Few Ways to Immigrate to Canada

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3 Possible Ways to Immigrate to Canada
Russ Weninger Calgary Immigration Lawyer
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1. Express Entry

• Express 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. 

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• 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.

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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.

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•  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 provinces PNP stream. Once nominated,
  applicants can then apply to CIC for permanent
  residence.

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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.

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• 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 arent available.

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