Canada’s IEC and the Short-term Resident Targets: What To Count on

I’m at present in Canada for a working vacation, however I have to renew my work allow with an LMIA. Will this be doable?

It will stay doable, however it might be more difficult sooner or later, particularly for those who work in an trade exterior of healthcare, development, or agriculture.

The explanation it might be more difficult is that almost all employers which had been capable of improve the proportion of their workforce that had been short-term overseas staff will now be required to scale back their reliance on short-term staff. 

In share phrases, many employers had been capable of have as much as 30% of their workforce made up of short-term overseas staff within the low wage stream. From Might 1, 2024 onwards, these employers will probably be topic to a 20% cap on short-term overseas staff within the low wage stream until they function within the well being care or development trade.   

So, in case you are working for an employer that has a better quantity of short-term staff inside its workforce and isn’t within the agricultural, development, or well being care sector, you will not be profitable in making use of for a short lived work allow by way of an LMIA. This will likely have a major affect on IEC staff, since many work in hospitality in Canada and this isn’t an exempt sector. 

There are different choices accessible for you, nonetheless. You may think about everlasting residence by means of Specific Entry. The Canadian Expertise Class could also be related, nonetheless in the intervening time federal attracts require an especially excessive CRS. Provincial Nominee Packages may provide higher prospects, notably in Alberta, which has only recently adopted a Tourism and Hospitality stream. 

Should you hope to remain in Canada past your IEC validity, we strongly encourage you to start out planning early so you’ll be able to meet the necessities of any immigration pathways open to you. Our immigration quiz may be useful on this regard.

Learn extra: Methods to keep in Canada after IEC?