Canada

Foreign workers can seek to work in Canada with a legal status to work in Canada. Canada has different programs to enable potential workers to work in Canada.

Temporary Foreign worker program is a renowned program under which international workers get work permit to work in Canada. The work permit can be Open or Employer specific depending upon the circumstances and different eligibility parameters set for the program.

Temporary residents in Canada such as international students or skilled workers in Canada have the option to sponsor their spouse to Canada on Open work permit if they are currently enrolled as a full-time student in Canada in a Public post secondary (DLI institute) or working as a Skilled worker in Canada.

There are other programs as well such as Atlantic Immigration pilot program where the principal applicant has the option to sponsor the spouse and children if they are meeting some parameters of the program.

Even if you are thinking to spend your precious holidays for sightseeing or meet your near and dear one’s or relatives or planning to have an exploratory visit, we can assist you in securing the visitor visa to travel as a visitor. We can guide you properly and prepare your case documents efficiently for best positive outcomes.

Proper documentation is necessary to present in front of visa officer to justify that the applicant is a genuine traveller and have well established ties with the home country.
A well crafted case file of the applicant increase the chances of visa success.

Parents and Grandparents of Canadian citizens and permanent residents can come to Canada and visit their family and stay longer on visitor status for more than six months.
Under this program, the applicant can legally stay in Canada for up to 2 years. There are some set requirements such as insurance coverage for the applicants and minimum income requirements of the sponsor that are needed to be justified to attain SuperVisa.
We can help you understanding the complexity of the program.

Starting January 2015, Express entry is the new system for selecting the skilled workers in Canada. Express entry is an electronic process to submit the application and there are three step program:
Making virtual profile for express entry and Job Bank Canada.

Express Entry system is highly competitive Immigration process where you are competing against everyone in the pool and express entry profile is valid for 1 year only. We not only help candidates to build their profile for Express entry and Job Bank Canada but we work very closely with candidates to optimize their profiles, consult them throughout the process and make suggestions in order to increase their chances to be selected from the pool.

Canadian experience class is a program which enables the students or temporary foreign workers to apply for the Permanent residence. Since January 1, 2015 Canadian experience class is a part of Express entry. As a consequence students now have to compete with big pool of candidates.

The minimum requirements for being eligible to this category are as follows:

There are many technicalities and details in the Canadian experience class application. A small mistake in assessment of the Express entry profile will make the candidate ineligible for a year.

We can help you assessing your chances for Express entry profile for CEC. Please fill our free assessment form for Express entry or contact us using the contact us form. We will get back to you shortly.

Note: We have special packages for students filing application under CEC category.

Since January 1, 2015 Federal skilled worker program is a part of Express Entry. The major changes in this category being the elimination of eligible occupation list and cap linked to each occupation.

To be able to apply in FSW program, candidates must meet the following minimum requirements:

Atleast 1 year of continuous full time work (30 hours per week) continuous full-time or an equal amount in part-time.

If you meet all the above selection factors mentioned above, you will then be assessed based on the six selection factors. Each selection factor carry certain points and totalling 100 points altogether. You would need to score 67 points out of 100 in order to qualify for the Skilled worker class. The six selection factors and their relative points are as follows :

• Language Skill  :  Maximum 28 Points
• Education  :  Maximum 25 Points
• Experience  :  Maximun 15 Points
• Age  :  Maximum 12 Points
• Arranged Employment in Canada  :  Maximum 10 Points

Since January 1, 2015 Federal skilled trades program is a part of Express Entry. This stream is for people who wants to become permanent residents based on being qualify in a skilled trade.
Following are the minimum requirements for the skilled trades program:
At least two years of full-time work experience in a skilled trade within the five years before you apply.

Canada has variety of Provincial Nominee programs running that are independent of the Federal requirements in determining the kind of skills needed in different provinces. This is an additional route to permanent residence for applicants coming from different background.

There are different streams that are designed by provinces to attract a certain type of talent and identifying the stream and province that may be a right fit for the success of the applicant case is a major challenge. We make sure that we check every possible option for successful immigration to Canada.

Following are the provinces that are running different provincial Nominee Programs:

Canada passionately believes towards reunification of family members and there are sponsorship programs under which the sponsor who is a permanent resident or citizen can sponsor their immediate family members such as spouse, dependent child. Also, there are programs that enable a permanent resident or citizen of Canada to sponsor his or her Parents or grandparents.

There are also additional options to sponsor some relatives. Please note that different options have variety of eligibility criteria to be met for successfully being a sponsor or a principal applicant.

Canada is successfully running famous Parents and Grandparents program via which Canadian citizen or permanent residents of Canada can sponsor their parents or Grandparents to become permanent resident of Canada. Under this program, there is flexibility where the spouse of the principal sponsor can become co-sponsor so the required minimum income threshold can be met to become eligible as a sponsor. The principal applicants are currently chosen via lottery under this program.

Canadian Citizens or permanent resident of Canada who are eligible sponsors can sponsor spouse, common law or conjugal partner and dependent children for permanent residence in Canada. There are some minimum eligible requirements that sponsor need to meet in addition to proving the genuineness of relationship. The sponsor needs to be of minimum 18 years of age and be legally married to successfully sponsor his or her spouse. If the couple is not legally married but are under common law, then they need to be in relationship for more than 12 months.

Canada has a great demand for workers who can substantially provide their valuable participation towards the growth of Canadian economy.

Employers in Canada who are willing to hire potential foreign workers can legally do so by applying for Labour Market Impact Assessment. An application for LMIA involves major documentation related to employer and the justification of proving that the vacancy and need for foreign workers is truthful and necessary for the employer. The LMIA is a complex process that can be well taken care of by a professional.

The LMIA can be of different nature such as for TFWP, Dual Intent, Express Entry for PR purposes.

An approved LMIA is an important document that enable temporary foreign workers to apply for work permit.

Canada offers variety of opportunities for entrepreneurs intending to establish themselves in Canada as immigrants.

There are various provincial programs that provide a set pathway that can be successfully followed to eventually become permanent residents of Canada followed by being a citizen of Canada.

Usually, there are set standards of Net worth, work experience and multiple other components and parameters that can decide the success of the applicant under such programs.