GregJ1989 said:
Hey Guys
If someone could tell me if this is correct.
Im NOC 0512 (Associate Producer - Stage and Theatre). Wage is $41/Hour. Based in Ontario.
I sent in my application on the 27 March.
Received nothing for months.
01 September i was notified that the process had now changed to LMIA (as of June). I thought this was weird since my application had been submitted in March (way before the LMIA change). Lawyer advised that i need to fill out LMIA forms and submit them. At this stage, the lawyer advised that he is dealing directly with the Senior Manager at
the applicable office.
Also - because this LMIA is only for 6 months, we were not requested to advertise the position.
on the 15 of September we were notified that the application had been thrown out due to it being incomplete. Reasons: Needed a transition plan for the position / No proof of recruiting was submitted.
The lawyer then spoke to the officer who advised that since this was in Film and Entertainment he would waive the recruitment requirement. But we would still need to submit a transition plan.
A week later - we were informed that the forms had changed again. We resubmitted. Now we still waiting.
Is 30 weeks of processing for a job that is only going to be 6 months long sound right? Is the lawyer just useless or is Ontario really just taking their time with LMIA?
Could something shed some light - because this is becoming ridiculous.
Thanks a lot
Ahh these lawyers man. I wonder if they would ever be useful. My lawyer screwed up my application .
1) Since you have already submitted in March, i have no idea why did they even wait till the LMO changed to LMIA. I have a friend whose company applied for LMO in April and got it by end of MAY.
2) Advertising is not at all required for your position. So obviously not even the recruitment and stuff need to be shown. Check this link. http://www.esdc.gc.ca/eng/jobs/foreign_workers/variations.shtml
3) Since your position is only for 6 months, Transition plan is not required. It is clearly mentioned in the transition plan the position is less that 12 months , you can ask for the Transition plan exemption
Employers applying for an opinion may be exempt if they are hiring TFWs for positions with a limited duration, which means – the job is
time-limited and will no longer exist after the TFW leaves. The employment duration can be:
• 1 to 120 days (e.g. emergency or warranty work); OR
• more than 120 days to a maximum of 2 years (e.g. non-recurring project-based positions)
4) Since all this crap is past and you have submitted the application again, this time you can stay a bit positive as the forms have last changed on 18th sept . So most of the applications submitted after that are being considered.
5) Lesson learnt .DO not depend on the lawyer totally, they just screw it up. It is always good to read the whole form by yourself thoroughly before your employer/lawyer submits it. Blunders can be avoided. I should have done that long back. My application has be returned three times saying incomplete form. It only got accepted when my employer got rid of the lawyer.
