Hello! I used to work in Vancouver Island BC (as cook), my ex-employer is trying to hire me again, she still doesn't know if she should apply for an LMIA through the foreigner worker program or through the federal skilled trades program, either way I am so afraid that this will no longer be possible since I read in your website the following information:
"As of April 30, 2015, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program uses the latest Labour Force Survey results for the unemployment rates in regions across Canada. These rates determine which regions are eligible for employers to submit Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) for low-wage/lower skilled occupations in the Accommodation and Food Services sector and the Retail Trade sector. LMIA applications for these sectors will not be processed in economic regions where the unemployment rate is 6 per cent or higher".
According to the info you posted Vancouver Island and Coast's unemployment rate is 6.1 so that means my ex-employer should not even try to apply for an LMIA anymore?
PLEASE I REALLY NEED HELP WITH THIS
THANK YOU FOR READING!
"As of April 30, 2015, the Temporary Foreign Worker Program uses the latest Labour Force Survey results for the unemployment rates in regions across Canada. These rates determine which regions are eligible for employers to submit Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) for low-wage/lower skilled occupations in the Accommodation and Food Services sector and the Retail Trade sector. LMIA applications for these sectors will not be processed in economic regions where the unemployment rate is 6 per cent or higher".
According to the info you posted Vancouver Island and Coast's unemployment rate is 6.1 so that means my ex-employer should not even try to apply for an LMIA anymore?
PLEASE I REALLY NEED HELP WITH THIS
THANK YOU FOR READING!