Canada Lmia Restrictions News Today 2025 Today. As of may 1st, 2025, the validity period of an lmia will now return to 6 months. The immigration minister weighs a crackdown, a liberal minister steps down to clear his name and a worker is stranded in toronto due to the postal strike.

Starting september 3, 2025, the processing of lmia applications will be suspended for six months for job offers in the montreal region with wages below $27.47/hour, quebec’s current median hourly wage. The government of canada will refuse to process.