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“5 Star Company Canada” Jobs: How to Check If the Offer Is Real

Job ads for a “5 Star” or “Five Star” company in Canada circulate widely on social media. Many businesses use these words in their names, so here is how to work out who the employer is and whether the offer is genuine.

Important: This website is not a recruiter. We cannot give you a job, an interview, an LMIA or a visa, and we never ask for payment. Anyone who asks you to pay for a Canadian job offer is not following Canadian rules.

“Five Star” is a common business name

Many Canadian businesses use “Five Star” or “5 Star” in their names, from cleaning and moving companies to restaurants and transport firms. We could not confirm one specific “5 Star Company Canada” that recruits foreign workers through social media.

An ad that just says “5 Star Company Canada” without a full legal name, address and website is a warning sign.

How to check the employer

  1. Ask for the employer’s full legal name and address, then find its official website yourself.
  2. Search for the job on Canada’s official Job Bank.
  3. Check the name on the positive LMIA employers list (Open Government Portal) and the IRCC non-compliant employers list.
  4. Make sure emails come from the company’s own domain, not Gmail or Yahoo.
  5. Contact the company through its own website and ask if the offer is real.

What you should never pay

If you are hired from outside Canada for an LMIA job, the employer applies for and pays for the Labour Market Impact Assessment. Since September 26, 2022, employers are not allowed to charge or recover recruitment fees from foreign workers, directly or through a recruiter. You pay only the government fees, directly to IRCC on its official website: CAD 155 for a work permit and, if required, CAD 85 for biometrics.

Warning signs

  • Contact only through WhatsApp, Facebook or Telegram.
  • An offer letter from a free email address such as Gmail or Yahoo.
  • A request to pay for an LMIA, “visa processing”, a “job reservation”, training or a medical booking.
  • A job offer without any interview.
  • Pressure to pay quickly because “seats are limited”.

If this happens, stop, do not send money or documents, and report it to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. In Pakistan you can also report to the FIA Cybercrime Wing, and in India at cybercrime.gov.in.

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This page is independent information. It is not the Government of Canada and does not offer jobs, recruitment or visa services. Government fees and rules come from IRCC and may change; always confirm on canada.ca.