ON Working Holiday with Full time Job offer, help!

[dzin]

Hi there,
I may be posting in the wrong section but please bear with me! I could really use any advice!

I've been trying to get to move to Canada for the last 8 years, and last year I found out I was eligible for a working holiday visa since I'm from one of the commonwealth countries. This working holiday visa is non extendable meaning if I want to work in Canada after I need a proper work visa.
Now I arrived here and got a job within 2 weeks of getting here since I only came here with about 3000 dollars in total which was fantastic(but I researched 80 agencies's addresses websites emails phone numbers beforehand so i was prepared).
I got a contract offer and soon they'll change it to a full time job agreement, however in order to stay past my visa expiery date I need a work visa that's not a working holiday. I've never done an LMIO/LMO, and neither has my boss but they really want to keep me on they're just unsure how to approach it and dont know how easy/time consuming this will be for them.

So my questions in short is
How hard it is for a company in a specialized field to get approval for an LMO/the current one.
Is there any other option for me to stay here and work/hopefully immigrate apart from an LMO.

My details are this:
I've got a full time job in advertising/marketing
I've had years of experience in that profession
I do not have a degree in it, but I do have written references from my country confirming I've spent more than a year doing it and am a great asset.
I'm under 30/Single/No children.
I'm applying in Ontario.
English is my first language.

I really wanted to apply for that PR via skilled worker but I need 12 months of work experience in canada to do so and I'll get about 11 working here since then my visa will run out
ANY suggestions would be greatly appreciated! This is my one shot into Canada and I want to do anything I can to stay here, I love everything about here!

 

[Lammawitch]

Apply for a second IEC (looks like you're eligible), but get your skates on, it's about to open for this year & places go in minutes.

This would give you & your company time to research the LMIA options, & help you build up your experience to apply for PR under CEC.

Also look at PNP, although Ontario is notoriously difficult.

 

[Lammawitch]

Apply for a second IEC (looks like you're eligible), but get your skates on, it's about to open for this year & places go in minutes.

This would give you & your company time to research the LMIA options, & help you build up your experience to apply for PR under CEC.

Also look at PNP, although Ontario is notoriously difficult.

P.S. LMIA is time-consuming, & costs employer 1000$. If the company hasn't done it before, they may need / like specialist advice.

 

[dzin]

Apply for a second IEC (looks like you're eligible), but get your skates on, it's about to open for this year & places go in minutes.

This would give you & your company time to research the LMIA options, & help you build up your experience to apply for PR under CEC.

Also look at PNP, although Ontario is notoriously difficult.

Sadly I can't reapply for IEC , they only give it out once in New Zealand And it appears I applied too early, mine's for 12 months, the new ones are for 23 months but I can't apply for those which is so frustrating.
I can give the thousand dollars, I can live off noodles for a few months that's not the worry hahah I'll do anything to stay. I've still got untill October but I really want to get the ball rolling now

 

[Lammawitch]

Oh, sorry about that, I was thinking UK.

For LMIA, start here (a LOT of reading!):

http://www.esdc.gc.ca/eng/jobs/foreign_workers/higher_skilled/general//index.shtml