The Settlement and Integration Experience of Temporary Foreign Workers Living in an Isolated Area of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Delores V. Mullings 1 & Sulaimon Giwa 1 & Karun K. Karki 1 & Sobia Shaikh 1 & Amoaba Gooden 2 & Elaine Brown Spencer 3 & Willow Anderson 4 Accepted: 12 October 2020/ # Springer Nature B.V. 2020 Abstract This study explored the settlement and integration experiences of 12 current and former Filipino temporary foreign workers (TFWs) in the low-wage service industry residing in a remote and isolated area of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The study employed a qualitative research approach that involved five in-depth semi-structured interviews and two focus group discussions, with data analyzed using thematic anal- ysis. Informed by labour process theory, four major themes emerged from individual interviews and focus group discussions: (1) the importance of employment, (2) settle- ment and integration challenges, (3) looking forward-looking back–transnational nav- igation and (4) settlement and integration support. These themes help to tell the stories of TFWs in the service industry, including the challenges and opportunities of trans- national migration. The findings highlight minimal organizational support available to TFWs in the settlement and integration process, with the lion’s share of this responsi- bility falling on other Filipinos within the community to provide tangible and emotional support. Recommendations for how to support TFWs’ settlement and integration needs in remote and isolated communities are discussed. Keywords Temporary foreign workers . Filipinos . Remote and isolated area . Settlement and integration . Service industry . Newfoundland and Labrador . Canada The movements of people to and from countries across continents have been a natural part of human existence. Since WWII, increasingly, individuals around the globe have responded to the push factors of war, famine, economic crisis and political persecution in their countries of birth as well as to the pull factors of perceived economic mobility, better education and access to health care in foreign countries (McLeman et al. 2018; Ibourk 2016). Walia (2010) makes the argument that global capitalism is responsible https://doi.org/10.1007/s12134-020-00788-9 * Delores V. Mullings dmullings@mun.ca Extended author information available on the last page of the article Published online: 28 October 2020 Journal of International Migration and Integration (2021) 22:1085–1104