LMIA employer document checklist
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An employer applying for a Labour Market Impact Assessment generally needs to prove the business is legitimate and active, show genuine recruitment efforts that meet the advertising requirements, provide the job offer and wage details at or above the applicable wage, and submit a transition plan where one is required. The requirements differ between the high-wage and low-wage streams.
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Generally required
- Business registration or incorporation documents
- Most recent T4 summary or equivalent payroll evidence
- Business licence, where the municipality issues one
- Proof of the business's commercial activityLease, utility bills, financial statements.
Program-specific
- Job Bank advertisement and reference number
- Evidence of the additional required advertising methods
- Recruitment summaryApplications received, candidates interviewed, and the reasons Canadians and permanent residents were not hired.
- Signed job offer and employment contract
- Wage evidence at or above the applicable median wage for the occupation and region
- Transition plan, where the stream requires one
- Proof of payment of the processing fee, where payable
Situation-dependent
- Housing inspection evidence, where housing is provided
- Provincial employer registration or endorsement
- Union consultation letter, where the position is unionised
- Documents supporting an exemption from advertising requirements
May be requested
- Employer compliance inspection records
- Organisational chart and staffing history
- Evidence of previous foreign worker outcomes
Where applications most often go wrong
- • Advertising that did not run for the required duration or across the required methods
- • Offering a wage below the applicable median for the occupation and region
- • Recruitment records that do not explain why Canadian applicants were not hired
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