immigration

 

Canada Immigration

Deciding to immigrate to Canada is a significant step in the lives of those who pursue this dream. The country offers a uncountable opportunities to learn, earn and grow. Canada is one of those few countries in the world that extend the same privileges to immigrants as that of citizens. According to the statistics available with Canadian Embassy, more than 250,000 people chose it as their permanent home in the year 2007.
The Canadian government grants permanent residence visa to members of the Family Class and the Economic Class. The Economic Class primarily comprises of professionals and skilled workers under the skilled worker class, the Quebec skilled worker class and the provincial nominee class as well as business immigrants.

Why immigrating to Canada Only:

  • The foremost reason for immigrating to Canada is the right to work and live at any location within the country. A permanent citizen has rights to social benefits like public school education for children at no charge and state health care facilities for immediate family members.

  • Immigrants get a chance shift to Canada along with their family, including parents and children and can visit their home country whenever they want.

  • Canadian Government extends financial help to those who face monetary crisis or unemployment. In addition to this, couples with children are given financial rewards on time to time basis.

  • A person with the permanent resident status can also sponsor family members to settle in the country.

  • A Canadian resident does not need visitor visa to visit United States.

  • An immigrant, once settled at Canada, can diversify his or her business to USA as well under the NAFTA agreement.

Steps to file for immigration and permanent residency :

    • Submission of application for citizenship and passport three years after your first arrival in Canada.

    • For eligibility, an adult should have attained the minimum 18 years of age, should know either English or French and display knowledge of responsibility associated with the permanent residency.

    • The duly filled application for citizenship is sent to the Canadian government for approval. The applicant is then required to appear for a citizenship test, which can be undertaken only by those who are within the age bracket of 18-54 years.

For faster immigration:
The Canadian government is working continuously to make the immigration process less time consuming, and with this purpose many new procedures have been introduced in CIMC(Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada). The practice of clearing the documents of interested immigrants, which used to take 5-7 years earlier, has drastically come down to 8-10 months now.

Categorised Immigration Process For:

  1. Employers:

It takes around 2 to 6 weeks to obtain Canada Work Visa. This category of Canadian work visas is frequently used by employers to bring in senior managers/executives. It can also be used to employ highly skilled individuals to fill a vacancy in Canada Itself. The spouse of those seeking  work authorisation will also need to have their own work authorisation to be able to work in Canada. Their job offer id validated by the Canadian Human Resources Centre. The candidate need to provide Completed form, Job offer, qualifications certificates, and employer references.

  1. Individuals:

Canada is one of the few countries in the Western World that is actively looking for immigrants. The United Nations recently named Canada one of best places to live in the World. If you have something to offer to Canada, BeeJees expert consultants will do everything in their power to help you emigrate there. Independent immigration to Canada through the points system is relatively straightforward.

  1. IT Professionals:

Following the newest global market trends, Canadian employers in cooperation with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC), Industry Canada and the Software Human Resource Council (SHRC) have developed a new project. The Canadian government is currently issuing temporary employment authorization visas under an expedited process, to qualified professionals and skilled persons under the "Information Technology Workers Program".

  1. Business Immigration:

The Canada Business Immigration Category of visas was designed to attract experienced business people to Canada. Those who can invest or start a businesses in Canada and generate revenues and employment for Canadians are most welcomed for the same. In 2003, over 8,100 business migrants were allowed entry into Canada. In order to encourage the development of a strong, prosperous economic environment, the Canadian government seeks business people with sufficient business experience and the necessary assets.
It is further divided into three categories:

  • Investor Immigrant Visas: aimed at successful senior executives with managerial experience or successful owners or part-owners who have the intention and ability to invest in Canada for a term of 5 years;

  • Entrepreneur Immigrant Visa: aimed at successful owners or part-owners with significant business experience who have the intention and ability to own and manage a business in Canada, which generates revenues and employment;

  • Self-Employed Immigrant Visa: aimed at persons with relevant experience in world-class athletics or cultural activities or with farm management experience, who have the intention and ability to become self-employed in Canada.

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