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INSTRUCTOR

CLIENT

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ARRIVAL DATE

Canada Border Services Agency

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Dear Sir/Madam:

RE:	APPLICATION FOR LMIA EXEMPT WORK PERMIT AS A CUSMA PROFESSIONAL R204(a), T36, MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

Applicant:	INSTRUCTOR

Citizenship:	United States

Services to be proved to:	CLIENT

Location:	LOCATION

This letter is submitted in support of the work permit application of INSTRUCTOR, a management consultant employed with ThinkReliability, a Houston-based consulting company. CLIENT has retained ThinkReliability to provide INSTRUCTOR’s management consulting services for improving our organization’s work processes at our facility in LOCATION. INSTRUCTOR is to arrive in Canada ARRIVAL DATE in anticipation of the start date and departing on [DEPARTURE DATE] following the completion of the work.

PREARRANGED MANAGEMENT CONSULTING SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT ON BEHALF OF THINKRELIABILITY

CLIENT [Canadian Company to insert company description]

ThinkReliability is a company whose consultants provide business globally with processes to identify, investigate, prevent and solve problems through its trademarked methodology in the field of Root Cause Analysis called Cause Mapping. CLIENT has retained ThinkReliability to provide its methodology through the delivery of a two-day Cause Mapping Workshop to select personnel at our head office in LOCATION. The purpose of this workshop is to improve the participants skills in analyzing, documenting and communicating in an investigation to prevent incidents and mitigate risk related to company specific issues. There are currently no Canadian vendors with the capability and expertise to provide this critical consulting and training service. INSTRUCTOR will be providing his specialized expertise on behalf of ThinkReliability in the delivery of this workshop. He is familiar with our company, having previously led similar workshops at the facility.

Included in this submission is the [PURCHASE/CONTRACT ORDER] between CLIENT and ThinkReliability, indicating ThinkReliability will be paid approximately USD$[CONTRACT AMOUNT], including related travel expenses incurred by the consultant.

INSTRUCTOR’S QUALIFICATIONS AS A MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT

INSTRUCTOR has been providing specialized management consulting services leading root cause analysis workshops for ThinkReliability since [YEAR INSTRUCTOR STARTED WITH THINKRELIABILITY]. [INSTRUCTOR EDUCATION DETAILS]. INSTRUCTOR’s resume and company biography detailing HIS/HER experience are also included for your reference.

We kindly request that you approve this work permit application to allow INSTRUCTOR to provide his management consulting services to CLIENT.

Please feel free to call me at [CANADIAN COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE PHONE]

if you have any questions or concerns.

Kind regards,

[CANADIAN COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE]

[CANADIAN COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE JOB TITLE]

[CANADIAN COMPANY]

[CANADIAN COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE EMAIL]

[CANADIAN COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE PHONE]