few ways to immigrate to canada
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There are few things that you need to consider in order to immigrate to Canada. Calgary immigration lawyer | Russ Weninger is expert in Alberta law. Calgary Lawyer can provide you the legal aid that you need in you immigration Canada.TRANSCRIPT
3 Possible Ways to Immigrate to Canada
Russ WeningerCalgary Immigration Lawyer
1. Express EntryExpress Entry is now the dominant method of
economic immigration throughout Canada. The Express Entry system first requires applicants to complete an online profile that assigns them points, based on things like age, work history, educational background, language ability, family situation, and arranged employment.
Qualifying applicants with sufficient points are later invited to submit an application for permanent residence to Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
To create an online profile, applicants (and their spouses or common-law partners) must have results from a valid English or French proficiency exam (IELTS, CELPIP, or TEF) as well as recognized educational credential assessments for education completed outside of Canada.
2. Provincial Nominee Program(s)While there are actually dozens of PNP
streams, typically only one or two streams are worth considering for any given applicant. If you are currently living in, or have strong connections to, a particular province (i.e., have work experience in that province or have completed some education in that province), you should likely only consider the provincial nominee options of that province.
In most provinces, there is a stream dedicated to skilled (or in some cases, semi-skilled) workers who have arranged employment in that province.
PNP applicants must first apply for nomination through a province’s PNP stream. Once nominated, applicants can then apply to CIC for permanent residence.
3. Spousal or Common-law Partner Sponsorship
Express Entry and PNP are both focussed on economic immigration. Unfortunately, many would-be applicants will be unable to qualify under an economic immigration stream. For some of those people, a sponsorship application may be a possibility. In the vast majority of cases, the only sponsorship options available are for those who are married to, or living common-law with, Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
Many international students, temporary foreign workers, and long-term visitors to Canada develop meaningful relationships with Canadians while they are living in Canada. For those people, sponsorship may provide an opportunity to remain in Canada when other options aren’t available.
