Hey Leon,
Thanks for replying, i actually found something…..have a look!! These are the categories where some variations are accepted!!!
Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Variations to Minimum Advertising Requirements
Employers who wish to hire foreign workers in the following categories are subject to a variation in the advertising requirements.
Academics Camp Counsellors Entertainment Sector Exotic Dancers
Foreign Government IT Specialists International Graduates
Live-in Caregivers Owners / Operators Seasonal Agricultural Workers Specialized Service Technicians/Specialized Service Providers Warranty Work
Category: Academics (University Professors)
Description: The position is for an academic and is not covered by any other applicable Labour Market Opinion exemption (e.g., Canada Research Chair Positions, Visiting Professors, Post-Doctoral Fellows, etc.)
Variation: The employer must conduct recruitment efforts as per the policy described in Hiring Foreign Academics in Canada.
Applies to: All Provinces
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Category: Camp Counsellors
Description: The position is for a camp counsellor who will be working in Ontario.
Variation: The employer must provide documentation (e.g., letters of offer) showing efforts to hire Canadian campers from the previous year and a commitment in writing. In addition, the employer should commit to pursue spring recruitment campaigns in high schools and post-secondary institutions.
Applies to: Ontario only
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Category: Entertainment Sector
Description: The position is for a specific occupation in the entertainment sector where a worker is often hired for a very limited number of days, in a specific location, and on very short notice (e.g., boxers, bar bands, DJ's, musicians, singers, film directors and first assistant directors for feature films and commercials, key actors, artists, film or television crew for short productions and commercials, etc.).
Variation: No advertising or recruitment is required.
Applies to: All Provinces
For further information on the entertainment sector...
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Category: Exotic Dancers
Description: The position is for an exotic dancer.
Variation: If the job offer is made to a "headliner" coming for a short period of time, the employer is not required to show proof of recruitment efforts within Canada. However, for all other exotic dancer positions, employers must comply with the recruitment efforts outlined in the following Employer Bulletin.
Applies to: All Provinces
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Category: Hiring by a Foreign Government
Description: The position is with an international organization or the mission of a foreign government, but is not exempt under Section 186 (work permit not required) or Section 204 (business visitor under GATS or NAFTA) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.
Variation: In such cases, the international organization or foreign government will have selected the foreign national according to its own process and in light of its own requirements. No advertising or recruitment is required.
Applies to: All Provinces
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Category: Information Technology (IT) Specialists
Description: The position is for one of the following occupations in the IT Sector:
* Senior animation effects editors
* Embedded systems software designers
* MIS software designers
* Multimedia software developers
* Software developers - services
* Software products developers
* Telecommunications software designers
For full job descriptions...
Variation: The employer does not need to apply for a Labour Market Opinion. No advertisement is required.
Applies to: All Provinces
For further information on Technology Specialists...
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Category: International graduates holding a work permit under the Post Graduation Work Permit Program (PGWPP) of Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Description: The employer wants to hire a foreign worker whose Labour Market Opinion exempt work permit, issued under the PGWPP, will soon expire.
Variation: The employer is making a permanent job offer in a skilled position (i.e. within NOC 0, A and B codes only) to international graduates who have completed the PGWPP. The employer is not required to demonstrate recruitment efforts.
Applies to: All Provinces
For further information on Employment of International Students Graduating from Recognized Post-Secondary Institutions...
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Category: Live-in Caregivers
Description: The position is for a live-in caregiver under the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP).
Variation: Employers must comply with the specific recruitment efforts outlined for the LCP.
Applies to: All Provinces
For further information on the Live-in Cargiver Program...
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Category: Owners/Operators
Description: The owner/operator must demonstrate that he is integral to the day-to-day operation of the business and will be actively involved in business processes/service delivery in Canada. In such instances, greater consideration should be given to demonstration by the applicant (owner/operator) that such temporary entry will result in the creation or retention of employment opportunities for Canadians and permanent residents and/or skills transfer to Canadians and permanent residents.
Variation: No advertising or recruitment is required.
Applies to: All Provinces
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Category: Seasonal Agricultural Workers
Description: The position is for a seasonal agricultural worker who will be working in Quebec under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP).
Variation: Employers must conduct their recruitment efforts as described under Hiring Temporary Foreign Workers in Quebec.
Applies to: Quebec only
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Category: Specialized Service Technicians/Specialized Service Providers
Descriptions: When the work requires a specialist having proprietary knowledge and/or experience related to the work to be performed - duration of the work is limited and there is no opportunity for Canadians to be trained.
Situations to which this variation could apply include (but are not limited to):
a) Service required for equipment manufactured outside of Canada and the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) does not have Canadian licensees that can do the work (equipment is generally no longer under warranty, or covered by an after sales agreement).
b) The work to be performed requires someone currently unavailable in Canada, with proprietary knowledge, experience and/or tools from the OEM (or an approved OEM licensee) to perform the work or to oversee and direct Canadians doing the work.
c) Service required for equipment that is so old (no longer in production) that customized parts have to be manufactured / or new parts reconfigured by an OEM approved technician / representative.
Variation: No advertising or recruitment is required.
Applies to: All Provinces
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Category: Warranty Work
Description: When the work entails installation, inspection or repair of equipment, and the terms of the warranty require the work to be done by skilled workers designated by the manufacturer.
Variation: No advertising or recruitment is required.
Applies to: All Provinces
