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Quebec’s Immigration Ministry has issued an updated list of occupations, which exempt from the Labour Market Impact Assessment advertising requirement. The occupations associated with this list are referred as the high-wage and specialized positions.
When the Quebec employer is going to hire a foreign employee under any of the occupations mentioned in the list, such an employer doesn’t require to locally advertise the job role at first place.
Most of the occupations on the 2017 list are also available in the updated list of 2018. Only the occupations mentioned in the new list qualify for the facilitated Labour Market Impact Assessment process. You can easily identify the changes made to the previously followed occupation list.
| REMOVED | ADDED |
|---|---|
| 1223 – Human Resources and Recruitment Officers | 0213 – Computer and information systems managers |
| 1225 – Purchasing agents and officers | 0631 – Restaurant and food service managers |
| 2225 – Landscape and horticulture technicians and specialists | 1215 – Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations |
| 2233 – Industrial engineering and manufacturing technologists and technicians | 6235 – Financial sales representatives |
| 2241 – Electrical and electronics engineering technologists and technicians | 6311 – Food service supervisors |
| 7315 – Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors |
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The employer or his/her representative can take the advantage of a 30-days transitional period to examine the application, having submitted in accordance with the occupation list of 2017. This allows the employer to verify, as to whether the application falls under the facilitated LMIA process or not.
Here is the complete 2018 list of occupations covered by the facilitated LMIA process.
| NOC | OCCUPATION TITLE |
|---|---|
| 0111 | Financial managers |
| 0124 | Advertising, marketing and public relations managers |
| 0213 | Computer and information systems managers |
| 0631 | Restaurant and food service managers |
| 1111 | Financial Auditors and Accountants |
| 1112 | Financial and investment analysts |
| 1121 | Human resources professionals |
| 1215 | Supervisors, supply chain, tracking and scheduling co-ordination occupations |
| 1222 | Executive Assistants |
| 1241 | Administrative assistants |
| 1243 | Medical administrative assistants |
| 1311 | Accounting technicians and bookkeepers |
| 2131 | Civil Engineers |
| 2132 | Mechanical Engineers |
| 2146 | Aerospace Engineers |
| 2147 | Computer engineers (except software engineers and designers) |
| 2171 | Information Systems Analysts and Consultants |
| 2173 | Software Engineers and Designers |
| 2174 | Computer Programmers and Interactive Media Developers |
| 2175 | Developers / Web Developers |
| 2231 | Civil engineering technologists and technicians |
| 2232 | Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
| 2234 | Estimators / Construction Estimators |
| 2253 | Drafting Technologists and Technicians |
| 2281 | Technicians / Computer Network Technicians |
| 2282 | User support technicians |
| 2283 | Information systems testing technicians |
| 3012 | Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses |
| 3111 | Specialist Physicians |
| 3112 | General Practitioners and Family Physicians |
| 3131 | Pharmacists |
| 3141 | Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists |
| 3142 | Physiotherapists |
| 3143 | Occupational Therapists |
| 3214 | Respiratory Therapists, Clinical Perfusionists and Cardiopulmonary Technologists |
| 3215 | Medical Radiation Technologists |
| 3222 | Dental hygienists and dental therapists |
| 3233 | Licensed Practical Nurses |
| 4021 | College and other vocational instructors |
| 4152 | Social Workers |
| 4212 | Social and community service workers |
| 4214 | Early childhood educators and assistants |
| 4215 | Instructors of persons with disabilities |
| 5131 | Producers, Directors, Choreographers and related occupations |
| 5241 | Graphic Designers and Illustrators |
| 6221 | Technical Sales Specialists – Wholesale Trade |
| 6231 | Insurance agents and brokers |
| 6235 | Financial sales representatives |
| 6311 | Food service supervisors |
| 6321 | Chefs |
| 6322 | Cooks |
| 7231 | Machinists and machining and tooling inspectors |
| 7237 | Welders and related machine operators |
| 7246 | Telecommunications installation and repair workers |
| 7311 | Construction millwrights and industrial mechanics |
| 7312 | Heavy-Duty Equipment Mechanics |
| 7315 | Aircraft mechanics and aircraft inspectors |
| 7321 | Automotive Service Technicians, Truck and Bus Mechanics and Mechanical Repairers |
| 7333 | Electrical Mechanics |