Additionally, the AINP will implement a list of ineligible occupations.

Beginning 2018, in accordance with the new residency status and work permit requirements criteria, an applicant must have valid temporary resident status in Canada that authorizes that individual to work in Canada (i.e. temporary foreign worker) and have a valid work permit (not implied status or restoration status) for an eligible occupation based on either a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), or a LMIA exemption for workers covered under international trade agreements, workers transferred within a company, or people taking part in International Experience Canada.

Further, AINP will implement language tests as mandatory with a certain CBL level as well as a required education level of high school diploma proven by an ECA report. The applicants who earned a Canadian degree, diploma or certificate from a recognized Canadian post-secondary, technical college or secondary institution, or possess work experience that qualifies them for the AINP in a compulsory or optional trade and have a valid Alberta Qualification Certificate or trade certificate that is recognized by Alberta Apprenticeship and Industry Training will not be required to provide an ECA report.

Furthermore, in accordance with the qualifying work experience criteria, when submitting an application, the candidate should have been working full time in the same current occupation for a minimum of 12 months within the last 18 months; or should have gathered a minimum of 24 months of full-time work experience in their current occupation in Canada and/or abroad within the last 30 months. The latter can be a combination of experience gained in Alberta, in Canada (outside Alberta) and/or abroad.

The AINP will also implement income level requirements where an applicant will have to meet a minimum gross annual income level based on their family unit.

The AINP will impose a quota for the number of applications each year, and sub-quotas set based on sector or occupation.

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• Submit their offer of employment directly to CIC; and,
• Electronically pay a new employer compliance fee of $230.

The offer of employment consists of a standardized CIC form (Offer of Employment to a Foreign National Exempt from a Labour Market Impact Assessment) which contains the following required information:

1. The employer’s name, address and telephone number, and fax number and electronic mail address, if any;
2. the business number assigned to the employer by the Minister of National Revenue, if applicable;
3. information that demonstrates that the foreign national will be performing work described in section 204 or 205 or is a foreign national referred to in section 207; and
4. the offer of employment made in the form provided by the Department.

Both the required form and fee must be completed prior to the prospective worker applying for a work permit, either through the visa office or at a port of entry.  This new form now replaces the job offer letter that was formerly used to support most LMIA-exempt work permit application.

For more information on LMIAs/work permits click here.

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