A strategic and compliance-focused review of employer obligations under Canadian immigration law, including LMIA audits, prevailing wage rules, inspections and enforcement exposure.
Canadian corporate immigration has evolved into a highly regulated compliance regime. Employers sponsoring foreign workers face inspections, wage audits, document production demands, public blacklisting, and administrative monetary penalties.
This program provides a structured analysis of employer compliance obligations under Canadian work permit programs, including LMIA-based and LMIA-exempt categories such as intra-company transferees and CUSMA professionals. It examines prevailing wage requirements, record-keeping obligations, material change risks, inspection powers, and strategies for proactive compliance.
The session also addresses real-world risk management issues facing HR departments, global mobility teams, and in-house counsel, including how to conduct internal immigration audits, respond to government inspections, and mitigate enforcement exposure.
Canadian Corporate Immigration Lawyer
Benjamin Kranc (pronounced ‘Krantz’) is principal of Kranc Associates, a corporate immigration law firm. Ben received his B.A. (Hons.) in Computer Science from York University in 1983 and his LL.B. from Western University in 1986. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1988 and has been certified as a Specialist in Immigration Law by the Law Society of Upper Canada since 1997. Ben has been recognized by Who’s Who Legal as a foremost practitioner in the area of Corporate Immigration Law, and has received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest peer rating, ‘AV Preeminent®’. Ben practises Canadian immigration law exclusively, with a focus on corporate immigration. He is active in the his field, having written various texts including ‘North American Relocation Law’ (Thomson Reuters/Carswell, regularly-updated) and the corporate immigration section of the Human Resources Advisor (First Reference Books). He has also written for professional journals and other periodicals including The Law Times, Immigration and Citizenship Bulletin, and the International Human Resource Update. Ben is a lecturer at the University of British Columbia Certificate in Immigration, Laws, Policies and Procedures Program and a frequent speaker, having spoken for organizations including the Law Society of Upper Canada, the Canadian Employee Relocation Council, the Human Resources Professionals Association, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association. He is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association – Citizenship and Immigration Section. In addition to the foregoing, Ben has experience at the corporate immigration executive level, having acted as President of Emigra Canada, and Director of Emigra Group (the global parent organization), one of the world’s largest corporate immigration service providers.
