A positive Labour Market Opinion supports the hiring of a foreign worker for a temporary position in Canada, and is one requirement that Citizenship and Immigration Canada considers when deciding to issue a Work Permit to the foreign worker.
Service Canada has made significant improvements in the processing of Labour Market Opinion applications over the last several months. The processes for reviewing and rendering decisions have dramatically improved — wait times that sometimes took five months are now down to 15 business days.
One simple thing employers can do to help ensure they receive a timely and positive LMO decision is to complete the application form accurately and in its entirety. To assist you with this, go2 has created an annotated LMO application form that provides information on those parts of the form that have proved problematic in the past.
Download the Annotated LMO Form
