unlikely to get a work permit?

[clairemynx]

my partner works for walmart and has over fifteen years in various basic departments. he is american. im wondering if its unlikely for him to get a work permit (or work visa?) if looking to transfer to a walmart in canada, working and living here. would he need to be sponsored?. his long term goal is permanent residency and citizenship

 

[Bs65]

Personal view unlikely I would think for Walmart to pay to sponsor an LMIA application (1000 dollars), advertise a job for a few months to ensure no resident is available (unlikely). If you are married or common law the best way would be spouse sponsorship which is fairly straight forward if you are a citizen even if outside of Canada . Not quite so if someone is a PR given a PR would need to be resident in Canada during the process to sponsor a spouse..

With the inland spouse sponsorship route there is the option for a work permit application but that implies at least a 4 month wait and being in Canada during that time.

 

[Copingwithlife]

my partner works for walmart and has over fifteen years in various basic departments. he is american. im wondering if its unlikely for him to get a work permit (or work visa?) if looking to transfer to a walmart in canada, working and living here. would he need to be sponsored?. his long term goal is permanent residency and citizenship

As mentioned above , the only way Walmart would do a transfer would be for a extremely high level position in their organization . Jobs in their stores are typically filled with citizens or PR individuals. There would be no need for a store to go thru the expense or time to bring in a foreigner, locals can fill the positions
You had mentioned in another thread your bf works in a basic job at Walmart, so definitely no possibility a LMIA would work or be approved by the ESDC

 

[scylla]

my partner works for walmart and has over fifteen years in various basic departments. he is american. im wondering if its unlikely for him to get a work permit (or work visa?) if looking to transfer to a walmart in canada, working and living here. would he need to be sponsored?. his long term goal is permanent residency and citizenship

He would need to be transferred under an ICT visa. To meet the ICT requirements, he would need to be in a senior executive role (e.g. head of a division) or have very specialized knowledge. Based on the information you've provided, it doesn't sound like he meets either of these requirements. Unfortunately you should assume that a work permit will not be possible through a transfer.

If you are Canadian and this is a serious relationship, then you should consider getting married and then sponsoring him for PR. This is probably the most feasible route for him to get PR.