Applicant guide for the Global Talent Stream

Introduction

The Global Talent Stream, which is a part of the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program, provides you with expedited access to unique, specialized and highly-skilled temporary foreign workers. This Stream is intended for innovative firms in Canada that have a need to hire unique and specialized temporary foreign workers in order to scale-up and grow. It is also meant for firms in Canada that are seeking to hire highly-skilled foreign workers to fill positions in occupations on the Global Talent Occupations List.

You may be eligible for Category A of the Global Talent Stream if you have been referred to the Global Talent Stream by one of the Global Talent Stream’s Designated Partners and if you are hiring an individual with unique and specialized talent.

or

You may be eligible for Category B if you are seeking to hire highly-skilled foreign workers to fill positions in in-demand occupations found on the Global Talent Occupations List.

Please visit Hire a top talent through the Global Talent Stream for detailed information on the eligibility criteria for Categories A and B as well as instructions on how to apply to the Global Talent Stream.

Note

If you are submitting an application for a position in the province of Quebec:

Immigration is a shared responsibility between the Federal Government and the Government of Quebec. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Quebec’s ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) work collaboratively to issue joint decisions on applications through the Global Talent Stream.

In addition to submitting your Global Talent Stream application package to ESDC, it is important that you submit your application and other supporting documents simultaneously to the Government of Quebec in order to be fully assessed and receive a decision.

For further information on what supporting documents, fees and other requirements need to be met and provided to the Government of Quebec along with your Global Talent Stream application, employers from Quebec are invited to consult Quebec’s ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) website (French only).

Service standard

Note

If you are submitting an application for a position in the province of Quebec:

ESDC and Quebec’s ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) jointly process Global Talent Stream applications. You will also benefit from faster processing, targeting a joint service standard of 10-business days starting on the business day after the application has been received by ESDC. However, to benefit from this faster processing service, it is important that you submit your application and other supporting documents simultaneously to the Government of Quebec.

For further information on what supporting documents, fees and other requirements need to be met and provided to the province of Quebec along with your Global Talent Stream application, employers from Quebec are invited to consult Quebec’s ministère de l’Immigration, de la Francisation et de l’Intégration (MIFI) website (French only).

Application form instructions

The following provides instructions for completing the Global Talent Stream application form.

Section 1: Global Talent eligibility

After reviewing the TFW program website, if you believe that the position for which you intend to hire a foreign worker falls under one of the occupations listed on the Global Talent Occupations List (Category B), then select Yes and proceed directly to Section 2. If not, then proceed to the next question.

If you have been referred to the Global Talent Stream by a Global Talent Stream Designated Partner and you have identified an individual with unique and specialized talent (Category A) select Yes and proceed to the next sub-section to record the contact details of that organization’s representative(s).

Section 2: Employer business information

Canada Revenue Agency business number of the employer

Business legal name

Business address

Mailing address

Website address

Date business started

Note

If the specific day, or month and day, are unknown (for example, due to the significant age of the business), then enter the year and month, or just the year, respectively.

Note

If your business was recently involved in a merger or change of ownership that involved creating a new legal entity, enter the date that the new legal entity was registered with CRA.

Organization type and structure

Number of employees

Annual gross revenue

Work-sharing support

Note

If your business receives support through the Work-Sharing program, you would have applied separately and signed an agreement with the Government of Canada that included a reference number. Provide that reference number here, if applicable

Section 3: Employer contact information

Principal employer contact information

Note

The principal employer contact will be the first individual that ESDC will attempt to reach if there are questions or concerns about the application. While this individual does not need to be the owner, president, or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the business, it is best if this individual is knowledgeable about the day-to-day operations of the business, the recruitment process involved, and is available to speak to ESDC officials throughout the application process, including to complete the Labour Market Benefits Plan that will outline employer-specific commitments and activities. Many employers find that in addition to the CEO, a senior human resources manager or the head of the department where the TFW will work at the firm are other good choices to fill this role.

Alternate employer contact information

Section 4: Third-party information

Appointment of a Third-party

Canada Revenue Agency business number of the third-party

Legal name of the third-party

Business operating name of the third-party

Third-party contact information

Note

The third-party contact, or third-party representative, will likely be contacted by ESDC if there are questions or concerns about the application. This individual must sign Section 11b of the application form called the Declaration of the Third-Party Representative.

It is best if the third-party contact is available to speak to ESDC officials throughout the application process, including during the completion of the Labour Market Benefits Plan. However, given that the Plan commits you as the employer to activities and actions, the third party contact cannot sign your completed Plan. Approval and signature of the completed Labour Market Benefits Plan is the responsibility of the principal or alternate employer contact provided in the Global Talent Stream application.

If the relationship between you and the third-party changes in any material way, ESDC must be informed.

Payment of the third-party

Section 5: Job offer details

Job title

Suggested National Occupational Classification

Note

ESDC will conduct an assessment of the information provided to ensure the appropriate NOC was identified.

Number of Global Talent TFWs

Main duties of job

Expected employment start date

Expected employment duration

Employment duration rationale

Union status

Language requirement(s)

Note

If an additional language, other than English or French is required, please describe why it is a mandatory and reasonable job requirement.

Note
There may be rare cases where an offer of employment does not require any language for the foreign national.
If there is no language required for the job, you must provide more details on the application, including:

  • how the foreign national will perform job duties in an effective and safe manner without the ability to communicate in any language, and
  • what reasonable measures are in place to ensure health and safety of all persons at the place of work. To demonstrate this, you must also provide applicable and appropriate documentation with your application

Examples of reasonable measures are:

  • having translated workplace safety manuals and procedures
  • providing work place safety training in the foreign national’s identified language
  • using international safety signs that use symbols (pictures)
  • having official translators on-site
  • and/or employing other workers or supervisors who can speak with the foreign nationals in their identified language

Education requirement(s)

Experience requirement(s)

Recruitment

Lay-offs

Job losses or reduction in hours for Canadian/permanent resident employees

The definitions of Outsourcing and Offshoring are:

Section 6: Compensation and benefits

Wage range

Note

If the positions are paid by salary or by some other means, you must convert that figure into an equivalent hourly wage and describe how the hourly rate was calculated.

Full-time status

Work hours

Wages

Note

The TFW program uses hourly wage, in Canadian dollars, as the universal standard measurement for determining compensation. If the position is paid by salary or by some other means, or in a currency other than Canadian dollars, you must convert that figure into an equivalent hourly wage in Canadian dollars and provide the calculations used to obtain that figure.

For example, an employee is paid an annual salary of $100,000 United States dollars, with a hypothetical exchange rate at the time of application of 1.25 USD/CAD, and works 52 weeks per year at 40 hours per week. The result from a rough calculation is that employee makes approximately $60.09 CAD per hour (100,000 x 1.25 ÷ 52 ÷ 40 = 60.09).

Benefits

Vacation

Section 7: Work location

Principal business activity at the work location

Note

If the business activity at the work location is different than the company’s headquarters, the location’s specific business activity should be described here, as opposed to describing the company’s general business activity.

Operating name of the work location

Primary work location address

Other work location(s) address

Note

Additional work locations can be provided by attaching additional sheets to the application package. Any additional locations will be assessed by ESDC. Note that the wage being paid to the TFW must meet or exceed the prevailing wage in all locations of work, not just the primary location.

Labour dispute

Section 8: Labour Market Benefits

If you are an employer that already has an approved Labour Market Benefits Plan and are submitting another application to the Global Talent Stream for additional TFW positions, you will not have to submit a new Labour Market Benefits Plan; however, a review of your existing Plan will be conducted.

As part of this review, you could be asked to provide an update on your commitments to date in the Labour Market Benefits Plan. You could also be asked to amend or expand existing commitments to reflect your request for additional TFW position(s). This will help ensure that returning employers to the Global Talent Stream continue to provide positive lasting benefits for Canadian workers.

Please note that a decision by a returning employer not to amend their Labour Market Benefits Plan on request by ESDC officials could result in a negative assessment for the additional requested position(s) unless the application is withdrawn.

As noted under the Processing Fee section of the Program Requirements for the Global Talent Stream, processing fees for an application will not be refunded in the event of withdrawal or a negative assessment, or for choosing to go through a different program stream.

Section 9: Mandatory Labour Market Benefit

Completion of Section 9: Mandatory Labour Market Benefit is only required on your first Global Talent Stream application.

Identify the Mandatory Benefit

Activity/milestone

  1. Job creation
    • For this benefit, employers will need to track the number of jobs either directly connected to the foreign national hired or the overall job growth within the company.
    • Examples of activities to support this benefit could include, but are not limited to:
      • Hiring additional Canadians and permanent residents to support the foreign worker in their role; and
      • Increasing the number of Canadians or permanent residents employed full time and part-time by the employer
  2. Investment in skills and training
    • For this benefit, employers will need to invest in skills and training for Canadians and permanent residents to strengthen the labour market
    • Examples of activities to support this benefit could include, but are not limited to:
      • Increasing investments in in-house skills and training
      • Establishing or enhancing educational partnerships with local or regional post-secondary institutes or with other organizations that are supporting skills and training (for example, providing post-secondary institutes with free licenses or other access to specialized software that will help build student skills on key industry tools);
      • Providing paid co-op or internship opportunities at the firm; and
      • Participation in work-integrated learning or other federal and provincial skills and training programs

Target

Start and end dates

Section 10: Complementary labour market benefits

In addition to the applicable mandatory benefit, you must commit to achieving at a minimum two complementary benefits with at least one activity for each benefit. The complementary benefits identified by an employer in their Plan must not be the same as the mandatory benefit identified in Section 9.

Completion of Section 10: Complementary Labour Market Benefits are only required as part of an employer’s first Global Talent Stream application.

Complementary benefits

Activity/milestone

Complementary benefit identified

Activity/milestone

Target

Start and end dates

Section 11: Signatures and declarations

Signature of employer

Note

This section also includes declarations that the information provided on the Global Talent Stream application is true, accurate and complete, that you will comply with all TFW program requirements, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, and the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.

Declaration of the third-party representative

Note

This section also includes a declaration that the information provided in Section 4: Third-party Information is true, accurate and complete.

Appointment of the third-party representative

Processing fee payment form

Employer business name

Canada Revenue Agency business number

Fee calculation

Method of payment

Note

If the type of credit card is not listed, then it is not accepted by ESDC as a means of paying the application processing fee.

Temporary Foreign Worker information template

Identify each foreign worker you are seeking to hire

Name

Gender and date of birth

Citizenship(s)

Note

Employers submitting applications as part of Category A of the Global Talent Stream must have identified a foreign worker and provide the above information in order to be eligible.

Note

If the TFW holds more than two (2) citizenships, prioritize the citizenship of the passport that the TFW is likely to use when arriving in Canada.

Location of primary residence outside Canada

Note

The individual’s country of primary residence does not always match their citizenship(s).

For example, an individual with dual United Kingdom and German citizenship may be legally residing as a Green Card Holder (permanent resident) in New York City, in the United States, without holding United States citizenship.

Location of residence inside Canada

Immigration status

Annex 1 – Additional occupations

If you are seeking foreign workers in multiple occupations, complete Annex 1 for each additional occupation and include it with the completed application form (EMP5624).

Annex 1 shares all of its content with questions already present on the Global Talent Stream application. As such, applicants should refer to the above guidance in equivalent sections of the application.

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