slide 1: “3 Possible
Ways to
Immigrate to
Canada”
slide 2: Canada is an attractive choice
for many. It’s a large
beautiful country. It’s also a
safe place to live governed
by the rule of law. Furthermore even
during a period of
economic recession
the Canadian
standard of living
tends to remain
strong.
Arguably we have one of the
best healthcare systems in the
world. It’s not surprising that
people want to make Canada
their home.
slide 3: Let’s consider each of
those options:
Express
Entry
Provincial Nominee
Program
Spousal or
Common-law
Partner
Sponsorship
slide 4: Express
Entry
Express Entry is now the dominant
method of economic immigration
throughout Canada. The Express Entry
system frst requires applicants to
complete an online profle that assigns
them points based on things like age
work history educational background
language ability family situation and
arranged employment. Qualifying
applicants with sufcient points are
later invited to submit an application
for permanent residence to Citizenship
and Immigration Canada.
slide 5: To create an online
profle applicants and
their spouses or
common-law partners
must have results from a
valid English or French
profciency exam IELTS
CELPIP or TEF as well as
recognized educational
credential assessments
for education completed
outside of Canada.
slide 6: Provincial Nominee
Programs
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.
slide 7: PNP applicants
must frst apply for
nomination through
a province’s PNP
stream. Once
nominated
applicants can then
apply to CIC for
permanent
residence.
slide 8: Spousal or Common-law Partner
Sponsorship
Express Entry and PNP are both focused
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.
slide 9: 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. Those who are legally married to
Canadians or permanent residents may be
able to apply right away. For those living
in common-law relationships with
Canadians or permanent residents they
must wait to apply until after they have
been in those relationship for at least one
year.
slide 10: Looking To Immigrate To Canada
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