Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
Oct 10th 2014, 6:53 am
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Re: Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
My oh spoke with a guy in MB last week who said that trucking companies in MB weren't allowed to hire foreign drivers until 1st July '15. Have you heard anything like that? No other company in MB that he's spoke to have said anything of the sort.
Oct 10th 2014, 5:04 pm
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Re: Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
No I havent heard anything like that.There is a 30% cap on foreign workers in companies and that will reduce to 20% in july 2015 and 10% in july 2016,maybe there some confusion.
Oct 11th 2014, 1:40 am
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Re: Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
I still cannot believe how anti immigration Canada is, this country was built with migrants too wasn't it? So interesting 
Oct 11th 2014, 7:04 am
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CIC may have tightened things up recently but I still think Canada has got a pretty open immigration system that most can qualify for. And if they can't quality for it, then Canada doesn't want/need them, and that's fair enough imo.
Oct 11th 2014, 2:41 pm
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The government is trying to make things BETTER for foreign workers, not worse with the recent changes. To make sure employers don't take advantage of their position & the worker is paid & treated fairly.
My main concern is that pressure from employers will mean they get relaxed or not properly enforced.
Canada is most certainly NOT anti immigration.
My main concern is that pressure from employers will mean they get relaxed or not properly enforced.
Canada is most certainly NOT anti immigration.
Oct 11th 2014, 3:14 pm
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On any immigration article, there are hundreds on thousands of anti-immigrant comments. This is a country which seems to resent immigrants, YES
I think the Government is balancing these political opinions with its recognition that yes, Canada needs immigration. Not an easy job.
I think the Government is balancing these political opinions with its recognition that yes, Canada needs immigration. Not an easy job.
Oct 11th 2014, 3:57 pm
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I think the canadian government has to take alot of the blame for the twp abuses.They should have had more control in the first place and not have companies and 'recruitment consultants' abusing the program i.e. selling LMOs.It will be interesting to see how the new changes pan out as they is a big shortage of truck drivers ,looks like it will be more difficult for drivers from UK to come to Canada.As for the OP ,your best bet is to try SK or MB ,your not the only one that I have heard of being messed about in AB
Oct 11th 2014, 5:31 pm
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Good/fair point, Neil, I don't know the history of this so much so it could be a factor, I have been surprised at the hundreds of comments directing vitriol at immigrants and that they 'are all stealing decent citizens' jobs' and 'they should all be deported immediately'
Intelligent debate, yes, but the level of discussion was surprising to me tis all, and a bit disappointing
Intelligent debate, yes, but the level of discussion was surprising to me tis all, and a bit disappointing
Oct 11th 2014, 7:14 pm
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Good/fair point, Neil, I don't know the history of this so much so it could be a factor, I have been surprised at the hundreds of comments directing vitriol at immigrants and that they 'are all stealing decent citizens' jobs' and 'they should all be deported immediately'
Intelligent debate, yes, but the level of discussion was surprising to me tis all, and a bit disappointing
Intelligent debate, yes, but the level of discussion was surprising to me tis all, and a bit disappointing
Jun 30th 2015, 1:20 am
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Re: Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
Hi all I m new here plz anybody let me know how can I get lmia I'm live in uk as a truck driver.
Jun 30th 2015, 2:37 am
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Re: Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
Hi Guys,
Thank you for your replies ... My work permit expires in July 2015 and while that may seem plenty of time ... I'm coming to realize that time moves at a different speed in Alberta Although to be honest I believe financial pressures will force us out of Canada long before any work permits expire.
I have been trying all the other companies that I knew of that were using the old LMO system ... But everyone en bloc appears to have ditched it now because the government have made the regulations so demanding.
Trucking companies are simply saying well we have thirty drivers we will work with that ... once those guys are booked out that's it. There is now no room for growth within this industry things simply won't get transported. The Industry will be choked from this angle now ... But that's not really my concern at this stage.
My wife is looking for work and is having interview after interview and while very employable ... I fear the wages she can bring home will only delay the inevitable. While that's great advise also for Newbies who find this site prior to coming to Canada ... I didn't know about it ... oddly enough ... until I got out here
Thanks guys ... It looks like I'm stuffed
Thank you for your replies ... My work permit expires in July 2015 and while that may seem plenty of time ... I'm coming to realize that time moves at a different speed in Alberta
Although to be honest I believe financial pressures will force us out of Canada long before any work permits expire.I have been trying all the other companies that I knew of that were using the old LMO system ... But everyone en bloc appears to have ditched it now because the government have made the regulations so demanding.
Trucking companies are simply saying well we have thirty drivers we will work with that ... once those guys are booked out that's it. There is now no room for growth within this industry things simply won't get transported. The Industry will be choked from this angle now ... But that's not really my concern at this stage.
My wife is looking for work and is having interview after interview and while very employable ... I fear the wages she can bring home will only delay the inevitable. While that's great advise also for Newbies who find this site prior to coming to Canada ... I didn't know about it ... oddly enough ... until I got out here
Thanks guys ... It looks like I'm stuffed
Jun 30th 2015, 5:14 am
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Re: Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
Your a trucker in UK ... Stay !
Do not go any further, no matter how bad you think things are here in the UK. I give you my word ... they are not as bad as the situation you will find yourself in, If you successfully get a company to get you an LMIA.
Right now Canada are not issuing LMIA to international drivers, they are addressing their truck driver shortage by training up and employing a home grown labour force. It's over in Canada for the foreseeable future for truckers trying to get to Out there ... And trust me that's a god send for unsuspecting brits looking at a life in Canada through Rose tinted glasses. Canada is not the picture of perfection they would have you think it is ... It's a very tough place to go and try to make a future for yourself as a driver simply because the companies in Canada who hire international drivers do so to exploit them ... And they have mastered the art of stiffing you ... Legally !!!
Do not go any further, no matter how bad you think things are here in the UK. I give you my word ... they are not as bad as the situation you will find yourself in, If you successfully get a company to get you an LMIA.
Right now Canada are not issuing LMIA to international drivers, they are addressing their truck driver shortage by training up and employing a home grown labour force. It's over in Canada for the foreseeable future for truckers trying to get to Out there ... And trust me that's a god send for unsuspecting brits looking at a life in Canada through Rose tinted glasses. Canada is not the picture of perfection they would have you think it is ... It's a very tough place to go and try to make a future for yourself as a driver simply because the companies in Canada who hire international drivers do so to exploit them ... And they have mastered the art of stiffing you ... Legally !!!
Jun 30th 2015, 5:54 am
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Re: Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
Your a trucker in UK ... Stay !
Do not go any further, no matter how bad you think things are here in the UK. I give you my word ... they are not as bad as the situation you will find yourself in, If you successfully get a company to get you an LMIA.
Right now Canada are not issuing LMIA to international drivers, they are addressing their truck driver shortage by training up and employing a home grown labour force. It's over in Canada for the foreseeable future for truckers trying to get to Out there ... And trust me that's a god send for unsuspecting brits looking at a life in Canada through Rose tinted glasses. Canada is not the picture of perfection they would have you think it is ... It's a very tough place to go and try to make a future for yourself as a driver simply because the companies in Canada who hire international drivers do so to exploit them ... And they have mastered the art of stiffing you ... Legally !!!
Do not go any further, no matter how bad you think things are here in the UK. I give you my word ... they are not as bad as the situation you will find yourself in, If you successfully get a company to get you an LMIA.
Right now Canada are not issuing LMIA to international drivers, they are addressing their truck driver shortage by training up and employing a home grown labour force. It's over in Canada for the foreseeable future for truckers trying to get to Out there ... And trust me that's a god send for unsuspecting brits looking at a life in Canada through Rose tinted glasses. Canada is not the picture of perfection they would have you think it is ... It's a very tough place to go and try to make a future for yourself as a driver simply because the companies in Canada who hire international drivers do so to exploit them ... And they have mastered the art of stiffing you ... Legally !!!
Jun 30th 2015, 6:02 am
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Re: Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
There are no LMIA's available ... Anywhere !!!
It doesn't work that way anymore ... A company has to apply to CIC for an LMIA and each case is assessed on a case by case basis at that time. Ring CIC ... they will tell you this themselves directly. There are no longer open LMO's for companies it's complete non-sense to say companies have LMIA's.
Please don't guess .. If you don't know the facts ... don't say anything, it's completely mis-leading to people who are trying to find there way through a very complicated immigration set-up (smh) ... Manitoba ... Pfffffffff !
It doesn't work that way anymore ... A company has to apply to CIC for an LMIA and each case is assessed on a case by case basis at that time. Ring CIC ... they will tell you this themselves directly. There are no longer open LMO's for companies it's complete non-sense to say companies have LMIA's.
Please don't guess .. If you don't know the facts ... don't say anything, it's completely mis-leading to people who are trying to find there way through a very complicated immigration set-up (smh) ... Manitoba ... Pfffffffff !
Jun 30th 2015, 6:13 am
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Re: Please Help ! Truck driver needs LMO/LMIA
There are no LMIA's available ... Anywhere !!!
It doesn't work that way anymore ... A company has to apply to CIC for an LMIA and each case is assessed on a case by case basis at that time. Ring CIC ... they will tell you this themselves directly. There are no longer open LMO's for companies it's complete non-sense to say companies have LMIA's.
Please don't guess .. If you don't know the facts ... don't say anything, it's completely mis-leading to people who are trying to find there way through a very complicated immigration set-up (smh) ... Manitoba ... Pfffffffff !
It doesn't work that way anymore ... A company has to apply to CIC for an LMIA and each case is assessed on a case by case basis at that time. Ring CIC ... they will tell you this themselves directly. There are no longer open LMO's for companies it's complete non-sense to say companies have LMIA's.
Please don't guess .. If you don't know the facts ... don't say anything, it's completely mis-leading to people who are trying to find there way through a very complicated immigration set-up (smh) ... Manitoba ... Pfffffffff !
My bad.
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