Agricultural Stream Program


Procedures for Barbados

Ken Mason

Consul/Chief Liaison Officer
Bus: (416) 214-9825
Fax:(416) 214-9826

Shirley Wall-Mayers

Assistant Liaison Officer

Address:

Barbados Liaison Service
110 Sheppard Avenue East
Suite 205
North York  ON  M2N 6Y8


Procedures for Eastern Caribbean Countries

Olaf Fontanelle

Chief Liaison Officer
Cell : 416-579-4662

Charmaine Williams

Liaison Officer
Bus: (416) 222-1988
Fax: (416) 222-3830

Address:

1 Concord Gate, Suite 303,Toronto,Ontario M3C 3N6
E-mail: ecls@oecs.org


Procedures for Jamaica

Carlton Anderson

Chief Liaison Officer

Phone & Fax

Bus: 416-733-4359
Fax: 416-733-0023
Cell: 647-464-5101


Procedures for Guatemala

  1. F.A.R.M.S. requires the Agricultural Stream Appointment of Representative form and credit card authorization form to be completed and returned to our office.
  2. Place LMIA Application with Service Canada. In Ontario please contact Service Canada Simcoe Call Centre at: 1-800-367-5693 or email to ESDC.ON.TFWP-PTET.ON.EDSC@servicecanada.gc.ca  For all other provinces contact your local Service Canada office.
  3. Once completed, please forward the LMIA and employment contract to Comuguate in Guatemala.
  4.  Comuguate will provide the employer the names of the workers.
  5. Employer must submit the names of the workers to Service Canada to obtain a final Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Number.
  6. Once employer receives the approved LMIA Decision letter, employer must email the LMIA and the Ag Stream Supplement for LMIAs form to F.A.R.M.S. at agstreamadmin@farms-canag.com and to Comuguate.
  7. F.A.R.M.S. administration fee is $50.00 + HST. per worker (direct arrivals/renewals in Canada). Administration fee is due upon receipt of the LMIA at FARMS. The administration fees for cancelled vacancies are NON-REFUNDABLE.
  8.  F.A.R.M.S. sends Comuguate and CanAg Travel the final LMIA details with a requested travel date.
  9. Once travel date has been confirmed, CanAg Travel will contact the employer to arrange ground transportation. Fees for this service vary depending on where employer is.
  10. CanAg meets worker at the airport and facilitates worker movement through Customs and Immigration and gets them through Pearson Airport onwards to bus connections or local pick-up.
  11. If a worker disappears off the farm or doesn’t show up for work, please contact the F.A.R.M.S. office and Comuguate so worker can be declared AWOL with authorities.


Procedure for Mexico

  1. F.A.R.M.S. requires the Agricultural Stream Appointment of Representative form and credit card authorization form to be completed and returned to our office.
  2. Place LMIA Application with Service Canada. In Ontario please contact Service Canada Simcoe Call Centre at: 1-800-367-5693 or email to ESDC.ON.TFWP-PTET.ON.EDSC@servicecanada.gc.ca. For all other provinces contact your local Service Canada office.
  3. Once completed, please forward the LMIA and employment contract to Working Link.
  4. Working Link will send names of workers to the employer.
  5. Employer must submit the names of the workers to Service Canada to obtain a final Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) Number.
  6. Once employer receives the approved LMIA Decision letter, employer must email the LMIA and the Ag Stream Supplement for LMIAs form to F.A.R.M.S. at agstreamadmin@farms-canag.com and to Working Link.
  7. F.A.R.M.S. administration fee is $50.00 + HST. per worker (direct arrivals/renewals in Canada). Administration fee is due upon receipt of the LMIA at FARMS. The administration fees for cancelled vacancies are NON-REFUNDABLE.
  8. Once a travel date has been confirmed, CanAg Travel will contact the employer to arrange ground transportation. Fees for this service vary depending on where employer is.
  9. CanAg meets worker at the airport and facilitates worker movement through Customs and Immigration and gets them through Pearson Airport onwards to bus connections or local pick-up.
  10. If a worker disappears off the farm or doesn’t show up for work, please contact the F.A.R.M.S. office and Working Link so worker can be declared AWOL with authorities.


AG STREAM SUPPLEMENT FOR LMIAs

The Ag Stream Supplement for LMIA’s is a F.A.R.M.S. initiated form which is to be used as a supplement to the approved LMIA. It is designed to be used to identify and provide the necessary information to F.A.R.M.S. for worker(s) named on the LMIA.

Please click here for the Adobe version of the form

Please click here for the Excel version of the form