Employment and Social Development Canada Update

ESDC is currently experiencing a high number of Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) applications which is resulting in longer processing times for some streams of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. It is providing recent processing times by stream to help you estimate how long it will take us to assess your application. Please account for these when planning for your employment needs.

Many factors must be evaluated before we can issue an LMIA decision. You can help reduce delays in processing your application by:

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