HRSDC LMO Timeline
fingers crossed for you Scott, and anybody else thats waiting.
Nov 9th 2007, 6:40 pm
#752
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Joined: Nov 2007
Location: Moving to Vancouver BC
Posts: 6
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
Hi Miss Van,
we are in the same van. I applied from France too for a temporary work permit.
My employer applied on line (HRSDC Vancouver) on the 10th of August.
HRSDC received LMO application on the 13th of August.
After 11 weeks of waiting, I asked my employer to send a letter (after numerous phone calls).
I have just received the answer now (forwarded by my employer) :
RE: Your reQuest for an expedited labour Market Opinion
In response to your request for expedited service on the above mentioned applications. I regret to inform you that we cannot accommodate your request. Due to the current backlog we are only able to expedite applications of an emergency nature.Though the situation may be urgent, it is not an emergency. In this regard your application will be processed with the other
applications received August 13. 2007. For your information, we are currently processing applications received May 18, 2007.
In addition, if the foreign worker's work permit is set to expire, inform the foreign worker to contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada at 1-888-242-2100.CIC's concurrent processing time has increased from 45 days to 90 days. Sincerely,
If you have a look at LMO time line in BC, it's becoming worse and worse :
Date LMO running Out of Scedule
08/30 04/27 -123
09/12 05/03 -129
10/01 05/07 -144
10/05 05/09 -146
10/23 05/15 -158
11/05 05/18 -167
I am waiting for 12 weeks today and I think I will celebrate X-Mas in France...
Feel free to ask your employer to write a letter, but I am afraid you will have the same answer...
Bon courage.
we are in the same van. I applied from France too for a temporary work permit.
My employer applied on line (HRSDC Vancouver) on the 10th of August.
HRSDC received LMO application on the 13th of August.
After 11 weeks of waiting, I asked my employer to send a letter (after numerous phone calls).
I have just received the answer now (forwarded by my employer) :
RE: Your reQuest for an expedited labour Market Opinion
In response to your request for expedited service on the above mentioned applications. I regret to inform you that we cannot accommodate your request. Due to the current backlog we are only able to expedite applications of an emergency nature.Though the situation may be urgent, it is not an emergency. In this regard your application will be processed with the other
applications received August 13. 2007. For your information, we are currently processing applications received May 18, 2007.
In addition, if the foreign worker's work permit is set to expire, inform the foreign worker to contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada at 1-888-242-2100.CIC's concurrent processing time has increased from 45 days to 90 days. Sincerely,
If you have a look at LMO time line in BC, it's becoming worse and worse :
Date LMO running Out of Scedule
08/30 04/27 -123
09/12 05/03 -129
10/01 05/07 -144
10/05 05/09 -146
10/23 05/15 -158
11/05 05/18 -167
I am waiting for 12 weeks today and I think I will celebrate X-Mas in France...
Feel free to ask your employer to write a letter, but I am afraid you will have the same answer...
Bon courage.
Good luck for you guys!
Nov 12th 2007, 2:09 pm
#753
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 2,112
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
C'mon Guys - what's going on here on the HRSDC never ending thread - no more LMO's yet:curse:
Maybe in 2050 I will get my LMO 
Nov 12th 2007, 8:01 pm
#757
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Joined: Sep 2007
Location: Colchester, Essex, UK
Posts: 16
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
Our new employer sent our lmo application in at the beginning of september....9 weeks and counting.....like most of you we were under the impression that it would only take a few weeks and we'd be celebrating Christmas in Canada, this is not to be....we're not even sure where our employer filed the thing..... the jobs in calgary but their head offices are in saskatchwan and now she's talking about asking people in goverment to help out in speeding up the process....does anyone know if this will help??? Unfortunatly now it seems that theyve called an election for the 9th of November in sask...and now, well who knows whats gonna happen.
Im new to all of this and have never even moved out of my home town, so all of this is very scary and the frustration of dealing with red tape isnt helping my confidence.
My husbands job is in sales(phonebook) and so not an occupation under pressure.
Im new to all of this and have never even moved out of my home town, so all of this is very scary and the frustration of dealing with red tape isnt helping my confidence.
My husbands job is in sales(phonebook) and so not an occupation under pressure.
Good luck and I hope it goes well!
Nov 12th 2007, 11:47 pm
#758
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Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 8
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
Hello all, new here, first post.
Wow, what an amazing thread. Just read the whole lot, and it's kind of simultaneously depressing and uplifting.
I'm 22 weeks into my wait for my LMO. I'm trying to get into BC. Same story that a lot of people have told - was originally told it would be around 12 weeks, but then it just spiralled... Think my application went in on May 29th.
Worst thing is, the HR people at my employers in BC have stopped talking to me. It's not like I bug them - I ping them a quick mail once a month. Am now feeling very much in the dark with no idea of when I can plan to get out there. All very crap.
Still, good to read that there are others in the same boat - and some much worse off. Well, not good to read that, but you know what I mean.
Wow, what an amazing thread. Just read the whole lot, and it's kind of simultaneously depressing and uplifting.
I'm 22 weeks into my wait for my LMO. I'm trying to get into BC. Same story that a lot of people have told - was originally told it would be around 12 weeks, but then it just spiralled... Think my application went in on May 29th.
Worst thing is, the HR people at my employers in BC have stopped talking to me. It's not like I bug them - I ping them a quick mail once a month. Am now feeling very much in the dark with no idea of when I can plan to get out there. All very crap.
Still, good to read that there are others in the same boat - and some much worse off. Well, not good to read that, but you know what I mean.
Nov 13th 2007, 1:43 am
#759
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Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Cochrane Alberta
Posts: 558
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
Hello all, new here, first post.
Wow, what an amazing thread. Just read the whole lot, and it's kind of simultaneously depressing and uplifting.
I'm 22 weeks into my wait for my LMO. I'm trying to get into BC. Same story that a lot of people have told - was originally told it would be around 12 weeks, but then it just spiralled... Think my application went in on May 29th.
Worst thing is, the HR people at my employers in BC have stopped talking to me. It's not like I bug them - I ping them a quick mail once a month. Am now feeling very much in the dark with no idea of when I can plan to get out there. All very crap.
Still, good to read that there are others in the same boat - and some much worse off. Well, not good to read that, but you know what I mean.
Wow, what an amazing thread. Just read the whole lot, and it's kind of simultaneously depressing and uplifting.
I'm 22 weeks into my wait for my LMO. I'm trying to get into BC. Same story that a lot of people have told - was originally told it would be around 12 weeks, but then it just spiralled... Think my application went in on May 29th.
Worst thing is, the HR people at my employers in BC have stopped talking to me. It's not like I bug them - I ping them a quick mail once a month. Am now feeling very much in the dark with no idea of when I can plan to get out there. All very crap.
Still, good to read that there are others in the same boat - and some much worse off. Well, not good to read that, but you know what I mean.
Grrrrrr!
Nov 14th 2007, 10:13 am
#761
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Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 23
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
Province : BC
Date LMO application logged : May 17
Contact : Regularly with employer
Date LMO received : Still hopeful!
Currently in Canada
Am now at 25 weeks and 6 days....brutal! And yes, I am awake at 3am worrying about it!! Does anyone have any tips on hanging in there in limboland?!?!
Date LMO application logged : May 17
Contact : Regularly with employer
Date LMO received : Still hopeful!
Currently in Canada
Am now at 25 weeks and 6 days....brutal! And yes, I am awake at 3am worrying about it!! Does anyone have any tips on hanging in there in limboland?!?!
Nov 14th 2007, 3:25 pm
#762
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Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 15
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
Province : BC
Date LMO application logged : May 17
Contact : Regularly with employer
Date LMO received : Still hopeful!
Currently in Canada
Am now at 25 weeks and 6 days....brutal! And yes, I am awake at 3am worrying about it!! Does anyone have any tips on hanging in there in limboland?!?!
Date LMO application logged : May 17
Contact : Regularly with employer
Date LMO received : Still hopeful!
Currently in Canada
Am now at 25 weeks and 6 days....brutal! And yes, I am awake at 3am worrying about it!! Does anyone have any tips on hanging in there in limboland?!?!
I 've got a fax from HRSDC BC saying they were processing LMO received May 18th, 2007. It was 10 days ago.
There is a delay between the time you send the application and the time they record it.
For me : applied on line August 10th, recorded August 13th.
Let us know what's happen. You will have news very soon.
It's now 13 weeks of wait (it was the maximum time to process a LMO as HRSDC said).
Nov 14th 2007, 7:08 pm
#763
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Joined: Nov 2007
Posts: 23
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
Spoke to my employer this morning. Apparently what has happened is that batches of files were sent out from BC to other offices to help with the backlog....mine was not in any of those batches and is sitting in Vancouver. Hopefully with a bit of a nudge from the lawyer someone in Vancouver will get their finger out! Am going crazy over here!
Nov 15th 2007, 8:32 am
#764
Tootsie BattyFace
Joined: Nov 2007
Location: Calgary...woo hoo
Posts: 518
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
Thanks....
The more I read, the further away from our goal I feel.....however like baldrick "I have a cunning plan" Were going over..... not for a week or two were gonna just go for it i figure if we submit our work permits/ school permits/ photos/ police checks etc to the high commision here in England at the beginning of january.... when the LMO finaly comes through in February (or whenever) we should...hopefully still be within there 90 day timeline....saving us the hassle of applying twice! My husbands current job is making redundances so we'd be ok financially.....we could fly out the beginning of january get to know the area/ find a good school, Have some fun, and he can finally meet the people who have put there faith in his abilities. (I know he cant work until the paper work is finalised).....Has any one done this?? I have to say I hadnt even thought about it untill the consulate told us we could!
The more I read, the further away from our goal I feel.....however like baldrick "I have a cunning plan" Were going over..... not for a week or two were gonna just go for it i figure if we submit our work permits/ school permits/ photos/ police checks etc to the high commision here in England at the beginning of january.... when the LMO finaly comes through in February (or whenever) we should...hopefully still be within there 90 day timeline....saving us the hassle of applying twice! My husbands current job is making redundances so we'd be ok financially.....we could fly out the beginning of january get to know the area/ find a good school, Have some fun, and he can finally meet the people who have put there faith in his abilities. (I know he cant work until the paper work is finalised).....Has any one done this?? I have to say I hadnt even thought about it untill the consulate told us we could!
Nov 15th 2007, 8:36 pm
#765
Forum Regular
Joined: Sep 2007
Location: Calgary
Posts: 57
Re: HRSDC LMO Timeline
After 26 weeks and 2 days finally I received positive LMO. What can I say: Woohoooo!!!!!
1) Provincial office where applied: ALBERTA
2) Date when application was POSTED: I’m not sure
3) Date when they recieved the application: May 15, 2007
4) Any correspondence or calls received by your employer in between, if yes then the nature of the enquiry and after how many days/weeks did you get an enquiry from them? Yes, couple times but I don’t know details
5) Date when decision made or recieved. November 15, 2007
6) Employee is inside or outside Canada when the Application was submitted? Outside.
I’m really happy!!!!!! Thank you guys for everything. This forum was really helpful
1) Provincial office where applied: ALBERTA
2) Date when application was POSTED: I’m not sure
3) Date when they recieved the application: May 15, 2007
4) Any correspondence or calls received by your employer in between, if yes then the nature of the enquiry and after how many days/weeks did you get an enquiry from them? Yes, couple times but I don’t know details
5) Date when decision made or recieved. November 15, 2007
6) Employee is inside or outside Canada when the Application was submitted? Outside.
I’m really happy!!!!!! Thank you guys for everything. This forum was really helpful
