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Hiring Foreign Workers: How Recent Immigration Changes Can Impact Your Business

Tue February 11, 2025
4:00 pm - 4:45 pm
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This exclusive webinar is designed for Canadian employers navigating the challenges of hiring and retaining a skilled workforce. With significant changes to immigration policies and regulations, understanding their options as an employer has never been more critical. Learn how to leverage immigration pathways, including LMIA and LMIA-exempt options, to address labour shortages and grow their business while ensuring compliance with new ESDC and IRCC requirements.

Webinar Overview
This session focuses on helping employers understand and utilize Canada’s immigration programs to meet workforce needs. Topics include:

  • 2025–2027 Immigration Plan Levels: Insights into government priorities and what they mean for employers.
  • New ESDC/IRCC Regulations: How recent updates impact hiring and compliance for foreign workers.
  • Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and LMIA-Exempt Pathways: A clear breakdown of processes and options available to employers.
  • Immigration Solutions for Your Business: Evaluating eligibility, commitments, and benefits of hiring foreign talent.
  • Interactive Q&A: Ask questions specific to your business and receive expert advice.

 
Please note you will be asked to register again in Zoom - you can do this anytime by clicking the meeting link once you have signed up. 

Learning Outcomes:

By attending this webinar, employers will:

  • Gain a clear understanding of Canada’s new immigration policies and their implications for hiring foreign workers.
  • Learn step-by-step how to navigate LMIA applications and explore LMIA-exempt programs.
  • Discover how immigration programs can provide solutions to labour shortages in key industries.
  • Understand employer obligations under updated ESDC and IRCC regulations to ensure compliance.
  • Leave with actionable knowledge to make informed decisions about integrating foreign talent into their workforce strategy.

This webinar is tailored specifically for employers looking to stay informed and competitive in the evolving immigration landscape.
 

Presenter:

FERNANDA GONZALEZ
El Camino Immigration Services
Fernanda Gonzalez

Bio: Fernanda Gonzalez started her firm, El Camino Immigration Services, in 2018. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Studies from the University of Monterrey (UDEM), a Master’s Degree in International Commerce from the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL), and an International Finance Diploma from the Technological Institute of Higher Studies of Monterrey (ITESM) in Mexico.
Before her Canadian immigration consultant career, Fernanda was a thriving international private banking professional. She was the Regional International Treasury Manager for North-eastern Mexico at BBVA Bancomer, a leading Mexican financial institution. She was later a broker in its Private Banking division. Over time, Fernanda became a licensed financial consultant and broker and practiced for over 15 years. During that time, she represented Mutual of New York in Mexico’s Northeast and Central regions. She also developed new markets for services and goods representing the following companies: MONY, Graphicolor Digital, Medica Insurgentes Hospital, and Italika, from the Grupo Salinas.
At the beginning of 2016, Fernanda immigrated to Canada, where she specialized in Immigration Law, Policies and Procedures at the University of British Columbia. In 2017, she began her immigration training under the mentorship of Kjeld M. Hansen, a regulated immigration consultant head of Evolve Immigration, who has more than 20 years of experience. Currently, they work together as associates. In the summer of 2018, Fernanda received her Registered Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) Licence. Since then, she has completed an average of 120 hours annually of professional development in the field. Besides, in 2021, she obtained the Business Immigration Certificate from Ashton College, BC. Fernanda has maintained her licence and good standing as a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant from the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants of Canada. She also has a BC and SK Licence as a Recruiter of Foreign Workers.
So far, El Camino Immigration Services has more than 400 clients with an approval case rate of 97.50 % and has obtained the Canadian Business Review Board and Three Best Business Awards for three consecutive years.
“I strongly believe that professionalism and good customer service make a great difference in any successful business.” Fernanda Gonzalez

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