Category: Permanent Residence
Your Forever Home – Canada! – Immigration to Canada
Immigration to Canada: Canada’s vision of a free, safe and prosperous country draws migrants from all corners of the world. Immigration to Canada Since November 1, 2017, Canada is increasing its ambitious immigration levels by welcoming 310,000 new permanent residents in 2018, 330,000 in 2019 and 340,000 in 2020 – primarily, through Economic and Family…
Medical inadmissibility – rules under review
Since November 23, 2017, a parliamentary committee is reviewing the law that refuses applicants who would put “excessive demand” on health or social services. According to the Immigration Department, 1,429 immigration applications were rejected on medical grounds in the last three years. Under the law, demand is found to be excessive if it exceeds the…
Express Entry: The swift way – Der schnelle Weg nach Kanada
Express Entry System Express Entry is an application management system which selects skilled workers under Federal Economic programs; including Federal Skilled Worker, Federal Skilled Trades and Canadian Experience Class, as well as, some Provincial Nomination Program. In addition, the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) is a unique point-based system designed to identify potential immigrants, who are…
Francophone immigration – L’immigration francophone
Francophone immigration and its challenges The challenges of francophone immigration are access and cost. In general, every economic immigration applicant must prove language proficiency, including native speakers, to become a permanent resident in Canada. Therefore, newcomers must prove language proficiency by scoring high on a test recognized by the federal government. Specifically, the tests are: firstly, the…
End of Conditional Permanent Residence – Spouses and Partners
The conditional permanent residence provision for sponsored spouses and partners came into effect in October 2012 under the Conservative government to deter marriage fraud. Conditional Permanent Residence Status On April 28, 2017, the Government of Canada announced that it abolished a condition for permanent residence that required some sponsored spouses and partners to remain in…
Processing Times to be Reduced – Family Program
On December 7, 2016, Canada’s Immigration Minister, John McCallum, announced that processing times for the spousal/partner categories of the family program are to be reduced to 12 months, from the current average of 24 months, with an additional goal to eventually reduce processing times to as low as six months. Average Processing Times When the…
Your Forever Home Canada! – Immigration Plan 2017
Your Forever Home Canada! – Canada’s vision of a free, safe and peaceful country draws migrants from all corners of the world. Immigration Plan 2017 Since October 31th, 2016, the Government of Canada is maintaining its conservative immigration policy by welcoming 300,000 immigrants in 2017 – primarily, through Economic and Family Sponsorship Programs. The benefits of…