Urgency! Please help! About LMIA and work permit

[Ambervy]

Hello everyone,
I have an ungent question! I got a job offer Feb and they just hand in the LMIA application yesterday. The problem is that my work permit expire within a week. There's no way I will get the file number before. I was thinking applying for restoration first, but the website clarified that I must not. <If your employer has requested a Labour Market Impact Assessment from ESDC and you have not received the decision yet, you may be eligible to submit a proof of submission from your employer to ESDC. To be eligible to submit such proof, you must not be requesting restoration of status and your status must be expiring in the next two weeks.>

If I apply for work permit directly, LMIA file # is a must that you have to fill on form IMM5710. It won't validate if I leave it blank. So what should I do at this point? Please help!!!

 

[newcecapplicant]

Hi Amber,

When you apply for your work permit send in a copy of the LMIA application stating the date on which it was sent. The CIC office will hold your application for 60 days while the LMIA is being processed.

Call the CIC call centre at 1888 242 2100 and give them your LMIA # as soon as the company gets it. (usually 15 days)

Here is the official email (you can ask for a copy of this from the CIC call centre)
Still awaiting the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) confirmation or the Certificat d’acceptation du Québec (CAQ)

If you are ready to submit a work permit application and are still waiting for a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) or a Certificat d’acceptation du Québec (CAQ), you may submit the work permit application only within 2 weeks of the expiry date of your status and include proof that the LMIA/CAQ request was made. You must:

Include a copy of the application sent to Employment and Social Development Canada /Immigration Québec, or
Include a copy of the receipt confirmation number, if the request was done online, or
Indicate, in section Details of Intended Work in Canada of the Work Permit application,
the date the LMIA/CAQ request was sent,
which office it was sent to,
the employer’s name, and
the confirmation number for the submission, if available.
You must contact our Call Centre with the LMIA/CAQ confirmation number within 2 months of the reception date of your application; otherwise the Case Processing Centre may refuse the application.


Let me know if you need any help!
cheers!

 

[Michelline]

Hi what a interesting topic, in my case last feb2015 my consultant apply a lmia for noc 6661, but this march he leave the country (canada) and leave us (applicant tfw) in limbo. Still waiting for lmia update. She doesnt give us any proof what is the status of our papers. Is there other way to track if my emplyer has a lmia apply to cic?