Canadian employers can hire foreign IT professionals through Global Talent Stream, these people may can take Labour market Impact Assessment (LMIA), if they are under the qualifying occupations like, Software Engineers and designers, Information systems analysts and consultants, computer and information system managers etc.

Under the Global Talent Stream LMIA processing time usually only two –weeks and foreign workers are generally get their work permit two –week time.

Approximately 60 occupations are eligible for work permit under Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) professional work permit category and its include IT, computer system analysts, graphic designers, technical publications writers and computer engineers.

Canadian Employers generally not required to take a LMIA for hiring American or Mexican Citizen for their workpermit.

Under the Intra-company transfer (ICT) there are three different categories and the applicant have to came under any of them for applying ICT, the first two one are not applicable for IT workers but the third one named “Specialized and proprietary Knowledge of the company or its products and this is typically how IT workers used to get the ICT work permit.

Complicated computer software and systems are using in modern Canadian companies and most of the softwaredeveloped and tested outside Canada, so it’s very difficult to find relevantexperienced person from Canada, so they have to hire people from outside and its helpful for the IT people outside Canada.

The people who coming Canada are maybe exempt from taking a work permit and may they considered as business visitors, if they are coming in the purpose of performing repair,service ;set-up, which does not include hands-on activities ; test , supervise work on equipment’s, machinery or software made outside of Canada and bought outside Canada by a Canadian Company.

The After-sales and lease services should be drafted as part of the original contract or extended sales agreement, lease or rental agreement, warranty, or service contract.

It should be performed by an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), a worker/ employee from the OEM, or a third party that was identified in the original of sale agreement for that specific aim.

The foreign national can:

Install, set up and test the commercial equipment, machinery or software, provided such work entails the need for proprietary or product-specific knowledge;
Train or supervise Canadian workers on the commercial equipment, machinery and software;
Supervise installers on the commercial equipment, machinery and software;
Repair and service the commercial equipment, machinery or software;
Perform software upgrades.
Some activities cannot be performed in Canada by a business person, like :

Operation of the equipment, machinery or software for production; or
Set-up activities, meaning hands-on installation performed by construction or building trades.