Quebec’s Immigration Ministry has released its updated list of occupations that are exempt from the Labour Market Impact Assessment advertising requirement.
Occupations on the list, which is updated annually, are considered specialized and high-wage positions. A Quebec employer hiring a foreign employee covered by the list is exempt from having to first advertise the position locally.
The 2018 list of occupations that qualify for this so-called simplified or facilitated Labour Market Impact Assessment process includes most of the occupations on the 2017 list, with the following changes:
| REMOVED | ADDED |
|---|---|
| 1223 - Human Resources and Recruitment Officers | 0213 - Computer and information systems managers |
| 1225 – Purchasing agents and officers | 0631 - Restaurant and food service managers |
| 2225 - Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists | 1215 - Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations |
| 2233 - Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians | 6235 - Financial sales representatives |
| 2241 - Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians | 6311 - Food service supervisors |
| 7315 - Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors |
A transitional period of 30 days is granted to the employer or his/her representative to allow for the examination of an application submitted according to the previous year's list.
Here is the complete 2018 list of occupations covered by the facilitated LMIA process.
| NOC | OCCUPATION TITLE |
|---|---|
| 0111 | Financial managers |
| 0124 | Advertising, marketing and public relations managers |
| 0213 | Computer and information systems managers |
| 0631 | Restaurant and food service managers |
| 1111 | Financial Auditors and Accountants |
| 1112 | Financial and investment analysts |
| 1121 | Human resources professionals |
| 1215 | Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations |
| 1222 | Executive Assistants |
| 1241 | Administrative assistants |
| 1243 | Medical administrative assistants |
| 1311 | Accounting technicians and bookkeepers |
| 2131 | Civil Engineers |
| 2132 | Mechanical Engineers |
| 2146 | Aerospace Engineers |
| 2147 | Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) |
| 2171 | Information Systems Analysts and Consultants |
| 2173 | Software Engineers and Designers |
| 2174 | Computer Programmers and Interactive Media Developers |
| 2175 | Developers / Web Developers |
| 2231 | Civil engineering technologists and technicians |
| 2232 | Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
| 2234 | Estimators / Construction Estimators |
| 2253 | Drafting Technologists and Technicians |
| 2281 | Technicians / Computer Network Technicians |
| 2282 | User support technicians |
| 2283 | Information systems testing technicians |
| 3012 | Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses |
| 3111 | Specialist Physicians |
| 3112 | General Practitioners and Family Physicians |
| 3131 | Pharmacists |
| 3141 | Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists |
| 3142 | Physiotherapists |
| 3143 | Occupational Therapists |
| 3214 | Respiratory Therapists, Clinical Perfusionists and Cardiopulmonary Technologists |
| 3215 | Medical Radiation Technologists |
| 3222 | Dental hygienists and dental therapists |
| 3233 | Licensed Practical Nurses |
| 4021 | College and other vocational instructors |
| 4152 | Social Workers |
| 4212 | Social and community service workers |
| 4214 | Early childhood educators and assistants |
| 4215 | Instructors of persons with disabilities |
| 5131 | Producers, Directors, Choreographers and related occupations |
| 5241 | Graphic Designers and Illustrators |
| 6221 | Technical Sales Specialists – Wholesale Trade |
| 6231 | Insurance agents and brokers |
| 6235 | Financial sales representatives |
| 6311 | Food service supervisors |
| 6321 | Chefs |
| 6322 | Cooks |
| 7231 | Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors |
| 7237 | Welders and related machine operators |
| 7246 | Telecommunications installation and repair workers |
| 7311 | Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics |
| 7312 | Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics |
| 7315 | Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors |
| 7321 | Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics and Mechanical Repairers |
| 7333 | Electrical Mechanics |