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Arranged Employment offer

Arranged Employment is an offer made by an Employer in Canada for a permanent position. It is essentially a genuine job offer by a Canadian employer that is approved (validated) by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC).

Arranged Employment is also one of the fast-track options under the Federal Skilled Worker Category of immigration.

The foreign skilled worker's Canadian Immigration (Permanent Resident) Visa will be expedited so that the worker can come to Canada and start working for the Canadian employer quickly.

A positive Arranged Employment Opinion (AEO) supports the immigration of a Skilled Worker to Canada and is one factor that CIC considers when reviewing an application for permanent residency. The Skilled Worker category application is decided on the basis of points system of six selection factors in the skilled worker points grid. Arranged Employment is one of the six factors under Canada's new points system for selecting immigrants under the Skilled Worker category.

Points awarded under the Arranged Employment Factor as follows:

Immigration to Canada: Arranged Employment	Points
Permanent job offer from a Canadian employer, approved by the Canadian Government Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC), or	10 points
Permanent job offer from a Canadian employer, without the necessity of HRSDC approval, if, at the time of applying for the Permanent Resident Visa, the applicant is employed in Canada by the same employer, on one of the Temporary Work Permits that allow for arranged employment.	10 points

An AEO only supports the person's application for permanent residency, but will not result in CIC issuing a work permit and does not allow the person to work in Canada before receiving his/her permanent residency.

Eligibility for Arranged Employment offer:

The applicant’s nominated occupation in the Arranged Employer should fall within the A, B & O categories of the Canadian National Occupational Classification Matrix, then only HRSDC will confirm job offer to the Employer.

Advantages on Arrange Employment:

Makes an applicant eligible even if his/her occupation is not on the Priority List at the time of application
Supports the Skilled Workers application for permanent residency (this can speed up immigration processing times)
Brings the Skilled Worker an additional 10-15 points towards the eligibility score
Allows applicant to forgo the financial requirements for a permanent residency application (no proof of funds required)

TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORKER PROGRAM

The Temporary Foreign Worker Program introduced by the Federal Government allows eligible foreign workers to work in Canada for a stipulated period of time.

Canadian employers hire thousands of foreign workers every year to fill immediate skills and labour shortages in Canada. The Canadian employer need to demonstrate that they are unable to find suitable

Canadians/permanent residents to fill the jobs and that the entry of these workers will not have a negative impact on the Canadian labour market. Employers from all types of businesses can recruit foreign workers with a wide range of skills to meet temporary labour shortages.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada

(CIC) work to ensure that the employment of foreign workers supports economic growth and helps create more opportunities for all Canadians.

Employers interested in hiring temporary foreign workers are required to go through a specific process to bring them to Alberta. The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a federal program. It is designed to meet temporary labour needs – the workers are in Alberta to fill short-term gaps in the labour force.

Several government departments are involved in the process and it is important to understand what roles the federal and provincial governments play. In general, the process includes the following steps:

Employers must advertise the job opportunity to Canadians first.
If there are no Canadians or permanent residents available for the job, the employer can recruit a qualified foreign worker.
The employer can then make an offer of employment to the foreign worker.
The employer then completes the application for a Labour Market Opinion.
If the Labour Market Opinion is positive, the employer sends a copy to the foreign worker.
The foreign worker then applies for a work permit in their country of residence (outside Canada).
The foreign worker must then prove that he / she meets the job and admission to Canada requirements.

Things to Know Before Starting the Process:

• To hire a foreign worker, the employer in Canada generally must obtain a positive LMO

(Labour Market Opinion) (also known as an employment confirmation) from Service Canada, unless the work category is exempt from the LMO process.

Labour Market Opinion (LMO) – The Canadian employer who wish to hire temporary foreign workers must first apply to Service Canada for a Labour Market Opinion. The opinion assesses the impact the foreign worker would have on Canada’s labour market or, in other words, how the offer of employment would likely affect Canadian jobs.

An employer needs a positive Labour Market Opinion to hire a temporary foreign worker. The foreign worker needs a copy of the positive Labour Market Opinion in order to apply to Citizenship and Immigration Canada for a work permit.

If an LMO is required, the employer must obtain the employment confirmation before the prospective foreign worker(s) apply for a work permit.
When applying for an LMO, the employer will have to demonstrate that:

a)   the efforts made to recruit and/or train willing and available Canadians/permanent residents;

b)   the wages offered are consistent with the prevailing wage rate paid to Canadians in the same occupation in the region;

c)   the working conditions for the occupation meet the current provincial labour market standards;

and

d)   any potential benefits that the hiring of the foreign worker may have on the Canadian labour market (e.g., creation of new jobs, transfer of skills and knowledge, etc.).
In most cases, foreign workers must apply for a work permit at a Canadian visa office abroad.
Depending on their country of citizenship, foreign workers may require a temporary resident visa (TRV) to enter Canada.
Depending on the type of work they will undertake in Canada and where they have resided in the last year, foreign workers may also require a medical examination before entering Canada.
Foreign workers may be refused a work permit and entry into Canada by a Border Services officer (regardless of whether employment confirmation has been obtained) if they are found inadmissible for a number of reasons, including criminal, security or medical grounds.