Although
there are many different paths you can take when immigrating to
Canada, they all lead you to a highly-respected, diverse nation
that embraces new residents as warmly as it cares for its long-term
citizens.
Immigration Cases
Here are
the main cases under which your immigration process will
fall:
- Skilled Worker & Professional
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- For applicants with a very specialized set of skills
- For applicants with a very specialized set of skills
- Investor, Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Individuals
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- For venture capitalists, business owners, or
consultants
- For venture capitalists, business owners, or
consultants
- Family Class
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- For relatives of Canadian citizens or Permanent residents of
Canada
- For relatives of Canadian citizens or Permanent residents of
Canada
- Provincial Nominee
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- For applicants who can make an immediate economic contribution
based on their education, skill set, and work experience;
- For applicants who can make an immediate economic contribution
based on their education, skill set, and work experience;
- Quebec-selected Skilled Worker
Skilled Worker
Canada is a
land that was built by immigrants, many of which have been skilled
workers and professionals. Our future growth depends on the
immigration of such individuals. The selection criteria for this
category is based on a combination of age, education, work
experience, language skills in English and/or French, and several
adaptability factors like having previous work, study or relatives
in Canada, or having a job offer from a Canadian employer.
If your first language or native tongue is something other than English or French, you may be required to sit a language test as part of the application process. You may qualify to be exempted from this requirement based on your education and work experience in English or French.
According to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada site, you must meet the following requirements to be considered in the Skilled Worker category:
If your first language or native tongue is something other than English or French, you may be required to sit a language test as part of the application process. You may qualify to be exempted from this requirement based on your education and work experience in English or French.
According to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada site, you must meet the following requirements to be considered in the Skilled Worker category:
- You have at least one continuous year of full-time, paid work experience or the equivalent in part-time continuous employment
- Your work experience must be Skill Type 0 (managerial occupations) or Skill Level A (professional occupations) or B (technical occupations and skilled trades) on the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC)
- You must have had this experience within the last 10 years.
Investor, Entrepreneur & Self-Employed Individuals (Business)
- The Investor category is meant for a business applicant
possessing qualifying business experience in the last five years, a
legally obtained net worth of at least $800,000 and willingness to
invest $400,000 or the alternative option of investing $120,000 for
a period of 5 years in a Government-administered plan. The Canadian
government also stipulates the following:
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Your investment is managed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) and is guaranteed by the Canadian provinces that use it to create jobs and help their economies grow.
CIC will return your C$400,000 investment, without interest, about five years and two months after payment.
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- The Entrepreneur category is the only conditional Immigrant visa, where there are terms and conditions that must be met in order to retain Permanent Resident Status after landing in Canada. To qualify under this program as an Entrepreneur, a business applicant must have qualifying business experience in the last five years, a legally obtained net worth of $300,000, willingness to invest in a Canadian business (the amount being proportional to the size of the business), and ability to create employment for at least one Canadian for one year, within one year of landing in Canada.
- The Self-Employed category is specifically designed for those
who are currently earning a living, and able to support themselves,
in the areas of athletics, arts and culture, or agriculture. This
would include: musicians, artists and performing artists who are
prominent in their fields, music teachers, choreographers; in
athletics: athletes, coaches; in agriculture: farmers and farm
managers.
Family Class
On the CIC
site, the following are stipulations on whether you qualify as a
sponsor for your relatives:
- You and the sponsored relative must sign a sponsorship agreement that commits you to provide financial support for your relative, if necessary. This agreement also says the person becoming a permanent resident will make every effort to support her or himself.
- You must provide financial support for a spouse, common-law or conjugal partner for three years from the date they become a permanent resident.
- You must provide financial support for a dependent child for 10 years, or until the child turns 25, whichever comes first.
As
counterpart to the factors above, you will be deemed ineligible if
you have:
- failed to provide financial support you agreed to when you signed a sponsorship agreement to sponsor another relative in the past
- defaulted on a court-ordered support order, such as alimony or child support
- received government financial assistance for reasons other than a disability
- were convicted of a violent criminal offence, any offence against a relative or any sexual offence-depending on circumstances such as the nature of the offence, how long ago it occurred and whether a pardon was issued
- defaulted on an immigration loan-late or missed payments
- are in prison or
- have declared bankruptcy and have not been released from it yet.
Spouse, Common-Law Partner, or
Conjugal Partner
A spouse, common-law partner, or a fiancee are eligible to be sponsored, provided the terms above apply to your relationship.
Children
Dependant children eligible are under the age of 22 at the time of application, or (if over the age of 21) are in full time attendance at an accredited post-secondary educational institution both on the day of the application and on the date the Immigrant visa is issued.
Parents & Grandparents
Parents and grandparents may be sponsored if they are in good health during medical examinations-i.e. they do not have any conditions that would be deemed excessive burden on the medical system.
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A spouse, common-law partner, or a fiancee are eligible to be sponsored, provided the terms above apply to your relationship.
Children
Dependant children eligible are under the age of 22 at the time of application, or (if over the age of 21) are in full time attendance at an accredited post-secondary educational institution both on the day of the application and on the date the Immigrant visa is issued.
Parents & Grandparents
Parents and grandparents may be sponsored if they are in good health during medical examinations-i.e. they do not have any conditions that would be deemed excessive burden on the medical system.
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