International Mobility Program (IMP)
Mobilité Francophone (exception code C16 for LMIA)
To promote Francophone immigration in Francophone minority communities in Canada.

• Do you normally speak French at home and where you work?
• Or do you have a CLB 7 Canadian Language Benchmark in French?
• Do you want to come to Canada and find a job/ employment and become a permanent resident?
• If you are a French skilled worker this may be your opportunity to immigrate to Canada.

Job Offer – the foreign national is

• Retained to work in a province or territory outside Quebec.
• Qualified to work in managerial professional technical or skilled trades occupation NOC (national occupation classification) 0, A or B).
• Note – The employer may require that the worker can also speak some English.

Advantage – under this work permit stream, a French speaking person is able to apply for an employment without an LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment), which means that the foreign national is able to compete freely with a permanent resident or Canadian citizen for the job.

Family members are eligible to apply to study or work. Minor children may be exempt from a study permit.

Two-weeks Processing
If your job is at NOC (managerial, executive or NOC A (professional) level you may benefit from the Global Skills strategy’s two-week application processing. Find out more about how you qualify to immigrate to Canada quickly.

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