Calgary immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah discusses some information, timelines and immigration processing issues for Canadian employers who are interested in strategies for hiring foreign workers because there is a labour shortage of Canadian workers. Evelyn covers topics including:

• how to expedite hiring foreign workers
• the Canadian government is looking to make the LMIA process faster
• current processing time is 2 weeks to 6 weeks to get an LMIA approved
• processing times for hiring a foreign  worker from a Western European country, America, Mexico, a country that does not require visa and consular processing
• processing times for hiring a foreign worker through a consulate such as the Philippines, India or China
• hiring foreign workers under NAFTA (the Canadian-US-Mexico Free Trade Agreement), GATs and other employment treaties
• employment audit issues