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Part I - Summary and Procedures

6. Concurrence from Other Regions

When an offer of employment involves more than one region or province, the employer must submit the Labour Market Opinion application to the regional Service Canada Office nearest to where the job will first be located. Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) officers responsible for assessing applications seek concurrence from officers in other Centres serving regions or provinces where foreign workers will also be employed. Seeking concurrence ensures that the labour market opinion issued is based on a sound analysis of the labour market situation in all the regions or provinces where the work will occur.

If approval (concurrence) is refused by a region or province, the officer where the job will first be located contacts national headquarters for advice.

6.1 Concurrence in the Province of Quebec

Under the Canada-Québec Accord, the federal and provincial governments share jurisdiction with regards to immigration. Job offers to foreign workers of thirty-one days or more in Québec must be approved by both Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)/Service Canada and the Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC). The TFWP officer located in the area where work will first occur is responsible for obtaining both of these approvals. Job offers of thirty days or less do not require provincial approval.

To obtain MICC’s approval for job offers of thirty-one days or more:

The TFWP officer where the job will occur or first occur if the foreign worker is to be employed in more than one region or province, is responsible for obtaining concurrence from MICC.

1. The TFWP officer assessing the application seeks concurrence from other regions or province if applicable.
2. The officer emails or faxes the following to MICC: a copy of the Foreign Worker System file, the National Occupational Classification code or occupation, and the street address, city, postal code and phone number of the location(s) where the work will take place. The ’Notes to MICC’ must also include the number of days of work in each region or province.

   When sending the file to MICC for approval, the officer indicates the preferred language of correspondence. In Québec, correspondence is always sent in French unless otherwise specified.

   The MICC reviews the file provided by the TFWP officer only if the employer has a Québec Acceptance Certificate (Certificat d’acceptation du Québec) from MICC.

   Contact information for MICC is as follows:

   Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles
   Telephone: (514) 864-1165
   Fax: (514) 864-3825
   Email: travailleurs.DSER@micc.gouv.qc.ca

3. MICC faxes its decision and the certificate number to the TFWP officer.
4. The TFWP officer issues a labour market opinion in the form of a confirmation or refusal letter.

If approval (concurrence) is refused by a region, province or MICC, the TFWP officer contacts national headquarters for advice.

HRSDC/Service Canada is not required to seek concurrence from the Province of Quebec if the employment of a foreign worker is for thirty days or less.

For more information on the Forgeign Worker Program process visit MICC.

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Date Modified:

2011-05-27