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Umbrella Company/Contract Management companies for Work Permit for a US Client

itzzamit

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Mar 2, 2015
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Hi All,

I recently received an offer from a US employer and they want me to work from Canada.
This is a long term contract more than 2 years.
Since they donot have a presence in Canada, I am looking for an umbrella company who could do an LMA(Canadian Work Permit)& payroll assistance, acting as employer to render my services to the end client in the US?
I have done some research on google but havenot come across any organisations who could provide this solution
Please could you suggest some umbrella companies and share experience?
 

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itzzamit said:
Hi All,

I recently received an offer from a US employer and they want me to work from Canada.
This is a long term contract more than 2 years.
Since they donot have a presence in Canada, I am looking for an umbrella company who could do an LMA(Canadian Work Permit)& payroll assistance, acting as employer to render my services to the end client in the US?
I have done some research on google but havenot come across any organisations who could provide this solution
Please could you suggest some umbrella companies and share experience?
IF you mean an LMIA, I believe that the odds of obtaining one under these circumstances is very low. Your employer would have to be a Canadian company operating within Canada. However, if the US company has zero involvement in the Canadian market and you are not interacting with Canadian clients or impacting the Canadian labour market, you may, just possibly, not require a work permit.
 

itzzamit

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Many thanks for sharing your insights Zardoz:)
Are their big player in the Canadian market who could be potential players to do a work permit?
 

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itzzamit said:
Hi All,

I recently received an offer from a US employer and they want me to work from Canada.
This is a long term contract more than 2 years.
Since they donot have a presence in Canada, I am looking for an umbrella company who could do an LMA(Canadian Work Permit)& payroll assistance, acting as employer to render my services to the end client in the US?
I have done some research on google but havenot come across any organisations who could provide this solution
Please could you suggest some umbrella companies and share experience?
If the end user/client is in the US why is this job based in Canada and not the US (where it makes more logical sense) or some other third country say that of your citizenship or long term residence? CIC ain't buying this one.
 

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itzzamit said:
Many thanks for sharing your insights Zardoz:)
Are their big player in the Canadian market who could be potential players to do a work permit?
Avoid the big five banks (and any other financial institutions of medium size). They don't do LMIAs.