1. How Express Entry Works 

• Step 1: Find out if you’re eligible
• Step 2: Get your documents ready
• Step 3: Submit your profile
• Step 4: Receive an invitation and apply for permanent residence

This program is for workers who:

· have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory

· want to live in that province, and

· want to become permanent residency of Canada

Each province and territory has its own “streams” (immigration programs that target certain groups) and requirements

Canada encourages applications for permanent residence from people with abilities, education and work experience that will contribute to the Canadian economy.

The Atlantic Immigration Pilot allows Atlantic provincial governments to choose immigrants according to the economic needs of the province.

You may apply through the Atlantic Immigration Pilot if you meet the eligibility requirements and plan to settle permanently in one of these Atlantic Provinces:

· New Brunswick

· Newfoundland and Labrador

· Nova Scotia

· Prince Edward Island

The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot is a community-driven program. It’s designed to spread the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by creating a path to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers who want to work and live in one of the participating communities

About the process

There are 4 steps to applying for permanent residence under this pilot.

1. Check that you meet both

a. IRCC eligibility requirement and

b. The community-specific requirement 

2. Find the eligible job with an employer in one of the participating communities.

3. Once you have a job offer, Submit your application for recommendation to the community.

If a community recommends you, apply for permanent residence 

If you’re eligible, you can sponsor your spouse, partner or dependent children , you can sponsor your parents and grandparents to become permanent residents of Canada.

If you do, you must be able to:

· support them financially

· make sure they don’t need social assistance from the government

· complete application,to become permanent residents of Canada.

$1,050, or a child from $150

In Canada, each province and territory is in charge of their own education system.

Get more information about schools and the education system:

Post-secondary schools are:

· colleges

· universities

· private career colleges and

· vocational and technical schools.

Each post-secondary school has its own set of rules on how to apply, including the level of English or French you need to be accepted.

Get more information on post-secondary schools:

University Canada– profiles of Canadian universities, a large study programs database and help to plan your university education

·–Colleges and institutes Canada  profiles of colleges and institutes

– Canadian Information Center for international Credentials information on getting your past education assessed against Canadian standards

National Association Of Career Collages–

About the document

A visitor visa (also called a temporary resident visa) is an official document that we stick in your passport. It shows that you meet the requirements needed to enter Canada.

Most travellers need a visitor visa to travel to Canada. You may also need one if you’re transiting through a Canadian Airport on your way to your final destination.

You can apply for a visitor visa online or on paper.

Most visitors can stay for up to 6 months in Canada.

At the port of entry, the border services officer may allow you to stay for less or more than 6 months. If so, they’ll put the date you need to leave by in your passport. They might also give you a document, called a Visitor record which will show the date you need to leave by.

An Educational credential assessment (ECA) is used to verify that your foreign degree, diploma, or certificate (or other proof of your credential) is valid and equal to a Canadian one. There are different types of ECAs. You need to get an ECA for immigration purposes. If you got another type of ECA, you may be able to get it re-issued, depending on the type of ECA and/or issuing organization.

You must include your ECA report and the reference number in your Express Entry profile, which can be obtain from any of the following agencies .

1-World Education Service (WES)

2-International Credential Assessment Services of Canada (ICAS)

3-International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)

4-Comparative Education Service (CES)

5-International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES)

6-Medical Council of Canada (MCC)

7-Pharmacy Examining Board of Canada (PEBC)

Canada’s Start Up-Visa Program offers Canadian permanent residence to qualified immigrant entrepreneurs.   It is officially known as the Canada Start Up Class.  But it is largely referred to as the Start-Up Visa program (SUV).

The program targets innovative entrepreneurs and links them with private sector investors in Canada who will help establish their start-up business.

Candidates can initially come to Canada on a work permit supported by their Designated Canada -Based Investor, before qualifying for permanent residence once their business is up and running.

There are three types of private-sector investor:

1. Angel investor.
2. Venture capital fund.
3. Business incubator.

2) The basic candidate eligibility requirements for the Start-Up Visa are:

Qualifying business.

Commitment Certificate and Letter of Support from a designated entity.

Sufficient unencumbered, available and transferable settlement funds.

Proficiency in English or French at minimum Canadian Language Benchmark level 5.