The Caliber Associates has tied up with a team of Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCIC), Canadian Immigration Lawyers and Certified Recruitment Consultants. The Canadian immigration, recruitment or PGWP or such crucial cases are directly handled by them.

Moving to or settling in Canada is an exciting opportunity as well as a tough challenge. Canada is one of the most multicultural countries in the world, with clean, friendly cities, business and job opportunities and world-class universities. Our immigration and recruitment consultant’s comprehensive assessment method evaluates your eligibility across all categories.

Every year there are several immigration programs to settle in Canada. There are many pathways for foreign nationals to become permanent residents of Canada including Express Entry, Economic Class, Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), Business Immigration, and Sponsorship.

You must have some primary requirements like educational level, language and work experience before applying. There are different immigration pathways and have different requirements and it is a challenge to find the right program that will result in the best result. The popular Canadian immigration programs:

EXPRESS ENTRY

Express Entry is an online system that is used to manage applications for permanent residence from skilled workers. It is one of the cost-saving and reliable ways of immigrating to Canada.

You should create and upload your all information for an Express Entry profile. The profile contains your academic and professional information about your education level, skills, work experience, language ability and adaptability to the Canadian job market.

The Express Entry offers a quick path for permanent residency to those who qualify and are selected to apply.

Once reached the highest rank in the Express Entry Pool, you will get an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for permanent residence. The Canadian government invites candidates at regular intervals over the course of each year.

Once invited to apply, you will have a deadline to submit a complete Application for Permanent Residence. But you must not be inadmissible to Canada due to medical, criminal or security reason.

To apply through Express Entry, you do not need to have a Canadian job offer or LMIA (Labor Market Impact Assessment). But, if you have a job offer or LMIA, there will be significant to increase your score to achieve be a permanent residency of Canada.

Having job offer is not an easy work. You need to contact with a Canadian employer through certified Canadian immigration consultants or certified recruitment companies.

If you need to accelerate your immigration procedures, we could be a reliable bridge to solve your expectation. We are closely connected with certified Canadian immigration consulting and recruiting companies.  

ECONOMIC CLASS PROGRAMS

If you have a genuine skill, education and English or French language ability, you may proceed as a skilled worker. Skill workers are the candidates who are accepted as a permanent Canadian resident based on their eligibilities.

You need to meet work experience, education and English or French language proficiency in order to qualify for Express Entry through the Federal Skilled Worker Program. 

This stream is prescribed as a class of person having a suitable education, work experience, skills and language proficiency and who are selected under the Express Entry Immigration Program to apply for a permanent residence.

The Economic Class Immigration Program comparatively popular among all programs. Approximately 60 percent of the total immigrants each year, that Canada aims to bring under its Immigration Levels Plan, will arrive as skilled workers. Skilled worker applications are processed under three main categories:

  • Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP)
  • Federal Skilled Traders Program (FSTP)
  • Canadian Experience Program (CEC)
  • Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP)
  • Hard to Fill Pilot Program
  • Accelerated Immigration Programs
  • Other Periodical Priority Programs

Above all these categories have a different requirement and is made to target and select different type of skilled workers to invite to apply for permanent residency.

If you are thinking to immigrate or checking your eligibility, kindly contact us. Our associated RCIC and recruitment directly approach you with detail assessment.  

FAMILY REUNIFICATION

If you or your family members in Canada or and want to live together, you would have chance to fulfill your desire. You may reunite with your family and live together. Certain individuals may be eligible to sponsor their relatives to move to Canada. However, they should at least 18 years old and meet at least one eligibility as following:

  • Canadian citizen
    • Permanent resident of Canada
    • Person registered in Canada as an Indian under the Canadian Indian Act

Following are the relatives that may provide sponsorship:

  • Spouse/common-law partner
    • Parent and grandparents
    • Dependent children
    • Adopted children

However, other relatives may be sponsored as well. There are strict conditions that apply to sponsor their relatives. 

  • Sponsoring an orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece or grandchild.
  • Sponsoring one relative if the sponsor doesn’t have any living relatives they can sponsor instead.

If you have any queries and wish to learn more about sponsorship, our team of RCIC will be glad to assist you.

PERMANENT RESIDENCE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE

There are several popular streams to get a permanent residence of Canada through work experience. One of these, Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) is more popular.
PROVINCIAL NOMINEEE PROGRAMS (PNP)

The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) is intended for skilled or semi-skilled workers who want to live in the province or territory that nominates them, wish to become permanent residents of Canada. It is expected to have their skills, education and work experience to contribute to the same province or territory. The PNP generally targets following group of people:

  • Students
    • Business people
    • Skilled workers
    • Semi-skilled workers

Each province and territory have its own requirements and eligibility criteria. There could be different occupation in demand, requirements for education, language, skills and age factors.

If you would like to check your eligibility, it is advisable to seek the help of a professional consultants. We may provide you a proper guidance with a help of RCIC and certified consultants.

BUSINESS IN CANADA

If you wish to invest in Canada and contribute to the Canadian economy; you may have some immigration options. The programs are different and are made to attract different investors and accommodate them. There are some of these popular business immigration programs for eligible international investor:

  • Investor Immigration
    • Entrepreneur Immigration
    • Self-Employed Immigration
    • Entrepreneur Start-Up Visa
    • Provincial Nomination

Our associated Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants and Business Consultants may explain and assist you with their professional expertise. Kindly reach out us if you wish to learn more about these streams.

CANADIAN WORK PERMIT
Canada has a welcoming immigration policy. Foreign citizens can work on a temporary basis under various programs. There is employer-specific work permit, open work permit, LMIA-exempt work permit and without a work permit (work permit exemption) available for foreign citizens. 

The work authorization opens doors for a Canadian permanent residency if the applicant qualifies with working hours, academic level, language proficiency and such factors.

TEMPORARY FOREIGN WORK PERMIT
Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA)

If you wish to work in Canada with a work permit, you need an LMIA unless you qualify for an LMIA-exempt work permit. The employer should apply to obtain an LMIA or authorization to hire a foreign worker.

The work permits that are supported by an LMIA. It is valid for up to 24 months and include the details and conditions of the employment based on the information provided by the employer when they apply for the LMIA.

 
If you have any questions regarding LMIA and its procedures, we are there to help you out. Our RCIC and certified consultants may assist you and ease your problems.

WORK PERMIT WITH CONDITIONS
Employer-Specific Work Permit

Employer specific work permit is a work permit that has conditions, which are pre-determined by the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). The LMIA is obtained first by the employer and used in the foreign worker’s work permit application. The LMIA has all the employment conditions that are reflected on the foreign worker’s work permit. Generally, an LMIA has following information:

  • The name of the employer
  • Duration of employment
  • Employment location
  • Type of job title
  • Hourly wage rate in Canadian Dollar
  • Name of RCIC if applicable
  • LMIA number

If you wish to learn about LMIA, kindly reach out to us. Our team of RCIC as well as certified recruitment consultants may assist you and ease your problems.  

OPEN WORK PERMIT

Unlike the employer-specific work permit, the open work permit doesn’t require a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). If you have following eligibility, you may be eligible for an open work permit:

  • Applied for permanent residence in Canada
  • Are an international student who graduated from a Designated Learning Institution (DLI) and are eligible for a post-graduation work permit.
  • Are a dependent family member of someone who applied for permanent residence
  • Are a spouse/common-law partner of a skilled worker or an international student
  • Are a spouse/common-law partner of an applicant of the Atlantic Immigration Program
  • Are a refugee, refugee claimant, protected person or their family member
  • Are under enforceable removal order
  • Are a temporary resident permit holder

To find out if you meet any of the criteria to be eligible for any of these situations, contact us.

LMIA EXEMPTS WORK PERMIT

In some cases, employer specific work permit is exempt from having a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA).  You must be eligible for any of the codes under the regulation sections to obtain a work permit that is exempt from an LMIA:

  • R204: International agreements
    • R205: Canadian Interest
    • R206: No other means of support
    • R207: Permanent residence applicants in Canada
    • R208: Humanitarian reasons
WORK PERMIT EXEMPTION

There are specific cases for a foreign citizen who doesn’t require a work permit in Canada. Some of these are:

  • R186(a) Business visitor
    • R186(f) On-campus employment
    • R186(g) Performing artists
    • R186(h) Athletes and team members
    • R186(l) Religious leaders
    • R186(p) Health care students
    • R186(t) Emergency service providers
    • R186(u) Implied status
    • R186(v) Off-campus work
    • R186(w) Off-campus work (transition to post-graduation status)
    • R186(x) Registered Indians
    • Assessing farm work
    • Public policy: short-term work permit exemption
    • Public policy: 120-day work permit exemption for researchers

If you think you are eligible to work permit exemption or your authorization might not be listed here and you may qualify under this program; kindly contact us for an assessment. Our team of RCIC may assist you