To address the growing issue of scams related to Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs), Canada will no longer award bonus points for LMIA-supported jobs in immigration applications. This change aims to discourage the purchase of fraudulent LMIA job offers.
Immigration advocates have been campaigning for Ottawa to remove points awarded for Labour Market Impact Assessment jobs in light of the rise in scams associated with these jobs.Temporary residents vying to obtain permanent residency will no longer be awarded additional points in their immigration applications for holding a job that is supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment, according to Immigration Minister Marc Miller. Mr.
Miller’s announcement on Tuesday is the latest in a series of moves Ottawa has taken to crack down on scams and fraud that have increased in tandem with the rising number of temporary residents in Canada over the past five years. An LMIA is a document that an employer requires to justify the hiring of a foreign worker through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. LMIA jobs guarantee temporary work permits in Canada, and they add 50 or 200 points to a person’s application for permanent residency in the Express Entry system, a major pathway for economic immigration to Canada. Permanent residency applicants with an LMIA job offer have an advantage over applicants without one because of these additional points, assuming all other credentials – such as language proficiency, education level and work experience – are equal. These positions have become highly coveted, spawning a flurry of illegal job sellers, who sometimes charge applicants up to $40,000 in exchange for an LMIA job offer. Employers and recruiters are prohibited by federal and provincial law from charging foreign workers recruiting fees. “We are implementing further measures that will reinforce program integrity and reduce potential LMIA fraud, such as removing additional points that candidates receive under Express Entry for having a job offer,” Mr. Miller told reporters. “This measure is expected to remove the incentive for candidates to purchase an LMIA, resulting in increased fairness and integrity in the syste
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