I wonder if people are getting confused with the difference between a "current job" which may or may not require an LMIA, and a future "job offer" which does require an LMIA. It certainly seems that this is happening.
i see what you are saying... I am also on PGWP and without LMIA. I think what you said is not only rude but also ignorant. We all try to keep this forum positive and then someone like you comes around to make a stupid comment.jfalvitez said:Yes, me and my wife are on the same boat, job offer with PGWP working in Canada, but without a LMIA, I think we all the international students must starts to send the letter to the CIC as soon as possible and complain about this, maybe we can get a better solution, and make the way easiest its true we spent a lot of money in this country, paying taxes, etc etc, and our way is always harder than people as the refugees for example, they have everyting easy here in Canada!!! we must start to send our complain letters...
Exactly. While I know this rule makes people unhappy, it's entirely logical and expected that a PGWP work permit job that was obtained without having to go through the LMIA process is not counted as a job offer under EE. It's no different for people who are in Canada under an ICT.namaste said:It might be an unpopular opinion here (and I understand that it might be a little unfair), but the way I see it, CIC intended for PGWP and other LMIA exempt jobs to be ineligible as a "valid job offer." The reason is that express entry is supposed to "prevent" non-canadian people from taking away jobs that qualified canadians are available for. PGWP is essentially an extension of the study permit, which is designed to help the students get valuable real-job experience. So, unfortunately, even though you are qualified and have contributed to canadian economy, you haven't been through the test of whether Canadians are available for your job. An LMIA is the only way to ensure that this is the case.
You make some valid points regarding jfalvitez's comment. It's very ignorant indeed.Froze950 said:i see what you are saying... I am also on PGWP and without LMIA. I think what you said is not only rude but also ignorant. We all try to keep this forum positive and then someone like you comes around to make a stupid comment.
Canadian government never asked us to come to Canada. They never told us that if we pay high fees and taxes, we would gifted with PR. All of it is our choice and we decided to come here and do that. It is just our mind set that we think it should be "easier" for us. Canadian government wants to make it fair for everyone between who is already here and whoever is applying from outside. Plus, if you haven't realized till now they are giving points for Canadian experince what else do you want them to do?
Morover, they are trying to protect Canadians ( who already have PR/Citizenship). If you havent done reasearch, please educate yourself that there are 100's n 1000's of Engg, doctors, IT professionals who do not have a job. Govt want to lower that rate. So getting LMIA is pretty fair!
So please before making such a bad comment like this and wanting the govt to change the rules because you feel uncomfortable or hurt, think twice.
Best of Luck for EE!!
I'm in the same boat as you, workingbon a PGWP. And I chose the first answer. That's the one that seemed most appropriate to me.dukhi said:Since i am workin on PGWP what should i answer for this...My job doesnt need any lmia since i m a software engineer on PGWP
"Which of these categories does Your job fall under? "
1)Work permit required , no lmia
2) no work permit required
3) work permit and lmia required
Nope. I have about 9 months of Canadian work experience so I didn't meet the criteria for CEC. But I got through for FSW with my experience from my home country.dukhi said:Do you have a one year experience? and are you getting points for it? I have a strange case , the system says i am eligible for CEC but doesnt give any work experience points and i started working in 02/2014 so its not one year yet.
Sorry but what you have mentioned won't happen cos if someone who has a permanent full time job with LMO/LMIA then automatically he/she got 600 points from it so it is not possible he/she only got 400 points ... I think the Canada govt. now wants to get immigrants who already have jobs in Canada cos they don't want no more burden from new immigrants ... so that is why they award people who has a permanent full time job with LMO/LMIA the extra 600 points by entering EEei8hteen said:Now the question would be, who is better? One with permanent, full-time job and ~400 pts, or one without job offer and ~450 pts?