20261125 - What is happening with LMIAs?

Presenter/s: Jean Toews RCIC-IRB and Daniel Briere RCIC-IRB

Date: 25 November 2026

Time: 1 pm - 4 pm Pacific time/3 pm - 5 pm ET

Location: webinar

Type: webinar and recording

Price: $90

CPD approval:

• LSBC 3 CPD hours approved. Video recording will expire on 31 December 2026. Attendance to this course will provide you with 45 minutes of ethics and professional responsibility component for your BC Law Society reporting.
• Law Societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Barrister's Society of Nova Scotia
• For members of these Law Societies, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual requirements.

Outline:

Update

• What is happening with the LMIA process and how to serve clients ethically
• Are you one of the professionals giving up doing LMIAs
• Does the officer you get affect the process and the outcome
• Job bank changes impacting the LMIA process
• Too many incomplete files – what is incomplete
• Updated accepted websites for job postings for LMIA
• Proof of Business documents changes
• Agricultural documentation changes and expectations
• Wage changes and confusion over the changes for median and high wage jobs
• Questions that officers are asking your employer client
• NOC confusion
• Advertisement confusion. 
• Refusal to process

Changes

• Updated accepted websites for job postings for LMIA

College of Citizenship and Immigration - Essential Competency mapping  

Professionalism

6.1 Demonstrates and maintains competence in practice. 

6.1.2 Stays current and complies with legislation, regulation, professional standards, policies and guidelines. 

Communication, Counselling and Advocacy

8.2 Uses effective counselling skills when interacting with the client.

 8.2.10 Provides the client with accurate and current resources to support client’s access to additional services or information. 

8.5 Manages client expectations through effective communications. 

8.5.1 Clearly communicates factors influencing the outcome.

8.5.2 Identifies the client’s goals and anticipated outcomes of the services provided. 

8.5.3 Identifies negative factors affecting the outcome and provides strategic advice on effective mitigation strategies. 

Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Evidence-Based Practice 

9.3 Adopts evidence-based practices in the provision of services. 

9.3.4 Formulates a case strategy and a legal argument that are founded on legal grounds and proven concepts. 

Speaker/s:

Jean Toews RCIC-IRB 

Jean is an experienced CICC Regulated Immigration Consultant who has worked with a diverse clientele for the past 15 years.  She serves her clients with 100% passion and hard work through her own practice at Adventus Canada Immigration (adventuscanada.com). She is an Honours Graduate of the Humber Immigration Consultancy program and possesses a Bachelor Degree in Business. 

Her past experience as a business and management consultant working with both the private and public gives her a strong background in helping business investors wishing to invest in Canada. She is dedicated to helping clients achieve their dreams in Canada.  

As a past facilitator for the immigration program with CDI College and working for Deloitte Touche facilitating their Entrepreneurship program she brings strong instruction skills to the GDipICL program at Queens.  

Jean is a strong believer in the importance of immigration and the rules and regulations that govern how clients should be served by authorized representatives.  The ethics, morals and values of CICC are paramount in serving people around the world.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jean-toews-b-comm-rcic-irb-6151b022/

Daniel Briere RCIC-IRB

Daniel is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant and the owner of Briere Immigration in Calgary, Alberta. He began his immigration consulting career in 2015 after retiring from a career in human resources management. His previous experience includes senior leadership positions, including Vice-President and Director of Human Resources, with organizations such as IBM, Nortel, Carewest, and Flint Energy.

Daniel specializes in economic immigration, family class sponsorship, and Provincial Nominee Programs. He has represented clients in permanent residence applications through Express Entry, family sponsorship, provincial nomination, and humanitarian and compassionate grounds. His practice also encompasses work and study permits, visitor records, temporary resident permits, LMIAs, immigration appeals, and matters before the Refugee Protection Division.

Drawing on his human resources background and immigration practice, Daniel brings an employer-informed, practical perspective to LMIA applications, including occupational classification, wage requirements, employer documentation, and communication with Service Canada officers.

Daniel holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McGill University and completed his immigration law training at Humber College.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brieredaniel/

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