1. Low-Wage LMIA.If you are hiring temporary foreign workers and offering them a wage that is below the provincial or territorial median hourly wage,you are subject to a cap on the proportion of temporary foreign workers that you, as an employer, can hire in low-wage positions at a specific work location.
2. High-Wage LMIA.If you are hiring temporary foreign workers and offering them a wage that is at or above the provincial or territorial median hourly wage, you, as an employer, can hire in high-wage positions at a specific work location.

3. LMIA for Agricultural Workers. To hire foreign workers only for on-farm primary agriculture activity. Employers can hire foreign workers only in the following commodity sectors: apiary products, fruits, vegetables (including canning/processing of these products, if grown on the farm), mushrooms, flowers, nursery-grown trees including Christmas trees, greenhouses/nurseries, pedigreed canola seed, sod, tobacco, bovine, dairy, duck, horse, mink, poultry, sheep, swine. The activity must be related to on-farm primary agriculture.

4. LMIA for Seasonal Agricultural Workers.  Under the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program, Canadian employers can hire only foreign workers – citizens of specified countries: Mexico and Caribbean countries of Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.

5. LMIA to Support a Permanent Residency (PR)- This application allows an employer to support the PR of the employee or prospective employee. If a positive ESDC’s LMIA is granted (called a valid job offer or arranged employment), then a prospective worker will get additional Express Entry points – 200 points for an offer in a NOC 00 job, and 50 points for arranged employment in NOC 0, A or B job. This will increase worker’s CRS scorein the Express Entry system, and chances to immigrate to Canada, respectively. LMIAs supporting permanent residence only.

6. Dual Intent LMIA.It has two purposes: support PR and work permit applications at the same time. Employers may also consider a Dual Intent LMIA if they need to fill a vacancy quickly but intend to retain the worker permanently. It will support the foreign national’s application for a permanent resident visa and temporary work permit.

7. Global Talent Stream. Under this stream there are two categories:

 Category A. This option allows innovative firms in Canada to hire unique and specialized foreign nationals. It is only subject to a condition that Canadian designated referral partners validate such a firm for meeting the following requirements: Canadian-based firm, innovation-oriented, has an intention to grow and scale-up, seeks to fill a unique and specialized position and identified a foreign worker for hire. Up to two referrals are normal practice under this category.

Category B. Canadian companies can hire for in-demand highly skilled positions that are listed on the Global Talent Occupations List. For Category B in-demand occupations, there are minimum wage requirements that must be met too.

8. LMIA for In-home Caregivers. Canadians can hire foreign caregivers to care for children under the age of 18 years and seniors, or persons with certified medical needs in the private household over the age of 65 years.