Effective September 1, 2024, a new application fee for licensing and new requirements for licensees to align with the new Immigration Services Regulations .

It is illegal to:

• charge foreign workers for a job offer or for recruitment fees or costs;

• require foreign workers to reimburse their employers for recruitment costs, including fees paid to recruiters and immigration consultants;

• provide misleading information about the job offered;

• unlawfully take possession of the property of a foreign worker;

• threaten deportation or other action without legal cause;

• contact a foreign worker, or their family or friends, if requested not to do so;

• take advantage of a foreign worker's fear or lack of knowledge;

• threaten to take action against a foreign worker for making a complaint to a government or law enforcement agency, or by participating in an investigation conducted by these agencies; and

• require a foreign worker you are recruiting to purchase other services, such as immigration consulting.

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