According to certain fresh reports, courtesy work visas, more than 300,000 employees are present in the Maple Leaf Country. These visas enable them to get employed in the nation for one or two years, via the country’s well-known Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Of late, the volume of work permits has headed north swiftly. With a view to get involved with work activities in the nation–through the said program—it’s essential that such workers submit a petition for a TFWP work visa, and then an entry permit.

Significantly–from 2002 to 2011–the figure of the TFWP staff in the nation became 300%. During 2011 alone, more than 192,000 provisional workers gained admission into the nation. These work visas are proffered to overseas manpower to enable them to get involved with work activities across a plethora of fields.

TFWP Visas Valid for 1 Yr

On an average, the life of such visas is 1 year although semi-qualified employees may pocket 24-month permits. Prior to the national recruiters duly hire temporary workers from abroad; they have to get what is called a ‘Labour Market Opinion’ (LMO) even as a positive LMO duly convinces the concerned administration department that there is indeed a requirement for such workers in the country. The employee from abroad afterwards has to send across a reproduction of the LMO while filing a petition for his work visa.

However, it’s not mandatory for every temporary overseas worker to get the LMOs, to receive such a visa. For example, during the year gone by, i.e., 2012, while close to 72,000 provisional workers from abroad needed the LMOs, 120,000 didn’t have the need for these.