Federal Employer-Sponsored Immigration (LMO, AEO)

When you apply for federal skilled immigration, you find an employer in Canada and your employer gives you a Permanent Job Offer (employer's letter, offer letter, permanent job contract) that confirms your permanent employment once you become a permanent resident, and submits it to Human Resources Canada (HRSDC) for approval. The Permanent Job Offer is approved by HRSDC and an LMO (Labour Market Opinion) is issued before you apply for skilled immigration. People of any occupation who have obtained an LMO can apply for skilled immigration to Canada, regardless of their occupation category.

What are the specific requirements for employer-sponsored immigrant applicants?

        1. have college or university education;

        2. have at least one year of work experience;

        3. be 20-50 years old;

        4. have a single IELTS score of 6;

        5. be in good health;

        6. have no criminal record.

How to apply for LMO

LMO is not restricted by the immigration shortage occupation, any occupation that can find an employer can apply. After an applicant is hired by a Canadian employer, he or she must submit a job offer and information about the company to HRSDC, including the company's tax, financial and insurance documents, and fill out the relevant application forms.

The LMO is not a job offer issued by the employer, but a legal document from the Canadian government, which is an approval from the Ministry of Human Resources for the employer to recruit an employee overseas and sponsor the employee to become a permanent resident of Canada. A POSITIVE LMO qualifies the applicant to apply for skilled immigration and has the ability to add points and expedite the process.

After receiving the employer's application, HRSDC will review three main areas.

      1, whether the JOB OFFER is genuine.

      2, whether the salary, working conditions, etc. provided by the employer in the JOB OFFER are in compliance with the relevant Canadian laws.

      3, whether the job position offered is permanent and full-time, no part-time is allowed.

If all the conditions of the employer are qualified, HRSDC will notify the employer by fax and at the same time forward the information of the LMO to Immigration Canada.

HRSDC notifies the employer and the federal immigration department (CIC) of the LMO at the same time when the LMO is approved

Positive LMO approval is given in duplicate, one to the employer and one to CIC, which means that CIC has all the information about the LMO when the immigrant applicant submits the immigration application. Once the match is correct, it is placed in the priority processing queue and 15 points are added.

LMOs are applied for by Canadian employers

After approval by HRSDC, the employer is notified, and then the employer is responsible for notifying the immigrant applicant. Therefore, HRSDC only communicates with the employer in the LMO program; any questions about the LMO should be consulted by the employer, and HRSDC has no direct service responsibility to the immigrant applicant. Therefore, the LMO is a legal employer that applies to the Canadian government in a legal form with legal benefits to support the immigrant applicant to legally immigrate as a skilled immigrant.

How to apply for skilled immigration after obtaining an LMO

The employer applies to the LMO and mails the LMO and the employer's JOB OFFER to the applicant. Since the Ministry of Immigration has already obtained the LMO information of the applicant, the applicant can submit the original JOB offer of the employer, the faxed copy of the LMO and the documents of the application for skilled migration to the Ministry of Immigration together. The next step is to enter the normal skilled migration application process, and the applicant can apply according to the normal skilled migration application process.

Only qualified employers can apply for LMO

The subject of an LMO application is a qualified employer in Canada.

The so-called qualified employer proves the following points.

      1, the company has been in operation for at least 2 years.

      2, the company has been employing employees for more than 2 years

      3, tax records, financial statements, insurance records, etc.

Application procedure for employer-sponsored immigrants

    1, the applicant submits an application;

    2, the company conducts a free assessment of the applicant;

    3, the applicant signs a commission agreement with the company;

    4, the company selects a suitable NOC position for the applicant and finds a relevant employer;

    5, the employer advertises and the accountant obtains the employer's tax and insurance records from the local government where the employer is located;

    6, the employer applies for an LMO approval issued by Human Resources Canada;

    7, the company applies for an immigrant visa for the applicant from the Department of Immigration; 8, the family immigrates to Canada.