Source change captured:
International Mobility Program
Overview
At a glance
Funding available
- Develop workforce skills
- Varies by project
Eligible candidates
- All industries
- Canada
- For-profit business
- Financial cooperative
- Non-profit
- Sole proprietorship
- Public or Parapublic institution
- Non-financial cooperative
- Social economy enterprise
- All revenue ranges
- All organization sizes
- All groups
- All industries
- Business owners / entrepreneurs
- All structures
- All dimensions
Next Steps
Availability timeline
Activities funded
- Hiring French-speaking or bilingual foreign workers outside Quebec
Documents Needed
- Offer of employment form
Sources and recorded changes
- Source change captured
- Change recorded
- Record updated
A captured source change or record update does not confirm eligibility. Check the funder’s current rules before applying.
International Mobility Program processing instructions revised
The International Mobility Program processing guidance was revised to reflect updated employer-portal, attestation, alternate submission, and concern-referral instructions.
The Employer-specific work permits – General processing guidance for the International Mobility Program was reorganized and updated with new wording for employer-portal submissions, employer attestations, and the explanation of how the offer of employment meets the IMP requirements. It also updates the alternate-submission path for IMM 5802, the instructions for concern referrals, and the internal review language used when matching an offer of employment to a work permit application. The page now points officers to employer compliance inspections when concerns arise, and several instructions were reworded to reflect IMP-specific processing rather than LMIA-exemption wording. The visible page date also changed from 2024-12-24 to 2026-09-18.
Program guide
Application form
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Employers
Who is not eligible
- Employers in the public list of non-compliant employers
- Employers hiring workers for prohibited adult entertainment services
- Businesses that need an LMIA instead of an LMIA exemption
Eligible expenses
- Employer compliance fee
Eligible geographic areas
- Canada outside Quebec
How to apply
- Create and submit an offer of employment form through the Employer Portal.
Processing and Agreement
- After the temporary worker’s application for a work permit is approved, you must meet the responsibilities and conditions that apply.
- Make sure you see the worker’s work permit and know its expiry date.
- Meet the conditions listed on the work permit and the details of the offer of employment that you submitted to us.
- Meet all applicable federal, provincial and territorial employment and recruiting laws.
