Have your TFWs stay permanently

If you have employed a temporary foreign worker who has worked in Manitoba for at least six months, the worker can apply to stay in Manitoba, and with your company, as a permanent resident of Canada.

Simply have the worker apply through the Employer Direct priority assessment stream of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. To be eligible to apply to through this stream, workers must have a long-term job offer with your company.

Jobs offered to current temporary foreign workers must:

• be long-term, full-time positions in Manitoba
• be offered at prevailing regional wage rates
• be made to a person who meets the required qualifications for the position and who intends to settle in Manitoba
• not be in conflict with existing collective bargaining agreements
• comply with Manitoba's labour standards

Application process

The application must include the letter of job offer from your company and a copy of a valid temporary work permit from the Government of Canada.

Program officers look at the applicant's training, work experience, language ability, job readiness and his or her potential to successfully settle in Manitoba.

The individual will receive notice of his acceptance or refusal as a provincial nominee. Nominees are responsible for applying for a permanent resident visa through Citizenship and Immigration Canada at the visa office responsible for their country of residence, before the expiration date on the letter of approval they receive from the MPNP.

Nominees who are living in Canada on a one-year temporary work permit may apply for their permanent resident visa at the Canadian Consulate General in Buffalo, New York.

NOTE: Application process doesn't require using immigration representative