Employment Strategies for Hiring Foreign Workers to Canada | Episode 45

<p>Calgary immigration lawyer&nbsp;Evelyn Ackah discusses some&nbsp;information, timelines and immigration processing issues&nbsp;for Canadian employers who are interested in strategies for&nbsp;hiring foreign workers because there is a labour shortage of&nbsp;Canadian workers. Evelyn covers topics including:</p><ul><li>how to expedite hiring foreign workers</li><li>the Canadian government is looking to make the LMIA process faster</li><li>current processing time is&nbsp;2 weeks to 6 weeks to get an LMIA approved</li><li>processing times&nbsp;for hiring a foreign&nbsp;&nbsp;worker from&nbsp;a Western European country, America, Mexico, a country that does not require visa and consular processing</li><li>processing times for hiring a foreign worker&nbsp;through a consulate such as the Philippines, India or China</li><li>hiring foreign workers under NAFTA (the Canadian-US-Mexico Free Trade Agreement), GATs and other employment treaties</li><li>employment audit issues</li></ul><br/>