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If your business hired a temporary foreign worker through a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), your obligations did not end when the worker arrived. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) can inspect your business for up to six years after the worker started, and the penalties for getting it wrong are serious. Here is what employers need to know. Why you might be inspected ESDC can select your business for an inspection if: they suspect you are not following the

Families who hire a nanny or home support worker through an LMIA can be inspected by ESDC. Here is what inspectors check, the live-in rules, the costs you cannot pass on, and the records to keep for six years.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada may refuse an application when an officer is not satisfied that the applicant has sufficient funds, that their main purpose in Canada is to study, or that they will leave Canada at the end of their authorized period of stay. Here are three common mistakes that can weaken a study permit application. 1. A Weak Statement of Purpose A statement of purpose gives applicants an opportunity to explain their circumstances, educational goals

Canada has introduced a welcome change for international students planning to pursue graduate studies. As of 2026, eligible applicants applying to Master's and PhD programs at public institutions are no longer required to obtain a Provincial or Territorial Attestation Letter (PAL/TAL) when submitting their study permit application. While this change removes one administrative step, applicants must still satisfy all other study permit requirements. This includes demonstrating

A few days ago, I was approached by an applicant who believed their immigration application had been submitted more than six months ago. They had hired a representative, paid the fees, provided all the required documents, and then waited. And waited. When they tried to follow up, their calls were no longer answered. Emails went unanswered, and eventually they could no longer reach the person they had trusted with their immigration application. The applicant came to me hoping