Question about LMIA Job ads

[siriusnick]

For advertising of the job, do you actually have to interview applicants? or you can just ignore all the resumes and claiming no qualified applicant is found?

Anyone has experience of an audit of the LMIA? Will a Service Canada investigator ask for proof of interviews?

Thanks in advance.

 

[ozlis]

By the book - yes, you should interview anyone close to qualified for the role. The whole point is to fill the position - the foreign employee being the last resort if all else turns up no-one suitable.

Realistically, it comes down to what your employer is comfortable doing and signing off on. At the end of the day, they are signing a document stating that they could not find anyone for the role and if found to be dishonest in the application they are up for some penalties.

In terms of likely audit/further information requests, it would be influenced by the role and the location for the role. If you said that not one single applicant in Toronto was worth an interview (for any role) than SC is likely to question it.

 

[siriusnick]

Let's say if they questioning it, will they ask for something like contact info of the person you have interviewed? Will they actually go out that far to verify this?
I understand it is reasonable to assume so, but I just wondering if anyone has actually experienced such audit request.

 

[ozlis]

Let's say if they questioning it, will they ask for something like contact info of the person you have interviewed? Will they actually go out that far to verify this?
I understand it is reasonable to assume so, but I just wondering if anyone has actually experienced such audit request.

Why risk it?

 

[Specterz]

For advertising of the job, do you actually have to interview applicants? or you can just ignore all the resumes and claiming no qualified applicant is found?

Anyone has experience of an audit of the LMIA? Will a Service Canada investigator ask for proof of interviews?

Thanks in advance.

In the LMIA form, the employer has to specify the number of applicants applied, number of canadians applied, number of people interviewed and why canadians applicants can't do the job?

Also, as a part of the application, your employer has to submit resumes received for this job, so that Service Canada can look into them.

It's your employer's call! whether to lie or interview few of the applicants.