LMIA in municipal government

[meetp23586]

Hi guys, i work in IT for municipal government in Elmira, Canada. My job falls under high paying jobs and my work permit expires on Jan 2025. I was thinking to ask my director of department for LMIA, but someone told me government do not allow or provide LMIA. So how true is that?

Moreover, LMIA is approved based on unemployment rate of the area you for, i work in elmira- ON. So how do i check if my area falls under high unemployment rate?

Note that- i was hired for 18 months initially then i was already promised that i will get permanent job once contract ends. Since OINP doesn’t not support contract job, i had asked them to break the contract before 18 months and offer me permanent job, which they did. But not sure if they can allow Lmia!!

Thanks in advance- if you can answer these two things.

 

[Naturgrl]

Hi guys, i work in IT for municipal government in Elmira, Canada. My job falls under high paying jobs and my work permit expires on Jan 2025. I was thinking to ask my director of department for LMIA, but someone told me government do not allow or provide LMIA. So how true is that?

Moreover, LMIA is approved based on unemployment rate of the area you for, i work in elmira- ON. So how do i check if my area falls under high unemployment rate?

Note that- i was hired for 18 months initially then i was already promised that i will get permanent job once contract ends. Since OINP doesn’t not support contract job, i had asked them to break the contract before 18 months and offer me permanent job, which they did. But not sure if they can allow Lmia!!

Thanks in advance- if you can answer these two things.

What country are you from? Are you eligible for OINP now and is municipality even eligible? They need to meet certain revenue targets, as an example. And they need to support your nomination with mandatory forms. NOC and OINP score selected?

Governments rarely apply for LMIAs. If you have been there that long they will have to restart the hiring process from scratch to show that no Canadian or PR can do the job. So they need to start ASAP as they need to post the job for at least a month. So talk to HR. Also FYI - LMIAs applied in March are just being approved/refused now.

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