In most cases, an employer need A Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) before hiring a foreign worker. A positive LMIA will show that there is a need for a foreign worker to fill the vacancy and there is no Canadian worker or permanent resident is available to do the job. Work permit based on LMIA also known as restriction based work permit. An applicant may have all or one restriction on their work permit:
not authorized to work at any other location than written on work permit.
not authorized to work in any other occupation than written on work permit.
not authorized to work with another employer than written on work permit.
Applicant required following documents in order to apply a LMIA based Work Permit:
Passport
Contract Letter
Positive LMIA
Education Certificates
Experience Certificates(Including reference letters and paystubs)
English Language Test Certificate e.g IELTS, CELPIP (Not required but recommended)
Photo
Other documents (Travel History, Financial and Relationship status documents may required)