The case was an LMIA for a cook position in British Columbia. Document preparation was completed on August 7, 2024 and the approval letter was received on October 10, 2024, which the Korean write-up records as 46 business days.
The approval letter shows the Permanent Resident stream with a validity date of April 10, 2025, and the write-up states that the next step was to convert it into a two-year work permit. It compares the timeline with the 2024 average processing time of 100 business days reported by IRCC.
Much of the write-up responds to the September 26, 2024 announcement restricting low-wage and Permanent Resident stream LMIAs, listing approaches the firm set out at that time. These included employers who had not used the LMIA programme before, job offers at or above the median wage, using government wage subsidies in early childhood education in British Columbia to reach the high-wage threshold, other provincial nominee streams, and other work permit routes such as working holiday or co-op.