Immigration to Canada
Why you shoud migrate to
Canada
Canada’s educational and health facilities are among the best in the world and are highly subsidized. Jobs in Canada are also high as the country provides numerous countless job opportunities for qualified and skilled migrants. … Canada also provides excellent trade and personal growth opportunities.
Express Entry System
- Jan 2015, Canada launched “Express Entry System”. The main objective of this immigration pathway is to choose qualified skilled foreign individuals to fill high demand jobs in Canada…
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Jan 2015, Canada launched “Express Entry System”. The main objective of this immigration pathway is to choose qualified skilled foreign individuals to fill high demand jobs in Canada. To be eligible for Express Entry System, you must qualify for one of the following Canadian Economic Immigration programs and also meet other requirements.
Skilled Foreign workers who are nominated/sponsored by a Province or Territory in Canada for their Provincial Nominees Program are also able to qualify for Express Entry to Canada. To apply for Express Entry to Canada, you must correctly complete and submit your online Express Entry profile.
This will include details about your background including your age, education, work experience, English & French language abilities and other information which will be used to determine the eligibility for Canadian Immigration through Express Entry System. It is recommended that you should complete all the prerequisites of application before submission of your profile in Express Entry system which includes your language requirements, Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) etc. Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) must be conducted by one of the authorised agencies to perform the ECA.
As soon as an applicant submit their Express Entry profile, if they haven’t already received a qualifying offer for Canadian Employment which is a Job Offer in Canada with a favourable Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA), they should sign up for Canada’s Job Bank. It is highly recommended as the Express Entry System emphasise on skilled foreign workers to find suitable job in their occupation as soon as possible. Canada’s Job Bank is an online database that allows Canadian employers to search for potential employees in a range of occupations. Canadian Provinces and Territories can also search the Job Bank to look for skilled foreign workers whose occupation are in high demand in their area of country and may issue them a nomination to apply for Canadian Immigration through the Provincial Nominees Program.
After a candidate has submitted his Express Entry profile, a Canadian Government Official will review the information to determine whether the candidate meet the criteria for one of the qualifying Economic Immigrant programs. If so, then the candidate will be placed into the Express Entry pool of potential Canadian Immigration candidates for up to 12 months. Candidates in the Express Entry pool will be given a score on the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). It is based factors including age, educational level, English/French language abilities, Canadian work experience (if applicable) and other attributes.
Under the Express Entry System, immigration to Canada is by Invitation only. Thus, to leave the Express Entry pool of potential Canadian immigration candidates and receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for a permanent resident (PR) visa to Canada, one of the following criteria must be met:
- A candidate in the Express Entry pool must receive a qualifying Canadian job offer OR
- A candidate in the Express Entry pool must be nominated for the Provincial Nominees Program OR
- A candidate in the Express Entry pool must have one of the highest CRS scores when the ITAs are issued.
Once the ITA is received, you will have up to sixty (60) days to correctly submit your official visa application, all the supporting documents and pay required fee. The Canadian Government has stated that most of the people who receive an ITA and submit a complete visa application within the 60 days’ time should receive an official response regarding their visa application within 6 months. If all goes well, the skilled foreign worker and their eligible family members will be approved for Canadian immigration and will be granted a PR visa to Canada.
Federal Skilled Worker Program
- Canada needs skilled foreign professionals with the education, work experience and other qualities that are desired by Canadian employers…
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Canada needs skilled foreign professionals with the education, work experience and other qualities that are desired by Canadian employers. Thousands of Canada job openings are going unfilled because of a long-term shortage of qualified workers resulting from a variety of factors. Although Canada’s education system is among the best in the world, not enough Canadian citizens are choosing to obtain the education or training required for a range of high demand jobs in Canada. This “skills mismatch” is occurring at the same time that Canada’s economy is growing, and many Canadian workers are retiring and leaving the labour force. Consequently, Canada’s government created a special Canadian immigration program known as the Federal Skilled Workers Program (FSWP) which is designed to bring thousands of qualified foreign professionals to live and work in Canada to help keep the country’s economy expanding.
-> FSWP REQUIREMENTS
To qualify for Canadian immigration through the Federal Skilled Workers Program (FSWP), there are several eligibility requirements that foreign professionals must meet. A key eligibility requirement is having at least one year of full-time paid work experience during the past 10 years in a qualifying profession that usually requires a college or university degree, listed in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) codes at Skill Level 0, A or B. Some examples include the following (please note that this is a limited list and there are dozens of additional occupations that are eligible for the FSWP):
- Advertising, marketing, and public relations managers.
- Architects
- Audiologists and speech-language pathologists
- Banking, credit, and other investment managers
- Biologists and related scientists
- Chemical engineers
- College and other vocational instructors
- Computer and information systems managers
- Computer programmers and interactive media developers
- Construction managers
- Corporate sales managers
- Database analysts and data administrators
- Dentists
- Psychologists
- Purchasing managers
- Registered nurses and registered psychiatric nurses
- Restaurant and food service managers
- Retail and wholesale trade managers
- School principals/administrators of elementary & secondary education
- Secondary school teachers
- Software engineers and designers
- Specialist physicians
- Telecommunication carrier managers
- Dietitians and nutritionists
- Economists
- Electrical engineers
- Engineering managers
- Facility operation and maintenance managers
- Financial and investment analysts
- Financial managers
- General practitioners and family physicians
- Home building and renovation managers
- Human resources managers
- Insurance, real estate, and financial brokerage managers
- Land surveyors
- Managers in health care
- Managers in transportation
- Manufacturing managers
- Occupational therapists
- Optometrists
- Petroleum engineers
- Pharmacists
- Physicists and astronomers
- Physiotherapists
- University professors and lecturers
- Utilities managers
To qualify for the Federal Skilled Workers Program (FSWP), a skilled foreign worker must also receive at least 67 points out of a maximum of 100 points for various factors considered important for successful Canadian immigration, such as:
- English and/or French language skills
- Education
- Work experience
- Age
- Arranged employment in Canada
- Adaptability
Additional eligibility criteria for the FSWP include obtaining a favourable Educational Credential Assessment (ECA) from an authorized agency in Canada; having an acceptable score on an evaluation of English or French language skills as measured by various exams like IELTS or TEF; meeting health and character standards.
Please note that this is a summary of the eligibility requirements to apply for the Federal Skilled Workers Program (FSWP) and that the Canadian government may update the FSWP criteria at any time.
If approved for a PR Visa to Canada, the skilled foreign worker and their eligible family members will be authorized to live and work in Canada long-term, be able to receive free basic healthcare (after a brief waiting period), have access to Canadian educational programs, and enjoy the high standards of living that Canada is famous for. After they have lived in Canada as permanent residents at least four years and met other criteria, they may also have the option to apply for Canadian citizenship.
Provincial Nominees Program
- Skilled foreign workers in a range of occupations are needed in various Canadian provinces and territories and so this Program was established…
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Skilled foreign workers in a range of occupations are needed in various Canadian provinces and territories and so the Provincial Nominees Program (PNP) was established to expedite their immigration to Canada. The Canadian government has authorized most of its provinces and territories to develop their own Provincial Nominees Program (PNP), based upon their local needs. There are 10 provinces and three territories in Canada and most of them participate in the PNP Canadian immigration program. Canada’s predominantly French-speaking province of Quebec, however, has its own special program for skilled foreign workers who want to immigrate to Canada and move to Quebec.
The Canadian provinces and territories that participate in the Provincial Nominees Program (PNP) have created their own unique eligibility requirements which skilled foreign workers must first meet before they can apply to Canada’s national government for permanent residency. In general, these eligibility requirements often include having:
- A genuine commitment to live and work in the Canadian province/territory that nominates them for a Permanent Resident Visa to Canada.
- A certain amount of work experience in an occupation that is in high demand in the province/territory.
- The education or other training necessary for the high demand occupation.
- English or French language abilities that are at a minimum level or higher, as measured by an authorized language exam (such as IELTS or TEF).
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In some provinces (such as Manitoba), there is a points-based system in which points are given for various eligibility factors and a minimum number of points are required to qualify for their PNP.
There may also be an age limit in which applicants for a particular PNP must be between a certain age range.
An in-person interview between the skilled foreign worker and provincial/territorial officials may also be requested in some cases.
Applying for the Provincial Nominees Program (PNP) is basically a two-step procedure. First, a skilled foreign worker applies to the PNP of a particular Canadian province or territory. If the provincial or territorial officials review the skilled foreign worker’s PNP application and believe that he or she meets the eligibility requirements for their program, they may then issue the skilled foreign worker a Provincial Nomination Certificate. The Provincial Nomination Certificate allows the skilled foreign worker to move on to the second step of the PNP procedure, which is to apply to the Canadian national government for the Permanent Resident Visa to Canada.
Since January 1, 2015, skilled foreign workers who are nominated under the Provincial Nominees Program (PNP) may apply for a Permanent Resident Visa to Canada through the PNP or through the new Express Entry system. It should be noted, however, that being selected for the PNP by a province or territory in Canada does not guarantee that a skilled foreign worker will be approved for Canadian immigration, since only Canada’s national government can issue a permanent resident visa. As with all Canadian immigration programs, the skilled foreign worker, and any accompanying family members (if applicable) will also need to meet health and character standards plus any other criteria required by Canada’s national government, as well as pay the necessary fees.
If the Canadian national government issues the skilled foreign worker and any accompanying family members (if applicable) a Permanent Resident Visa to Canada, they will be allowed to live and work in the province or territory that nominated them, receive free basic health care and other benefits. After living in Canada as a permanent resident for at least four years during a six-year period, and meeting other criteria, there is also an option to apply for Canadian citizenship.
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