Last Updated On 6 March 2023, 10:11 AM EST (Toronto Time)
While most employers need a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) to support your job offer for Express Entry, some jobs are LMIA-exempt.
However, LMIA-exempt job offers may not be as common as they have specific conditions and requirements.
Getting an LMIA-exempt job offer depends on the type of work you do and your employer.
Learn below when your employer does not require an LMIA and about the jobs that are LMIA-exempt.
Situations when your employer does not need an LMIA
If you meet the following requirements, your employer does not need an LMIA to support your job offer:
- You must have worked for an employer mentioned on your work permit for at least one year or have accumulated equivalent part-time experience.
- Have a valid job offer, and
- A valid work permit which is exempt from an LMIA under:
- International agreement
- Federal-provincial agreement
- “Canadian interests” category
If you meet the above requirements, you may be exempt from needing an LMIA under the below categories.
LMIA-Exempt Jobs
You may be excluded from needing an LMIA for Express Entry if your current temporary work is LMIA-exempt, mentions a specific employer or employers (for skilled trade jobs, up to two employers can make a job offer), and is:
- Part of an international agreement, such as CUSMA or GATS, and non-trade agreements. It can include professionals, traders and investors.
- It is an agreement between Canada and a province or territory, including “significant investment” projects.
- Exempt for “Canadian interests” for the following reasons:
- Providing “significant benefit“-if your employer can demonstrate that you will provide significant social, cultural, and economic benefit to Canada. This could include:
- General: such as self-employed engineers, technical workers, creative and performing artists, etc
- Workers transferred within a company, such as intra-company transferees with specialized knowledge – only those whose talents and experience will help Canada.
- Workers who are under Mobilité francophone
- Having Reciprocal employment- it allows foreign workers to get jobs in Canada while Canadians have similar opportunities in other countries
- The general category includes professional coaches and athletes working for Canadian teams.
- International Experience Canada – it is a work-abroad program for young professionals
- Individuals part of exchange programs such as visiting lecturers and professors
- Minister designated
- These include academic researchers, guest lecturers and visiting professors sponsored by a recognized federal program.
- Competitiveness and public policy
- fellows and medical residents
- Post-doctoral fellows and those who won academic awards from Canadian schools
- Religious and charity workers, excluding volunteers
- Providing “significant benefit“-if your employer can demonstrate that you will provide significant social, cultural, and economic benefit to Canada. This could include:
It is important to note that even though these jobs are exempt from LMIA, you still need a valid work permit. In addition, you must also meet the initial requirements that exempt employers from getting you an LMIA
Source: IRCC
3 New Ontario OINP Pathways For Permanent Residence
Ontario has officially eliminated all eight existing Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program streams and replaced them with the new Ontario Workforce Priority stream effective June 26, 2026. The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development made the changes through amendments to Ontario Regulation 422/17 under the Ontario Immigration Act, 2015. This is the single largest…
New CRA Payroll Changes Effective July 1 Could Affect Paycheques
The Canada Revenue Agency (cra) has posted updated payroll deduction formulas and tables that take effect on July 1, 2026, and the changes could show up on your next paycheque. Every year, the CRA publishes the T4127 Payroll Deductions Formulas guide twice, with editions effective January 1 and July 1, to reflect mid-year legislative and…
Latest Express Entry Draw On June 25 Sent 4,000 PR Invitations
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada issued 4,000 invitations to apply for permanent residence in a Healthcare and Social Services Occupations Express Entry draw on June 25, 2026.
Canada Trucking Jobs Fraud Concerns Revealed In Internal Report
An internal Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) trend report has outlined serious concerns about fraud, worker exploitation, and misrepresentation in Canada’s trucking sector. The report, dated May 21, 2020, was authored by IRCC’s Case Management Branch and later made public through a federal Access to Information request. It was originally shared by Vancouver-based immigration…
New Canada Immigration Processing Times As Of June 2026
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has published its latest processing time data as of June 24, 2026, and the update is headlined by two dramatic moves in opposite directions. Citizenship certificate processing has spiked to 15 months with a queue that added over 11,600 applicants in a single cycle. Meanwhile, the Atlantic Immigration Program…
Canada World Cup 2026 Team’s Powerful Backstory Many Don’t Know
Canada faces Switzerland today at BC Place in Vancouver at 3 p.m. Eastern in a match that will decide who finishes first in Group B at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A draw is all Canada needs to claim the top spot after demolishing Qatar 6–0 on June 18, a result that delivered the first…
New OAS Payments Coming on June 26, 2026
The next Old Age Security (OAS payment) and Guaranteed Income Supplement payments are confirmed for Thursday, June 26, 2026. Millions of Canadian seniors will receive their combined OAS and GIS deposits on the same day as their Canada Pension Plan payments. The June deposit is the final payment of the current April to June 2026…
New Express Entry Draw On June 23 Sent 4,000 PR Invitations
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada issued 4,000 invitations to apply for permanent residence in a new Canadian Experience Class Express Entry draw on June 23, 2026. The Comprehensive Ranking System cutoff for the lowest-ranked candidate invited was 516 points. This is the largest CEC draw since March 2026, when IRCC last issued 4,000 invitations in…
New IRCC Study Permit Compliance Update For International Students
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) quietly updated its program delivery instructions for assessing study permit conditions on June 18, 2026. The revised guidance newly clarifies enforcement rules around unauthorized transfers between designated learning institutions and narrows how program changes within the same school are assessed. These are not cosmetic edits or minor wording adjustments.…
First Express Entry Draw Of June 2026 Sent 955 PR Invitations
Today, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada conducted the first Express Entry draw of June 2026, targeting candidates who hold a provincial nomination. IRCC issued 955 invitations to apply for permanent residence under the Provincial Nominee Program category in this round. This is the largest PNP draw of 2026 and also the largest PNP Express Entry…
Emigration From Canada Hits New All-Time Record High In 2026
A record 30,092 Canadian citizens and permanent residents emigrated from Canada in the first quarter of 2026, the highest Q1 emigration count ever recorded in Statistics Canada’s latest quarterly demographic data released on June 17, 2026. In the same three-month window, another 199,259 non-permanent residents left the country while only 81,380 arrived, producing a net…
New Canada Benefit Payments Still Coming In June 2026
Several government benefit payments are still scheduled to arrive before the end of June 2026, covering federal pensions, provincial disability support, and income assistance programs across the country. A qualifying senior aged 75 or older who receives the maximum Canada Pension Plan retirement pension and full Old Age Security could see up to $2,325.01 deposited…
New CPP Payments To Be Sent Canada-Wide On June 26
The next Canada Pension Plan – CPP payments are confirmed for Friday, June 26, 2026, when millions of retirees, survivors, and Canadians with disabilities will receive their monthly payment. Service Canada processes CPP and Old Age Security payments on the same date each month according to the federal benefits payment calendar. Eligible recipients could see…
New Canada Child Benefit Increase Coming In July 2026
The Canada Child Benefit is officially increasing on July 20, 2026, putting more money into the bank accounts of millions of Canadian families raising children under the age of 18. The CRA has confirmed a 2% Consumer Price Index indexation that raises the maximum CCB to $8,157 per year for each child under six and…
6 New Canada Asylum Rules and Changes Coming Soon
Canada’s federal government has published proposed regulations that will fundamentally redesign how asylum claims are received, processed, and decided across the country. The proposed changes implement the asylum reform framework introduced through Bill C-12, the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, which became law on March 26, 2026. Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab announced…
New Canada Citizenship Proof Rules And Checklist June 2026
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has released an updated version of the official Document Checklist for citizenship certificate applications, and the changes could affect tens of thousands of people currently in the processing queue. The revised CIT 0014 form, updated on June 17, 2026, introduces explicit new language about the types of documents IRCC will…
New Canada Revenue Agency Rules Give Taxpayers A Second Chance
The Canada Revenue Agency has given Canadian taxpayers a structured path to come forward and fix past tax mistakes without facing the full weight of penalties and prosecution. Under the updated Voluntary Disclosures Program, Canadians who have unreported income, missed tax filings, GST/HST collection errors, or payroll remittance gaps can now apply for relief before…
New Canada Work Permit Rule Helps PNP Applicants Without AOR
Canada has rolled out a temporary operational instruction that could reshape the work permit landscape for thousands of Provincial Nominee Program applicants stuck in permanent residence processing limbo. Effective June 9, 2026, certain in-Canada PNP applicants can now use alternative proof of their permanent residence application submission when applying for specific work permit categories, even…
New ACWB Payment Increase Coming In July 2026
The first Advanced Canada Workers Benefit – ACWB payment of the new cycle arrives on July 10, 2026, and every eligible recipient will see a higher amount than what they received during the previous advance cycle that ended in January. The CRA has confirmed that the July advance payments are calculated using 2025 tax year…
Canada Immigration Backlog Drops As New Student Arrivals Fall 84%
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada updated its official application inventory dashboard on June 16, 2026, with data reflecting files under processing as of April 30, 2026. Canada’s total immigration backlog has dropped for the third consecutive month, falling from 935,000 in March to 922,700 in April. That is a reduction of 12,300 applications in a…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.