私もちょうどワークビザを申請しようとしているところです。
現在、HRSDC にLMO申請をしたばかりの状態です。(今働いている会社にて)
職種は、BC Occupations Under Pressure List に載っているもので、
5日間くらいで返事が来るものと期待されています。(と聞きました)
Foreign Worker Manual
5.22. Work without a work permit R186(u)―Implied status R186(u) allows for persons to continue working under the conditions of an expired work permit, as long as they applied for a new work permit before the original work permit expired. Once the decision has been made, the client will either have to leave Canada or will continue as a worker who holds a valid work permit.
詳細はわかりませんが、先月からLMOとワークビザの同時申請ができるようになっているようです。
To expedite the process for employers hiring a foreign worker by allowing work permit applications to be processed at the same time as the application for an LMO, if requested by the worker. Effective February 23, 2007 this concurrent processing of the employer’s LMO and the foreign national’s work permit should reduce the total processing time for these applications.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/press/backgrounders/2007-02-23.html