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Facilitated LMIA

Quebec Government Amends the Facilitated Labour Market Impact Assessment (FLMIA)

The Quebec Ministry of Immigration, Diversity, and Inclusion (MIDI) has made an agreement with Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) whereby a request for an LMIA may be made without the employer being required to go through the full advertising process. These are known as facilitated LMIAs.

Important changes have been made to the Facilitated Labour Market Impact Assessment (FLMIA) by the Government of Quebec. This program is designed to allow Quebec employers wishing to hire foreign workers in certain professions to obtain a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) without having to recruit their employees from Canada.

The Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) is a requirement for Quebec employers wishing to recruit foreign workers. It is also often the prerequisite that foreign workers must fulfill in order to pursue and obtain a Temporary Work Permit (TRP). In order to fulfill this requirement, the employer must advertise the position for a minimum of two weeks on the government’s Employ Quebec website. In certain cases, additional recruitment efforts may be required.

The Facilitated Labour Market Impact Assessment (FLMIA) allows employers to circumvent the recruitment portion required to obtain an LMIA. This provides employers a less time-consuming opportunity to obtain employees from abroad.

The federal regulations that govern LMIAs generally place exacting advertising requirements on the employer in question, with the employer being required to advertise the position for a minimum of 28 days before a request can be made to hire a foreign worker. This, together with detailed analyses of any interviews that were performed before a job offer was extended to the foreign worker, serves as proof of recruitment efforts.

Occupations under Quebec’s Facilitated Labour Market Impact Assessment Process

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