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LMIA Exempt Express Entry

minnesotawolf

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Mar 6, 2017
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Fellas,

I recently transferred from to Toronto from the US for a global professional services org (one of the big 4 accounting firms), and I have been researching my eligibility for express entry. I was not given an LMIA b/c my job was LMIA-exempt under reciprocal agreement. However, for such jobs to be eligible for Express Entry points, the following must be met:
1. have been working full-time for the employer on your work permit for at least one year (or an equal amount of part-time work)
2. have a valid job offer, and
3. have a valid work permit that is exempt from an LMIA under an international agreement a federal-provincial agreement or the “Canadian interests” category

I have met #2 & 3. However, i have only been working for the Toronto office for 2 months so #1 is a bit tricky. I had been working for the US office for about 2 and half years though. I did note that in #1 it doesn't say "you have to work for more than 1 year for the Employer in Canada" so I am wondering whether my US experience could be counted towards that as well? I was checking the Employer name on my work permit and it does not specify it is a Canadian office rather it is shown as a general name that includes all of our member firms across the globe.

Can someone clarify whether i meet #1 and if i can include my US years in the total # of years working for my employer?

Thanks,
 

Braravin

Member
Dec 23, 2017
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But no 1 means that you should have worked for 1 year on work permit which of course should be Canadian.I believe that your US experiance will count towards international experiance regardless of same company and job. Its safe to wait for year.
By the way its almost 10 month¡ how did it go¿