For Employers

Employers are responsible for starting the procedures that allow workers to immigrate to Yukon under the Yukon Nominee Program (YNP) or as Temporary Foreign Workers.  Please note that Government of Yukon does not find or recruit foreign workers for Yukon employers - employers are responsible for locating their own workers. Some employers have had success with recruitment in foreign countries and others have found new workers though family contact with current workers.

Please see the YNP application guide, a handbook for employers, for a step-by-step explanation of the process.

Monitoring

The Yukon Nominee Program is commited to program integrity. Therfore, officers will conduct monitors with employers and nominees. A first default monitor is automatically scheduled three month after the entry interview, which takes place at the time the nominee starts working for the employer.

Additional monitors may be scheduled after that to verify compliance with program criteria. For your information please review the monitoring forms to the right.

Temporary Foreign Workers

Temporary foreign workers enter Canada to work temporarily to help Canadians address skill shortages. The Temporary Foreign Worker program is facilitated by two different departments of the Federal Government: Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) and Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).

For employers interested in hiring a foreign worker, visit Working Temporarily in Canada to learn more.

A key eligibility requirement for hiring a foreign worker is to obtain a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from Service Canada - unless the work category is exempt, you will need an LMO.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada Temporary Foreign Worker Units are designed to help employers address labour and skills shortages. These units will:

• guide you through the immigration process if you or your representative wishes to hire foreign workers;
• ease the entry of temporary foreign workers who are exempt from the Labour Market Opinion process; and
• pre-screen your supporting documents as an employer to streamline the application process and provide an opinion for officers at the port of entry.

The Temporary Foreign Worker Unit in Vancouver serves the B.C./Yukon Region.

Labour Market Opinion Basics

As an employer, you must apply for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) before you can hire a foreign worker or get pre-approval to hire a large number of workers.

A positive Labour Market Opinion will show that there is a need for the foreign worker to fill the job you offer and that there is no Canadian worker available to do the job.

More information on Labour Market Opinion from Citizenship & Immigration Canada