Ottawa Pledges to Increase Pace of Immigration Procedure for Foreign Manpower Joining Tech Companies

As per a report, on June 14, this year, the Canadian administration introduced its latest innovation strategy, which comprises a promise to increase the speed of the immigration procedure for the overseas skilled personnel joining the speedily expanding tech groups.

While the fact that the declaration of the latest innovation policy lacks specific particulars, one clear aim agreed upon by many ministers is to reduce wait times for these overseas employees.

At present, the foreign skilled worker immigration course classically takes not less than 6 months a standard that is allegedly inappropriate for the fast-paced environment of technology. Recruiters/job-providers in the tech business allegedly assert that the government delays are delaying the growth of their companies, via stopping them from hiring top aspirants from outside the Maple Leaf Country.

According to the Canadian Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC) minister John McCallum even if the administration hit its six-month-goal 80% of the time during the year gone by; this is not the tech industry’s thought of a rapid immigration procedure.

The major reason for these holdups is the prerequisite under the federal administration’s Express Entry immigration selection arrangement for the recruiters/firms to get a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), with a view to take into service a worker from abroad.

With a view to obtain an LMIA, it is mandatory for a recruiter/firm to prove to the administration that he is powerless to discover an appropriate Canadian with the needed abilities, qualifications, and experience to fill the vacancy.

The LMIA condition is rather helpful when targeting recruiters/firms which exploit the structure to sign-up low-paid, low-skill impermanent overseas personnel over Canadians. But, in the case of fast-growing tech groups, the skills and talent required from the new recruits are normally only discovered outside the nation.

Still, these companies are subjected to the similar drawn-out procedure. And, consequently, immeasurable probable recruits accept options instead of waiting, while discouraged job-providers/firms choose to appoint individuals to offer their professional services for them outside the nation.

Meanwhile, sharing his views on the issue, a concerned person has reportedly stated that to be in a position to innovate at the pace of global companies, tech firms in the country require to be in a position to expand and sign-up just as speedily.

He added that six months is a lifetime in a tech firm, and more than adequate time for a rival to take a lead, even as Canadian groups look at the calendar hoping for sanction. The high tech, high-trained talents the Canadian firms are courting and working to usher-in to the Maple Leaf Country are wanted in all places.

Though, in terms of solutions, a particular action plan is still to be set-up, McCallum reportedly pointed-out that the administration plans to assess the LMIA requirement and could mull over removing it for tech groups. Allegedly, the minister wants to prove that the Canadian government is aware of the situation and is committed to resolving it.