How to Get Express Entry into Canada for Skilled Immigrants With Offer of Employment

A valid job offer has to be:

• made by one employer
• continuous
• paid
• full-time (at least 30 hours a week)
• not seasonal
• for at least one year after we issue your permanent resident visa
• in a job that is NOC:
  1. Skill Type 0 or
  2. Skill Levels A or B

It also must be made :

• by an employer with a new positive LMIA that approves the offer and names you and your position OR
• if you're currently working in Canada in a NOC 0, A or B job on a work permit that was issued based on an LMIA, and:
  1. you're working for an employer listed on your work permit
  2. you're authorized to work in Canada on the day you apply for a permanent resident visa, and when the visa is issued
  3. your current employer made you an offer to give you a full-time job for at least one year if you're accepted as a permanent resident OR
• if you have a valid work permit for a NOC 0, A or B job that is exempt from needing an LMIA, and you:
  1. are currently working for an employer specified on the work permit
  2. have one year of full-time work experience (or an equal amount of part-time work) for that employer
  3. have a valid job offer from that employer for at least one year after we issue your permanent resident visa.

Federal Skilled Trades workers

It also must be made:

• by employer(s) who have a new positive LMIA that approves the offer and names you and your position OR
• if you're currently working in Canada in a skilled trade job a work permit that was issued based on a positive LMIA, and:
  1. you're working for an employer listed on your work permit
  2. you're authorized to work in Canada on the day you apply for a permanent resident visa and when the visa is issued
  3. your current employer(s) offered you a full-time job if you're accepted as a permanent resident, in a job that is in the same three digit level of the NOC as your current job, for at least one year OR
• you have a valid work permit for one of the listed skilled trade occupation and it's exempt from needing an LMIA, and you:
  1. are currently working for an employer specified on the work permit
  2. have one year of full-time work experience (or an equal amount of part-time work) for the employer(s) on your work permit who is making the offer and
  3. have a valid job offer from that employer for at least one year after we issue your permanent resident visa.

In both examples, the LMIA supports the job offer as set out above, or is exempt from needing an LMIA.

Two companies hire a heavy equipment operator. The LMIA lists both. Each employer is offering 16 hours of work per week for a minimum of one year.

This job offer is valid.

A construction company offers a plumber a position for 25 hours per week. It's on a non-contract basis.

This job offer isn't valid. A job must be for at least 30 hours a week to be full -time.

There are only two reasons the employer making you the offer doesn't need to get a new LMIA:

1. if you're already working for them with a work permit based on that LMIA
2. if you work in a job that doesn't need an LMIA

Find out more about jobs that are exempt.

Your employer must get a new LMIA if:

• your work permit has expired
• you're working on an open work permit
• you have a job offer from an employer not listed on your work permit

Our officers must be convinced that you will:

• be capable of doing the work you're offered
• likely qualify to be licensed or certified by the relevant regulatory body once you're in Canada ( if the job is regulated in Canada)

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