Lmia wage restrictions
Oct 18th 2018, 5:39 am
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Lmia wage restrictions
hi everyone hope you are all well, quick question regarding wage
currently on $29 an hour per my lmia have requested a rise but have been informed that’s not possible as I’m on an lmia, today I received my ita for bcpnp, my question is that once I get my pnp can I then get a rise or do I need to wait until I get full PR. living in Vancouver with 4 kids is kicking my ass lol
thanks in advance
currently on $29 an hour per my lmia have requested a rise but have been informed that’s not possible as I’m on an lmia, today I received my ita for bcpnp, my question is that once I get my pnp can I then get a rise or do I need to wait until I get full PR. living in Vancouver with 4 kids is kicking my ass lol
thanks in advance
Oct 18th 2018, 6:07 am
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Re: Lmia wage restrictions
You can have a wage increase on a LMIA/TWP. If your employer is telling you you can’t they’re talking rubbish! What they can’t do is reduce your wage to less than the median hourly rate for your NOC code.
HTH.
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Oct 18th 2018, 9:07 am
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Re: Lmia wage restrictions
Do you know where I can find that info as my immigration agent confirmed what they said, they said the rise can only be a couple of percent.
Oct 18th 2018, 9:49 am
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Re: Lmia wage restrictions
Here is the current info on wage rises for foreign workers -
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...spections.html
From that, it says the following about salary increases "An increase in wages under the IMP would not lead to a finding of non-compliance with respect to providing substantially the same wages under subparagraph R209.2(1)(a)(iii). However, wages paid that are higher than those stated in the offer of employment may indicate a change in duties, which could mean a different occupation than that offered. An increase in wages may also result in a finding that the employer did not provide “substantially the same” wages if the increase would have affected the ability of the foreign national to qualify for the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) exemption."
From what you've said, I personally don't see why it would be a problem as you'd still be doing the same job presumably?
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Oct 18th 2018, 1:39 pm
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Re: Lmia wage restrictions
They told me that a higher raise would be in breach of lmia, job would be the same however they have found that I am a lot better at it than most ppl, there current view is that changing the wage would contradict the lmia and could potentially give them issues in the future, that being said they told me when I have pnp it would be different? Does that make sense?
Oct 18th 2018, 11:26 pm
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Re: Lmia wage restrictions
They told me that a higher raise would be in breach of lmia, job would be the same however they have found that I am a lot better at it than most ppl, there current view is that changing the wage would contradict the lmia and could potentially give them issues in the future, that being said they told me when I have pnp it would be different? Does that make sense?
My understanding is they can pay you as much as they want. They just can't get an LMIA through if they offer less than the normal accepted wage for that job.
Oct 18th 2018, 11:34 pm
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Re: Lmia wage restrictions
I’m currently on an lmia and asking for a wage rise but they said if they give me a rise it would breach the terms of the lmia
