{"id":9943,"date":"2026-01-26T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/2026\/01\/26\/changes-are-coming-to-lmia-exempt-work-permits-this-year-heres-what-to-expect\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T03:00:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:00:53","slug":"changes-are-coming-to-lmia-exempt-work-permits-this-year-heres-what-to-expect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/2026\/01\/26\/changes-are-coming-to-lmia-exempt-work-permits-this-year-heres-what-to-expect\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes are coming to LMIA-exempt work permits this year \u2013 here\u2019s what to expect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bSome major changes to Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)-exempt work permits are on the docket for the year 2026, including an increase in the admissions target, a freeze on eligible fields of study for post-graduation work permits (PGWPs), and a suite of additional planned, expected, and potential measures. Admissions target increase for foreign workers The<br \/>\nThe post Changes are coming to LMIA-exempt work permits this year \u2013 here\u2019s what to expect first appeared on CIC News.<\/p>\n<p>Some major changes to Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)-exempt work permits are on the docket for the year 2026, including an increase in the admissions target, a freeze on eligible fields of study for post-graduation work permits (PGWPs), and a suite of additional planned, expected, and potential measures. Admissions target increase for foreign workers The [\u2026]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/01\/changes-are-coming-to-lmia-exempt-work-permits-this-year-heres-what-to-expect-0170306.html\">Changes are coming to LMIA-exempt work permits this year \u2013 here\u2019s what to expect<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/\">CIC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2026\/01\/changes-are-coming-to-lmia-exempt-work-permits-this-year-heres-what-to-expect-0170306.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bSome major changes to Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)-exempt work permits are on the docket for the year 2026, including an increase in the admissions target, a freeze on eligible fields of study for post-graduation work permits (PGWPs), and a suite of additional planned, expected, and potential measures. Admissions target increase for foreign workers The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cic-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9943\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shaya.sabtrax.dev\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}