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Why Canada GSS Visa?

  • Start working in Canada within 15 days
  • Shortest route to migrate to Canada
  • Just two-week processing time
  • Talented skilled professionals can get in quick time
  • Foreign skilled workers are highly eligible
The Advent of GSS Visa

A shortest route for Canada immigration….

Canadian companies wanting to employ the top skilled workers are looking for a quick and obvious procedure to achieve it. To overcome these, the Global Skills Strategy (GSS) was introduced to aid all types of employers to find such talented personnel more quickly. It follows an approach to incorporate methods that process applications in quick time, take into account work permit waivers, and provides better services to customers.

International workers who qualify for this processing as per priority should have to fulfil other eligibility and acceptability requirements which would also include the provision of police certificates, if necessary. Suitable applicants need to submit all the essential documents along with their applications. If they fail to submit the necessary documents, they will not be eligible for the two-week processing time.

Global Skills Strategy in Detail

Canada has a wide range of talent and capable manpower. Despite this, you will face, at times, a requirement to hire expert workers from other countries to advance your growth. This is where Canada’s Global Skills Strategy steps in.

Employers in Canada want to attract top talent to work for their companies, and they want a fast and predictable process to fill the vacant positions. To help employers find highly skilled workers on a faster pace, IRCC introduced the Global Skills Strategy (GSS), which features two-week processing times, work permit exemptions and enhanced service.

GSS breaks down into three major parts, which includes:

  • Two-week processing for both high-skilled professionals as well as their dependents
  • The launch of Global Talent Stream for employers
  • Work permit exemptions for very short-term business travel to Canada
Eligibility Criteria for Global Skills Strategy (GSS) Visa

Foreign nationals eligible for this priority processing must still meet all other eligibility and admissibility requirements, including providing police certificates if required. If you are an eligible applicant, you must submit all required documents.
Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)-exempt workers qualify for two-week processing of their work permit application if they meet all of these requirements:

Criteria 1: Labour market impact assessment (LMIA)-exempt workers

They are applying from outside of Canada:

  • Their job is either skill type 0 (managerial) or skill level A (professional) of the National Occupational Classification (NOC).
  • Effective from November 16, 2022, revised to NOC 2021 Training, Education, Experience and Requirements (TEER) 0 will be NOC 2016 skill type 0 while NOC skill level A will be revised to TEER 1.
  • You should make use of the NOC 2021 levels on any employment offer submitted on or later than November 16, 2022.
  • The employer has submitted a job offer through the Employer Portal and paid the employer conformity fee.
  • Applicants of International Experience Canada do not qualify for two-week processing.

Criteria 2: Persons who need an LMIA

Personnel who need an LMIA qualify for two-week processing, provided they satisfy all of these requirements:

  • They are applying from outside of Canada.
  • The employer has a positive LMIA via the Global Talent Stream of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (this is on the decision letter of LMIA).

Criteria 3: Spouses and dependants

The spouse/ common-law partner of workers and their dependant ward also qualify for two-week processing of applications. This is applicable for the following applications:

  • Visitor visa
  • Work permit
  • Study permit

Spouses/common-law partners and dependent wards need to submit a finished application and apply along with the worker.

Requirements for GSS Visa

When applying from outside Canada, you will need to submit the following:

  • A filled-out application form
  • A health examination (if required)
  • Learn if you require a health examination and book it before applying so that you can include it in your application
  • Police clearance certificates (Verify requirements of your local visa office)
  • Authorized translations of documents that are neither in English nor in French
  • Fees for processing
  • Submit your biometrics results in no more than two weeks of your application’s submission (if required)
Requirements of Local Visa Office

Most of our visa offices abroad have precise instructions that you have to follow. Confirm with your local visa office requirements to ensure all necessary documents have been included with your application.

How to Get GSS Visa Processed in 2-Weeks?

The applicant have to:

  • Submit a complete application
  • Qualified under the Global Talent Stream
  • Pay the processing fees
  • Submit certified translations of documents that aren’t in English or French
  • Submit the medical exam (if required), police certificates (if required) and biometric fee on time
How to Apply for GSS Visa? 

The process to be followed while applying for GSS Visa

Step 1: Head to the work permit application

Step 2: Choose “Apply online”

Step 3: Click on the country or territory where you are applying from

Step 4: Download the visa office requirements of the particular country from the list of documents, in case there are any

Step 5: In order to qualify for two-week processing, you need to include authorized translations of documents that are either not in English or French, though, your visa office requirements indicate we admit applications in other languages

How Y-Axis Can Help You ?

Y-Axis is one of the leaders in Canadian immigration and visa consulting services. Our teams have worked on thousands of Canadian visa applications and we have the knowledge and experience to help you throughout the process. Our services include:

  • Coaching services: Y-Axis coaching services will ace your scores of standardised tests
  • Points Calculator: Evaluating your eligibility to work in Canada, through Canada Immigration Points Calculator.
  • Jobs search in Canada: Job search assistance to find a jobs in Canada
  • Counseling services: Free counseling from our Canada immigration experts on how to initiate the process, which jobs you are looking for etc.
  • Webinars: Free webinars on Canada work, immigration, etc., by our immigration professionals, which helps you to achieve your professional goals easily.
  • Expert guidance: Step by step guidance to work in Canada through Y-Path.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is GSS in Canada visa?
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Employers want to lure the choicest talent to serve their companies and want a quick and obvious process for doing it. To aid employers to find these talented workers more rapidly, we launched the Global Skills Strategy (GSS). The approach features quicker processing times for applications, work permit waivers, and offers better service to customers.

International applicants who are qualified for prioritized processing need to still fulfil all other requirements for eligibility and acceptability, which include providing police clearance certificates if necessary. Applicants who are eligible need to submit all essential documents with their application. If they fail to submit the necessary documents, they will not be eligible for the two-week processing time.

Who is eligible for two-week work permit processing?
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The Global Skills Strategy (GSS) may allow you to aid in getting to work in Canada much quicker by offering processing times of two-week on authorized work permit applications.

To qualify, you need to apply online from outside of Canada in one of the given situations:

Situation one

Your employer holds from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) a positive Global Talent Stream (GTS) (Category A or B) Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) for your job.

If you are in such a situation, you need to indicate to us you are applying to utilize a GTS LMIA once you finish your eligibility check. If not, we will not acknowledge you as a GSS applicant.

Situation two

You should:

  • Have a job offer from an employer who is excused from the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) process
  • Have a job that is skill level A (professional) or skill type 0 (managerial, executive) or
  • Are applying for a work permit that is employer-specific
What is a Labour Market Impact Assessment?
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A Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) is a document that a Canadian employer must get before recruiting an international worker.

  • A positive LMIA will indicate that a foreign worker is required to fill the position. It will also point out that there is no worker or permanent resident in Canada to do the job. A positive LMIA can, in certain cases, be considered a confirmation letter.
  • Employers who need an LMIA have to apply for one.
  • Once the LMIA is obtained by an employer, the worker is allowed to apply for a work permit.

To be eligible to apply for a work permit, a worker must get:

  • A job offer letter
  • A contract
  • A copy of the LMIA, and
  • The LMIA number
Who’s not eligible for faster processing for GSS Visa?
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We will decline to process your application in two weeks in case:

  • Your application is not complete
  • You have not included authorized translations of documents that have not been presented in English or French
  • You overlook documents from the instructions of your local visa office
  • you have submitted a paper application
  • you apply from within Canada
  • you submit an application for International Experience Canada
What is the quickest way to obtain a work permit in Canada?
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Commence work in Canada more rapidly through the Global Skills Strategy (GSS).

Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)-exempt workers are eligible for two-week processing of their application for a work permit if they satisfy all of the given requirements:

  • They have to submit an application from outside Canada
  • Their job belongs to skill level A (professional) or skill type 0 (managerial) of the National Occupational Classification (NOC).
  • Beginning November 16, 2022, NOC 2021 Training, Education, Experience and Requirements (TEER) 0 will be revised from NOC 2016 skill type 0 and NOC skill level A will be revised to TEER 1. You must make use of the NOC 2021 levels on any employment offer submitted on or later than November 16, 2022.
  • An offer of employment has been submitted by the employer making use of the Employer Portal and have made the payment of the employer compliance fee.
What is Global Talent Scheme Canada?
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Canada’s Global Talent Stream allows employers in the country to achieve through their Labour Market Benefit Plan “Increase Diversity in the Workplace.”

Workers are qualified for Global Talent Stream’s Category A if they have been referred to it by one of the designated partners of the Stream if they are recruiting an individual with niche talent.

Do remember that if an occupation applied for is included on the Global Talent Occupations List, it will undergo a Category B application processing and would need to be fulfilling Category B requirements.

You may qualify for the Global Talent Stream’s Category B if you are looking to recruit proficient foreign workers to plug vacancies in in-demand occupations that are listed on the Global Talent Occupations List.  Eligibility for Category B would not need a referral.

Processing fee

You need to pay CAD1,000 for each position applied for under the Global Talent Stream to compensate for the expenses of processing your application.

Who is exempted from a work permit to get GSS Visa?
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Two types of workers do not require work permits to be employed in short-term assignments:

  • Highly skilled workers
  • Researchers’
  • Highly skilled workers

these workers need to satisfy both these requirements:

Their job is in the National Occupational Classification’s (NOC) skill type 0 (executive, managerial) or skill level A (professional).

Commencing November 16, 2022, updated to NOC 2021 Training Education, Experience and Requirements (TEER) 0 will be NOC 2016 skill type 0, while updated to TEER1 will be NOC skill level A. It is mandatory to use the new NOC levels on any employment offer submitted on and later than November 16, 2022.

They have to work for one of the following durations only:

  • Up to 15 days consecutively once every six months
  • Up to 30 days consecutively once every twelve months

 Researchers

These employees need to satisfy both of these requirements:

  • They will conduct research at a publicly funded, degree-awarding organization in Canada or its associated research institution.
  • They will work for a single period of 120 days once every twelve months in Canada.