ASSOCIATED SERVICES  Arranged Employment Opinion
This type of Opinion is issued in cases where the employer has made a permanent, full-time, non-seasonal Offer of employment to a foreign worker, and the foreign worker is not expected to work in Canada before becoming a Permanent Resident of Canada.
Additional points, upto 15 can be earned on the Federal Points system, if the Applicant has an Offer of employment confirmed by the SC. The Immigration Department requires that Service Canada (SC) provide an opinion on a job offer before it can allot any points for AEO.
SC considers the following factors while processing a AEO application:
- The job offer is permanent;
- The job offer is genuine;
- The wages and working conditions are comparable to those offered to Canadians working in the occupation;
- The employment is full-time;
- The employment is not seasonal
This process is quite simple in practice, and the requirements are easy to fulfil, as follows:
- The company should be in operation for at least 1 year.
- The company should have employed at least 1 employee for at least past 12 consecutive months.
Depending upon the province, this process may be completed anywhere between 8-12 weeks.
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