Employer: What are the necessary actions they can do? Help!

[heavens]

Greetings to all:

I really need your advices in here, please help me.

They said that the processing time of work permit is 6months but in my case I've waited for almost 9months. I submitted my documents to the Canadian Embassy here in Singapore last November 25, 2008. Until now i got no reply yet from them. Newly met friends told me that their employer made an extra effort to make their applications a bit faster. First, they told me that their employer called up an officer/office (something/someone) there in Canada (they forgot the name).  Second, their employer sent a letter to the embassy (where their applicant submitted the application) stating that "this applicant must be in Canada for this date because we need his/her service very badly". Next month they'll be leaving for Canada.

My questions is, would it be possible? Can i ask my employer to do the same thing? It is not that i don't trust them but i just want to hear a second opinion and as much as possible i want to hear it from anybody here. Please guys, i really need help especially my LMO will be expiring soon, Sept. 20, 2009.

As per subject, what an employer can do in order to make the processing of work permit a bit faster? Because it's been out of the given time already.

Hope to hear from you guys and it is greatly appreciated....

[job_seeker]

It might help. If you submitted your documents in Singapore then it would probably help if you could find the fax number of the embassy there and request your employer to write to the embassy and fax the letter to them. I hope that your LMO is still valid up to this time. Your employer has to mention your file number and of course your name and the reason why he/she needs to employ you. No harm done in trying what worked with your new found friends. Be blessed.

[heavens]

It might help. If you submitted your documents in Singapore then it would probably help if you could find the fax number of the embassy there and request your employer to write to the embassy and fax the letter to them. I hope that your LMO is still valid up to this time. Your employer has to mention your file number and of course your name and the reason why he/she needs to employ you. No harm done in trying what worked with your new found friends. Be blessed.

Thanks you so much job_seeker..i think you are right. I will try to ask my employer about this.
As you've said, there is no harm in trying.

God bless you.