For applicants relying on a valid job offer to support their Express Entry/permanent residence application (via the arranged employment points, common with LMIA or LMIA-exempt job offers), the offer letter needs to explicitly meet IRCC's validity requirement.
What group members said:- Ask your employer to specifically include a clause confirming the offer is valid for at least one year after you receive permanent residence. A generic offer letter without this clause may not satisfy IRCC's requirement.
- This requirement applies whether your job offer is LMIA-based or LMIA-exempt — either way, the one-year-post-PR validity language needs to be explicitly present in the letter.
- Note that changing jobs after receiving PR is generally fine once you're a permanent resident — the one-year validity clause is about qualifying for the arranged employment points at the application stage, not a requirement to stay in that specific job after PR is granted.
Since job offer validity requirements are a common area IRCC scrutinizes closely, have your employer's HR/legal team review the exact wording against current IRCC guidance before submission.