support to PR

 

[AlanKju]

my friend's timeline
application sent on dec 8
interview call on jan 6
LMIA approved received on jan 20
Application was support to PR

Congratulations! Was it a fast track LMIA (top 10% wage / high demand)? We mere mortals are waiting 19+weeks, even being high wage.

 

[RS93]

Congratulations! Was it a fast track LMIA (top 10% wage / high demand)? We mere mortals are waiting 19+weeks, even being high wage.

yes it was high demand high wage job code and the law firm also did a great job on his application becoz SC didnt ask for any additional docs.

 

[LinaD]

yes it was high demand high wage job code and the law firm also did a great job on his application becoz SC didnt ask for any additional docs.

Congratulation, which province was that?

 

[RS93]

Congratulation, which province was that?

Ontario

 

[SarahNicole]

I'm so jealous of all you getting approved so fast. I just want my other half to be able to come home. :'(

 

[LinaD]

Ontario

I am waiting too in Ontario, Toronto, just a bit above median wage.

 

[RS93]

I'm so jealous of all you getting approved so fast. I just want my other half to be able to come home. :'(

don't be jealous it was his 2nd application, first was cancelled out due to some reasons.he was in this waiting game since july

 

[SarahNicole]

don't be jealous it was his 2nd application, first was cancelled out due to some reasons.he was in this waiting game since july

Haha yeah I guess. But there's been others being approved fast! Ah well, we'll keep thinking positive and keep out fingers crossed for all of us ;D

 

[Funbox]

yes it was high demand high wage job code and the law firm also did a great job on his application becoz SC didnt ask for any additional docs.

Do you know what consulting company he hired?

 

[AlanKju]

Guys, one question for you all, approved or not in LMIA.
Have your employers received many resumes for the position they have applied for you? How strict was the job ad to ensure minimum participation in your case?

I don't have the results yet, but I believe the job ad my consultants developed is still a bit wide and I fear there will be some amount of CVs to cut, in order to avoid problems with the LMIA assessment.

Any insights on this?

Thanks and let's keep walking!

 

[ozlis]

Guys, one question for you all, approved or not in LMIA.
Have your employers received many resumes for the position they have applied for you? How strict was the job ad to ensure minimum participation in your case?

I don't have the results yet, but I believe the job ad my consultants developed is still a bit wide and I fear there will be some amount of CVs to cut, in order to avoid problems with the LMIA assessment.

Any insights on this?

Thanks and let's keep walking!

We received 32 applicants for the role, only 2 were actually even close to being anywhere near the advertised role (job is HR, got lots of random applicants - hairdressers, labourers etc).

The job ad does need to be fairly wide - it can't be obviously tailored to one person as they should be aiming to fill the role, not specifically keep you (from the point of view of Service Can).

Realistically, no matter what you put on the job ad, people will apply. This is my job, recruiting. For every role that I advertise I can conservatively guess that at least 60% of the applicants will be totally irrelevant. Online job portals make it easy for people to upload their resume through places like Indeed and just apply for every role under the sun. It's frustrating and it makes it very difficult to weed out the genuine applicants.

For LMIA purposes, thats actually a positive.

Good luck mate!

 

[Funbox]

Guys, one question for you all, approved or not in LMIA.
Have your employers received many resumes for the position they have applied for you? How strict was the job ad to ensure minimum participation in your case?

I don't have the results yet, but I believe the job ad my consultants developed is still a bit wide and I fear there will be some amount of CVs to cut, in order to avoid problems with the LMIA assessment.

Any insights on this?

Thanks and let's keep walking!

Sadly, I have awful news. My LMIA application was rejected due to a silly mistake. The good news is that my employer will try again and this time we will not make the same mistake. I've worked for them before and now I'm working remotely from outside Canada. So, I helped preparing the application and I was always up to date about what was going on. The timeline was:

NOC: 2174 - Computer Programmer
Sent to ESDC: Sept 3, 2015
Received by ESDC: Sept 11, 2015
Payment Fee Charged: Sept 28, 2015
Additional Documents Requested by ESDC: Oct 28, 2015
Additional Documents Replied: Nov 4, 2015
Interview: Jan 15, 2015
Result: January 22, 2015 (Rejected)
Time waiting: 4 months.

The reason for the rejection was that one of the advertising was too old. We had job advertising on Job Bank, Indeed and on the company website during the whole process and for 1 month on Workopolis. The problem the Workopolis advertising expired 4 months before the application and the limit is 3 months. They didn't consider the company website. We also added statistics about how many people accessed the company website but didn't work.
Note: We had a posting on Monster, but the description was out of date and not in the standard, so it was ignored.

There were a spreadsheet listing all the applicants and the reason why they were not hired. There were a total of 100 applicants. Like it has been said before, 60% of them were totally irrelevant. I think only 4 or 5 were actually called for a interview and they didn't meet all the minimum requirements. Unfortunately we will have to make all this process again. The officer said if everything is right and they don't need to request additional documents, the application can be processed really fast. This was a though week exchanging emails with the officer but the government is difficult. Before submitting the application again I will pay for a consulting company to review the application (they charge $250 per hour and they believe this is enough time to review).