kate8kate0

Okay no worries.

Basically I read on another forum that one lady's employer rang service canada, and told employer they don't actually look at application for 25 days as it's only after this time it gets put on computer system.

bc_guy

In all honesty, I wonder what really goes on behind closed doors within Service Canada's processing centers. So far my understanding is that the application spends a long time in long queues before an ESDC agent begins evaluating it and making decisions. As for the nature of these queues, I have no idea how they work.

My speculation is that they wait in fax queues (if submitted by fax), are printed off by the fax machine, placed in a queue (probably for the 25 days you mentioned), get picked up by someone and are given file numbers (which are entered into their database). Then they go through another queue waiting for a case officer to review and evaluate the file and application itself. Once there, a decision is made to either approve the application, reject it, or request more information (prolonging the process).

Again, this is all pure speculation and I have no idea if I'm right or not.

Mikeypm

I would imagine what you have written isn't far from the truth!

PMM

Hi



I somehow doubt it, since in 2012 there were over 200K LMOs approved.

kate8kate0

Who knows , and I wonder why my employer reckons he will get an answer in 2 week or two months! He's prob also kept in the dark.

What happened to oparna_otis, did she get a result? I remember her on another thread waiting lmia.

I wonder if there is a chance service canada won't be granting most of the lmias :-(

januarymix

I got mine in February, looks like I was fortunate. Maybe things will pick up again after the Summer?

Mikeypm

I think the weather in Alberta is more predictable than service Canada lol

emmabarnett

We have just spoken to the employer again and now they have been told their original job advert didn't meet all the criteria for the LMIA so now the processing time from now is going to be an additional 4 months! That's what ESDC have told the lawyers...

Jessicaaaa

At least the above post gives a bit of a timeline for others. 4 weeks of readvertisement + 12 weeks to process application would be about 4 months total. So I'm thinking 12weeks is an average estimate of the time we can expect to wait once a complete application meeting criteria.
Best of luck guys

emmabarnett

This is a good read:
Unemployment, Median Wages, 10-day Speed of Service Trades Tables | ESDC

This is also the category my husband falls into:

Hiring Foreign Workers for Higher-skilled Occupations | ESDC

He is an electrician which is one of Skilled Trades Eligible for Ten-day Speed of Service, and the wage he has been offered is above the Median Hourly Wage for British Columbia which is $21.79.

I don't think the lawyer dealing with our LMIA knows about the 10 day speed service so hopefully once the fill out the application it will take much less than 12 weeks.

Jessicaaaa

I think you're making the same mistake/misunderstanding I originally had with the 10-day speed service. As I mentioned in my original post, along with being a high skilled NOC (there is a list of which NOCs are considered at the end of this post) the wage offered has to be in the top 10% of wages offered in that province- not just above the median wage. There is a chart that outlines what the top 10% of wages are for each province on one of the official LMIA application guides, but for example, in alberta the wage that the 10-day processing applies to requires a n hourly wage of almost 50$ an hour. Here's the chart. Also this link has some really good info and explanations about what the new changes are from LMO to LMIA and goes into detail about eligibility etc.

Unemployment, Median Wages, 10-day Speed of Service Trades Tables | ESDC

Top 10% Wage Earners
the prevailing wage for the position is at or above the top 10% of wages earned by Canadians or permanent residents in the province/territory, where the job is located.

Province/Territory Wage ($/hour)
Alberta $48.08
British Columbia $41.21
Manitoba $38.46
New Brunswick $36.06
Newfld and Labrador $42.00
Northwest Territories $52.00
Nova Scotia $37.65
Nunavut $51.83
Ontario $45.00
Prince Edward Island $35.00
Quebec $38.71
Saskatchewan $43.00
Yukon $43.27

PMM

HI


Here is one of the criteria for accelerated processing

Highest-paid occupations
The 10-day service standard will also be available to employers requesting temporary foreign workers in the highest-paid occupations – when the position requested has a prevailing wage in the relevant economic region that is at or above the top 10 percent of wages in the province/territory where the job is located, such as Physicians. This wage level indicates that a temporary foreign worker is the highest-skilled in their
occupation and that those skills are not easily found in the Canadian labour market."

Not that the wage is greater than the median wage.

emmabarnett

Yes but skilled trades are also accelerated if they meet the required criteria as I said previously.

christmasoompa

Yes, if their hourly earnings qualify them too. What's he been offered?

emmabarnett

Highest-demand occupations
These occupations:

are skilled trades on the list of eligible occupations; AND
have a prevailing wage that is at, or above the provincial/territorial median hourly wage where the job is located.

This was copied off the ESDC website.
The median wages are:

Province/Territory Wage ($/hour)
Alberta $24.23
British Columbia $21.79
Manitoba $19.00
New Brunswick $17.79
Newfoundland and Labrador $20.19
Northwest Territories $32.53
Nova Scotia $18.00
Nunavut $29.96
Ontario $21.00
Prince Edward Island $17.26
Quebec $20.00
Saskatchewan $21.63
Yukon

Where does it mention having to be in the top 10% on this link below?
Hiring Foreign Workers for Higher-skilled Occupations | ESDC