Offer of Employment to a Foreign National: Agri-Food Pilot (IMM 0115)

Questions: 1 – 6

1. Enter your business operating name
2. Enter your business legal name (as registered with Canada Revenue Agency)
3. Enter your business telephone number
4. Enter your Canada Revenue Agency business number (first 9 digits are mandatory)
5. Enter the date your business was established
6. Select the boxes which correspond to the size of your business (number of employees and gross income)

Enter the mailing address of your main office.

Questions: 1 - 5

1. Enter street and number
2. Enter city
3. Enter province
4. Enter postal code
5. Enter your business website address (if applicable)

Enter address of your main office.

Questions: 1 – 4

1. Enter street and number
2. Enter city
3. Enter province
4. Enter postal code

If your business address is the same as your mailing address, then, check the box and do not manually enter additional information in this section.

Questions: 1 – 7

1. Enter your family name (surname)
2. Enter your given name(s)
3. Enter your job title
4. Enter your telephone number
5. Enter your extension number (if applicable)
6. Enter your fax number (if applicable)
7. Enter your email address (work)

This information must be provided by the individual who is authorized to provide the job offer to the employee. IRCC may use the information in this section to directly contract the employer who provided the job offer.

Question 1:

Select the industry code (NAICS) which corresponds to your principal business activity.

Then, select one of the occupational codes (NOCs) prompted under your industrial sector code which represents the job provided to the employee.

A company is tied to a specific NAICS code when its principal activity meets the definition of the industry / NAICS. Some companies are engaged in several industrial activities, but the NAICS selected in the drop down must align with the company’s principal business activity.

Note: If your company’s principal business activity is not represented in one of the eligible industry codes, then you cannot provide a job offer to the employee under the Agri-Food Pilot program.

Question 2:

Describe the principal business activity that your company is engaged in.

This will tell us if your primary business activities are consistent with the definition of the industry code (NAICS) you selected.

Question 1:

Indicate the title of the job offered to the employee.

Question 2:

Describe the main duties which the employee will be expected to perform.

This will tell us if the main duties are consistent with the lead statement and duties shown in the National Occupation Classification (NOC) list for the occupation offered to the employee.

Question 3:

Describe the experience and skills required to perform the job offered to the employee.

Question 4:

Indicate employment start date

You can enter an earlier date if the employee is already working for you or the date the employee will be joining your company.

Question 5:

The job offer must meet all of the criteria listed below:

• Full time
• Genuine
• Indeterminate (no end date)
• Outside of Quebec
• Non-seasonal

If the job offer does not meet one or more of these requirements, then it will not be considered valid.

The genuineness of a job offer is based on the following factors:

• You are actively engaged in the business in respect of which the offer is made;
• The offer must meet the needs of the employer;
• You are able to reasonably fulfill the terms of the offer you provided the employee; and
• You must have complied with all employment laws and rules in the past.

Question 6:

The minimum educational requirements of the job can be found in the National Occupational Classification list for the occupation (NOC) offered to the employee. Some occupations have mandatory educational requirements while others have none. To verify, do a search of the occupation code (NOC) in the National Occupational Classification list.

Question 7:

Certification, licensing and registration requirements can be found in the National Occupational Classification list for the occupation offered to the employee. Provinces and territories have mandatory licensing and registration requirements for some occupations. To verify, do a search of the occupation code (NOC) in the National Occupational Classification list.

Question 8:

Provide any additional pertinent information related to the job offer (optional).

Questions 1-4

Indicate the address where the work will be performed:

1. Enter street and number
2. Enter city
3. Enter province/territory
4. Enter postal code

The job must be outside the province of Quebec.

Question 1

Enter the hourly wage being offered to the employee.

The wage offered to the employee must be one of the following:

• at or above the prevailing wage for the occupation in the province where the employment will take place (as identified on the Government of Canada’s Job Bank), unless a provincial wage is not available, then the national prevailing wage applies
• determined for unionized workers as per the provisions of the collective agreement covering the occupation

The prevailing wage is updated every year.

The wage offered to the employee must be at or above the prevailing wage or the wage determined by the collective agreement at the time the application is submitted and at the time the permanent resident visa is issued.

Check the box to indicate whether or not the wage offered is determined by a collective agreement.

Question 2

Enter the yearly wage offered to the employee.

Question 3

Check the box to confirm that the wage offered in Question 1 will be adjusted for any increase of one of the following from the time the application is submitted to the time the permanent resident visa is issued:

• the prevailing wage, as identified by the Government of Canada’s Job Bank
• the wage determined by the collective agreement

Question 4

Enter the total number of hours the employee will be working per day.

Question 5

Enter the total number of hours the employee will be working per week.

Question 6

Enter the total number of hours the employee will be working per month.

Question 7

Enter the overtime rate offered to the employee and when the rate starts applying (after how many hours of work per week, if applicable).

Question 8

Describe any alternate compensation offered to the employee (if applicable).

Examples: Housing, on-site meals, uniforms, etc.

Question 9

Select the employment benefits offered to the employee.

Questions 1 to 12

The employee’s information is required in this section

1. Enter your family name (surname) (as indicated on the passport)
2. Enter your given name(s) (as indicated on the passport)
3. Enter your gender
4. Enter your date of birth
5. Enter your Unique Client Identifier (UCI)
6. Enter your country of birth
7. Enter your country of residence
8. Enter your country of citizenship
9. Enter your passport number
10. Enter your mailing address
11. Enter your email address
12. Enter your telephone number

Must be signed by the employer.

The employee (principal applicant) must read the contents and sign the form.