The federal government is removing an incentive for temporary foreign workers that has been used to boost applications for permanent residency. The incentive has also been used by some to exploit the immigration system, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said.
Miller said foreign workers will no longer receive additional points to be used on immigration applications if they’ve received Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) job offers through the temporary foreign worker program.
He made the announcement at a press conference on Dec. 17, alongside Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
“This measure is expected to remove the incentive for candidates to purchase an LMIA, resulting in increased fairness and integrity and express the excess entry system and taking some of the value out of the fraud already being perpetrated in the LMIA system,” Miller said….