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GSS VISA
The companies of Canada when wanting to
employ the top skilled international workers look for a quick and comprehensive
procedure to attain it. To overcome any hindrances, the GSS or Global Skills
Strategy Work Permit was launched to help all categories of employers to look
for such skilled personnel more efficiently. It uses an approach to integrate
methods that process applications more efficiently, consider work permit
waivers, and offer better services for customers.
International professionals who qualify for
the particular processing according to priority are required to fulfill other
acceptability and eligibility criteria. It might also consist of submitting
police verification certificates, if necessary. Suitable candidates are required
to submit all the mandatory documents along with their application.
If the candidate fails to submit the
required documents, they will be ineligible for the global skills strategy
processing time of two weeks.
GLOBAL
SKILLS STRATEGY PROGRAM
Canada has a broad range of talented and
capable human resources. Despite this, the candidates face, at times, the
requirement to hire skilled workers from other countries in the world to boost
their growth. This is where the Canada GSS visa steps in.
GLOBAL
SKILLS STRATEGY ELIGIBILITY
LMIA or Labor Market Impact Assessment of
Canada exempts qualified professionals from the two-week processing of their
application for the work permit if they meet all the criteria:
CRITERIA
FOR LABOUR MARKET IMPACT ASSESSMENT TO EXEMPT PROFESSIONALS
These are the criteria needed to be
eligible for LMIA:
o
Their job role is either
categorized in skill level A (professional) or skill type 0 (managerial) in the
NOC or National Occupational Classification.
o
It will be effective from
November 16, 2022. It has been revised as NOC 2021 TEER or Training, Education,
Experience, and Requirements.
o
0 will be NOC 2016 skill type 0
whereas NOC skill level A will be changed to TEER 1
o
The candidates should use the
NOC 2021 levels for any employment opportunity submitted on or after November
16, 2022.
o
The employer has offered an
employment opportunity via the Employer Portal and has paid the fee for
employer conformity.
o
Candidates of International
Experience Canada are ineligible for the 2 week processing time.
CANDIDATES
WHO REQUIRE AN LMIA
The candidates who require an LMIA are
eligible for the two-week processing time, provided they meet all the
aforementioned requirements should follow these procedures to be successfully
issued a Global Skills Strategy Visa:
The employer has a positive report in LMIA
through the Global Talent Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. It is
notified by the decision letter of LMIA.
SPOUSES
AND DEPENDENTS
The spouse or common-law partner of
professionals and their dependant wards qualify for a two-week processing time
of applications. This is required for the following applications:
Spouses or common-law partners and
dependents are required to submit a duly filled application and applied at the
same time as the professional.
GSS
VISA'S REQUIREMENTS
When the application is submitted from
outside Canada, it needs to have the following documents:
Most of the visa offices located abroad
have exact instructions that a candidate has to follow. The requirements need
to be confirmed with the local visa office to ensure all required documents
have been submitted with the application.
HOW
TO APPLY FOR GSS WORK PERMIT?
The process that needs to be followed while
applying for the GSS Visa is given below:
Step
1: Go to the work permit application
Step
2: Click on "Apply online"
Step
3: Select the territory or country where the
candidate is applying from
Step
4: Download the requirements of the visa office of
the specific country from the list of documents.
Step
5: To be eligible for the two-week processing, the
candidate is required to include valid translations of documents that are
neither in French nor English, though, the visa office requirements state that
they register applications in other languages.
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The
GSS or Global Skills Strategy Work Permit is a program by the federal
government of Canada to boost the eligible businesses of Canada's access to
highly skilled international professionals from across the globe. The OINP or
Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program is the nominated referral partner of the GSS.
No, not all the applications for Global
Skills Strategy Work Permit are processed in under two weeks. Approximately 80%
of the applications are processed within 2 weeks.
The processing times of GSS applications
are affected by these factors:
It will take approximately more than two
weeks to process the GSS application.
Yes. To get the two-week processing time, you are required to check your eligibility criteria and:
Requirements
by Local Visa Office
Many of the visa offices in Canada across the
world have particular instructions that the professional needs to comply with.
Confirm with the local visa office about the requirements you need to meet to
ensure you submit all the mandatory documents along with the application
package.
Examples of required documents that might
change based on where you are applying from:
Ensure that your application is duly filled
out. In case, a required document is not submitted, your application may be
refused or delayed.