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phillyphil

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Jun 26, 2012
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Hello Everyone,

I was just reading about the LMIA on CanadaVisa here: http://www.canadavisa.com/labour-market-impact-assessments.html#Median Hourly Wages by Province/Territory (my employer wants to do this for me). My question is as a low wage worker should my employer be at least paying me the median wage in my province for this to work (BC is 22.60, I am getting paid 16) or is it based on my NOC job number (in case my NOC's median wage is $27.40 in BC). Just to re-iterate does LMIA use the province's median hourly wage or does it use the job's NOC number (Like PNP does)?. I understand that LMIA is usually when you are outside of Canada (not sure if it even works when you are inside Canada).

Thanks in advance for all your answers.
 
It's based on the NOC's median wage.

LMIAs are certainly not just for outside of Canada. Many people obtain them while inside Canada as well.