Immigration Services for National Research Council Canada

NRC is seeking an experienced immigration consulting firm to support the recruitment and retention of foreign workers.

Given the NRC’s specialized research, it is often not possible to find qualified Canadians or Permanent Residents to fill our research positions. Due to this challenge, the NRC, supported by the Human Resources Branch, often needs to recruit internationally. Employers must demonstrate numerous requirements to both ESDC and CIC when hiring foreign workers, and these requirements are continually evolving and have become increasingly detailed and complex. Foreign workers may be hired to work in any NRC location across Canada.

Typically, a foreign worker is offered a position at the NRC following an advertised competition or through a recruitment program where, through either process, there were no successful Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents.

In most cases, the NRC is not required to submit an LMIA when hiring foreign workers into research positions. Instead, exemption code C31 is used as appropriate: Work related to a research, educational or training program [R205(c)]. Specifically, section 5 which states “persons sponsored by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) as distinguished scientists or scholars coming to participate in research for the NRC and the NSERC.” When the C31 exemption code is not appropriate, other exemptions are considered (i.e. CUSMA) or an LMIA is submitted.