Employment Permit

Employment Permit

Pakistani applicant → foreign employer → job offer → sponsorship/permit → visa/residence → employment

Requirements may include:
- Job offer
- Employment contract
- Employer sponsorship
- Labour-market approval
- Qualification
- Experience
- Professional licence
- Language
- Salary threshold
- Police certificate
- Medical
- Biometrics

Description

Canada, for example, states that most employers hiring temporary foreign workers need an LMIA unless an exemption applies.

Major subtypes:
- Skilled worker
- General worker
- Seasonal worker
- Agricultural worker
- Construction worker
- Healthcare worker
- IT worker
- Hospitality worker
- Truck driver
- Engineer
- Teacher
- Nurse
- Care worker
- Technician
- Factory worker

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