Hello!
I'm a PGWP holder and I am trying to apply for my PR via Express Entry. However, I know chances are slim if I don't have an LMIA.
My employer is willing to help me with this but the information online about the new LMIA process is extremely confusing and contradicting. Specifically, the wage range and the occupation's classification as a high-wage or low-wage job.
I'm a graphic designer, which is classified as a high-skilled job (level B). I am being paid below the median wage for the territory I work at (Ontario is $21, and $26 for Toronto specifically). So, according to the ESDC webpage, that would place me in the high-skilled low-wage category. It says that employers offering a wage "that is below the provincial/territorial median hourly wage will be subject to a maximum 10% cap on the proportion of low-wage TFWs." So my employer would be able to apply for my LMIA as a low-wage position following these worker cap restrictions.
However, later on, it goes on to say that "Employers offering a wage that is below the prevailing wage rate (median wage) will be considered as not meeting the labour market factor for the assessment of wages and therefore, will be issued a negative LMIA." Which is exactly my situation: being offered below the media wage for the territory!
So, my question is, which one is it? How do you actually classify high-skilled high wage and low wage positions? Because CIC's information is just contradicting itself all over the place. It says very specifically that workers being offered below the median can be considered low-wage and instructs employers on how to apply for LMIA with a low-wage worker, but then goes on to say that any company offering below the median won't even be considered for an LMIA.
Does anyone have any info on this or any first hand experience? I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance!
I'm a PGWP holder and I am trying to apply for my PR via Express Entry. However, I know chances are slim if I don't have an LMIA.
My employer is willing to help me with this but the information online about the new LMIA process is extremely confusing and contradicting. Specifically, the wage range and the occupation's classification as a high-wage or low-wage job.
I'm a graphic designer, which is classified as a high-skilled job (level B). I am being paid below the median wage for the territory I work at (Ontario is $21, and $26 for Toronto specifically). So, according to the ESDC webpage, that would place me in the high-skilled low-wage category. It says that employers offering a wage "that is below the provincial/territorial median hourly wage will be subject to a maximum 10% cap on the proportion of low-wage TFWs." So my employer would be able to apply for my LMIA as a low-wage position following these worker cap restrictions.
However, later on, it goes on to say that "Employers offering a wage that is below the prevailing wage rate (median wage) will be considered as not meeting the labour market factor for the assessment of wages and therefore, will be issued a negative LMIA." Which is exactly my situation: being offered below the media wage for the territory!
So, my question is, which one is it? How do you actually classify high-skilled high wage and low wage positions? Because CIC's information is just contradicting itself all over the place. It says very specifically that workers being offered below the median can be considered low-wage and instructs employers on how to apply for LMIA with a low-wage worker, but then goes on to say that any company offering below the median won't even be considered for an LMIA.
Does anyone have any info on this or any first hand experience? I'd really appreciate it!
Thanks in advance!
