How to apply for the new pilot program for agricultural food migration? This immigration program that allowed qualified agricultural food workers for 3 year permanent residency pilot ,this is what Canada announced.
Temporary foreign workers with experience in the agricultural food sector in Canada will have a new path to obtain permanent residency in Canada.
The three-year Agricultural food immigration pilot program will help retain foreign workers with non-seasonal experience who have qualified job offers in the Canadian Agricultural food industry.
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The government of Canada says the industry exported $ 66.2 billion in products in 2018 and supports 1 in 8 jobs across the country. And the industries of meat processing and mushroom production have had continual difficulty finding new workers.
The farm workers immigrants who come to Canada through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program for Seasonal Agricultural Workers receive only limited-term work permits and do not have a pathway to permanent residency.
Occupations and industries eligible under the New Agricultural Food Immigration Program
- Meat processing, any worker.
Temporary foreign workers with experience in the agricultural food sector in Canada will have a new path to obtain permanent residency in Canada.
The three-year Agricultural food immigration pilot program will help retain foreign workers with non-seasonal experience who have qualified job offers in the Canadian Agricultural food industry.
Know more
Canada Express Entry Inquiry
Invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence via Express Entry
Saskatchewan Invites Express Entry Occupation
A list of jobs suitable for people who like to travel
Facilitation for new immigrants to Canada
The government of Canada says the industry exported $ 66.2 billion in products in 2018 and supports 1 in 8 jobs across the country. And the industries of meat processing and mushroom production have had continual difficulty finding new workers.
The farm workers immigrants who come to Canada through the Temporary Foreign Worker Program for Seasonal Agricultural Workers receive only limited-term work permits and do not have a pathway to permanent residency.
Occupations and industries eligible under the New Agricultural Food Immigration Program
- Meat processing, any worker.
- Retail butcher.
- Industrial butcher.
- Food processing worker.
- Harvest factor for year-round mushroom production and greenhouse crop production.
- General farm worker for year-round mushroom production. greenhouse crop production or livestock rearing.
- Farm supervisor and livestock worker specializing in meat processing.
- Industrial butcher.
- Food processing worker.
- Harvest factor for year-round mushroom production and greenhouse crop production.
- General farm worker for year-round mushroom production. greenhouse crop production or livestock rearing.
- Farm supervisor and livestock worker specializing in meat processing.
- Mushroom production worker.
Permanent residency requirements for Agricultural Food and Meat Migration Program workers
-12 months of Canadian full-time, non-seasonal work experience in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, in an eligible profession in:
Processing meat products,
Raising livestock, or growing mushrooms or greenhouse crops.
-12 months of Canadian full-time, non-seasonal work experience in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, in an eligible profession in:
Processing meat products,
Raising livestock, or growing mushrooms or greenhouse crops.
- Canadian level 4 standard in English or French.
- Foreign equivalent of Canadian secondary education or higher.
- An unspecified job offer for full-time, non-seasonal employment in Canada, outside Quebec, with a salary or higher than the prevailing wage.
Earned 2 years LMIA for employers
Qualified employers in the meat processing sector who use the pilot program will issue a two year Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).
To be worker qualified, meat processors employers will be required to outline their plans to support a temporary foreign worker in obtaining permanent residency.
Earned 2 years LMIA for employers
Qualified employers in the meat processing sector who use the pilot program will issue a two year Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).
To be worker qualified, meat processors employers will be required to outline their plans to support a temporary foreign worker in obtaining permanent residency.
Meat workers participating in a union will have a letter of support from their union and non-union meat processors will have to meet additional requirements to ensure the protection of the labor market and migrant workers, according to the official IRCC website.
A maximum of 3,000 major applicants will each be accepted for treatment each year as part of the trial.
With family members, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said the Agricultural food and meat immigration program could welcome around 17000 new permanent residents of Canada over the course of the three-year immigration program.
The goal is to help new immigrants in Canada
The Agricultural Food Workers Immigration Pilot Program follows other recent initiatives by the Government of Canada aimed at helping temporary foreign workers move into permanent residency.
These initiatives include new pathways for caregivers and the allocation of 2,000 additional spaces for the Regional Nominee Program for qualified temporary foreign workers with intermediate skills.
A maximum of 3,000 major applicants will each be accepted for treatment each year as part of the trial.
With family members, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said the Agricultural food and meat immigration program could welcome around 17000 new permanent residents of Canada over the course of the three-year immigration program.
The goal is to help new immigrants in Canada
The Agricultural Food Workers Immigration Pilot Program follows other recent initiatives by the Government of Canada aimed at helping temporary foreign workers move into permanent residency.
These initiatives include new pathways for caregivers and the allocation of 2,000 additional spaces for the Regional Nominee Program for qualified temporary foreign workers with intermediate skills.