Description

Event Title: LMIAs: Part 1 and 2

These webinars have now expired for ICCRC/CICC CPD purposes, but can still be helpful for your general RCIC education!

Event Date: This live webinar was conducted on October 4 2019 from 11:00 to 16:30 (Eastern Time).

There was a total of 5 hours of live, interactive webinar time.

The 30 minutes of break are not counted as CPD hours.

Cost: $150 for this webinar video or part of our CPD Bundle. 

Instructor: Andrew Carvajal, LL.B / B.C.L., M.A., B.A.

Expiry: Here are the recording and expiry dates for ICCRC CPD-reporting purposes.

Attendance: You are purchasing a video of the event. Although you will have access to this video for one year from the date of your purchase, you must watch it before the event expiry date (above) in order to count it towards your 2020 CPD requirements.

Organization: RCICCPD by Full Skills Exam Prep. These webinars were accredited by the ICCRC and the Law Society of British Columbia for CPD hours.  

Language: English

Agenda: This is the breakdown of the event.

LMIAs Part 1: The LMIA Application

Initial client assessment (15 minutes)

• Point of first contact
• Work permit exemptions
• LMIA exemptions
• PR alternatives
• Application particulars

Workers – A type of temporary residence (15 minutes)

Temporary residents by class (15 minutes)

Definition of work and work permit (15 minutes)

Underlying principles, legislation, manuals, policies (15 minutes)

LMIA applications generally (15 minutes)

Determining the stream (15 minutes)

• Ownership of business
• Provincial median wage
• LMIA supporting permanent residence
• Refusal to process LMIA application

Initial client checklists and documentation (15 minutes: 2 hours total)

Determining the right wage (10 minutes)

• Variations to wage requirements

Advertising requirements (10 minutes)

• Duration
• Platforms
• Content
• August 2017 recruitment requirements
• Advertising variations
• Recruitment logs

Completing the LMIA forms (10 minutes)

• Low-Wage applications
  • Foreign Worker Cap
• High Wage applications
  • Transition Plans

Additional LMIA streams (10 minutes)

• LMIAs supporting Permanent Residence applications
• Global Talent Stream
  • Labour Market Benefits Plan

LMIA submissions and dealing with ESDC/Service Canada (10 minutes)

Refusals and client options (10 minutes: 3 hours total)

30-minute break. This time does not count towards the CPD hours.

 

LMIAs Part 2: The Work Permit Application under the TFWP

Place of application (10 minutes)

Application assessment principles (15 minutes)

• Factors prohibiting issuance of a work permit
• Quebec applicants

Common mistakes made by work permit applicants and tips to practitioners (30 minutes)

Processing standards (15 minutes)

• Concurrent processing with LMIA application

Conditions on work permits (10 minutes)

• 6 month prohibition on issuance of work permit

Implied status and restoration of status as a worker (10 minutes)

Employer compliance (10 minutes)

• Record-keeping
• Voluntary disclosure

Fees (10 minutes)

Q&A (10 minutes: Total 5 hours)

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