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Recruiting foreign workers: Your obligations as employer

There are many programs in Quebec as well as in the federal government that allow employers facing a labor shortage to recruit foreigners, such as the International Mobility Program (IMP) that we featured in one of our previous articles.

E-1 visa for the United States

The E-1 non-immigrant classification allows a national of a treaty country (a country with which the United States maintains a treaty of commerce and navigation, or with which the United States maintains a qualifying international agreement, or which has

International Mobility Program: A fast way to hire foreign workers

Successfully hiring foreign workers while avoiding the hassle of a Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), this is the interest of the International Mobility Program (IMP); the opposite of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in which the LMIA is

Updates to Business Class Programs

Quebec does not only admit skilled workers on its territory, the Canada-Quebec agreement allows the French-speaking province to also select foreigners from a very interesting category: business people.

 

Like the Programme de l’expérience québecoise (PEQ), the Quebec Regular

Process for hiring a temporary foreign worker

It is a fact that Quebec, like the rest of Canada, has been experiencing a major labor shortage for several years now. According to the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) nearly 40% of Canadian entrepreneurs do not see

Labor shortage: Quebec and Ottawa rush to the rescue of Quebec businesses

A light at the end of the tunnel is showing for businesses struggling with a severe labor shortage and with a heavy process to recruit temporary foreign workers. According to information made public by the Ministère de l’Immigration, de

Permanent immigration pilot programs in Quebec

Three pilot programs, each with a lifespan of five years, is one of the solutions put in place in 2021 by Quebec to respond to the labor shortage in sensitive sectors. Over the five-year term, each program will host

Study or work temporarily in Quebec as a way to get quicker access to permanent residence

The province of Quebec supports and encourages the immigration of foreigners who have already initiated their integration. For more than ten years, people who have finished studying in Quebec or who have worked there have the possibility to apply

Arrima: Quebec’s identity regarding immigration

Thirteen billion dollars is the investment that allowed the Arrima platform to come to light in 2018. It ended the first come, first served system. The objective of creating this platform was to align immigration to Quebec with the

L-1 visa for the United States

L-1A and L-1B visas are available to employees of a Canadian company who are called to be transferred to their US affiliate, whether on a temporary or permanent basis. They must occupy managerial positions or must have developed specialized