Canada is one of the most sought-after destinations for Indian immigrants. Every year, thousands of Indians are migrating to Canada for better job opportunities.
Prospective Indian immigrants have preferred Canada over other popular destinations such as Europe and the United States of America due to Canada’s expanding economy and job market.
Canada enjoys a special place among Indians historically because of its liberal immigration policies, multi-cultural setting, universal health care system, booming job market, job satisfaction, and availability of new and diverse opportunities there.
Now, let us consider some of the popular immigration programs available to Indians
1. Canada Express Entry
One of the quickest and popular steps is to obtain a Canadian Permanent Residency (PR) visa for foreign nationals. It allows skilled workers to submit their applications for PR via an online system. Before applying, each candidate is supposed to check your eligibility and get your documents ready. After that, you can wait for an invitation from the portal and apply for the PT. Its major advantage is that it takes only 6 months to process a skilled worker’s application. The applicants must possess skilled work experience in technical, professional, trade, managerial, or related fields.
2. Federal Skilled Worker
Eligibility (Express Entry)
Exclusively for skilled workers having foreign work experience who plan to take PR in Canada.
Selection criteria: Applicant must meet all the minimum requirements, then the application will be assessed based on factors like age, education, work experience, valid job offer, English and/or French proficiency, and adaptability to adjust to Canada. The officials select only the top-ranked candidates from the Express Entry pool and invite them to apply for PR.
Minimum requirements
Skilled work experience: It means the applicant must have worked in any one of the National Occupational Classification (NOC) job groups:
1. Managerial jobs (skill type 0)
2. Professional jobs (skill level A)
3. Technical jobs and skilled trades (skill level B)
Also, the skilled work experience should belong to the same category of job (have the same NOC) as the job that you want to use for your immigration application (primary occupation).
Education
If you had studied in Canada, please produce the certificate/ diploma/ degree from a Canadian institution.
3. Provincial Nominee Program
Meant for workers having the required skills, education, and enough work experience.
Understanding the application options
· Decide to which Provincial Nominee Program stream you want to apply. You may apply either paper-based or online process through Express Entry.
· Clear a medical exam and police verification.
Procedures in the paper-based process:
1. Apply to the Canadian province/ territory under a nomination of non-Express Entry stream.
2. Must fulfill all eligibility conditions of the respective province.
3. After getting nominated, do submit a paper application for PR to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.
4. Must clear a medical test and police check.
How to apply in the paper-based process
Express Entry process
You may apply in 2 ways through the online Express Entry process
1. By contacting the respective province/territory and apply for a nomination under an Express Entry stream.
2. Creating an Express Entry profile and showing it to the respective provinces/ territories you want to apply
4. Federal Skilled Trades Class is for skilled workers who are looking for PR.
What are the requirements?
Must fulfill necessary language levels for each language ability in
· writing
· reading
· listening
· speaking
Minimum two years of full-time work experience in a skilled trade in the last 5 years before you are applying
Job requirements are on par with the skilled trade listed out by the National Occupational Classification.
A valid full-time employment offer of 1 year or
A certified degree, diploma in your skilled trade by a Canadian authority
Sufficient skilled work experience
Education – No need under this program.
Language ability – Must have the minimum score of Canadian Language Benchmark 5 for speaking and listening, and Canadian Language Benchmark 4 for reading and writing.
5. Business Investor
Business Immigration Program encourages investment in Canada by allowing businessmen to run/establish/ invest in a business.
The main 5 Categories of Business Visas
Highly motivated businessmen can look for Visas under any of the sub-categories:
· Investors
· Entrepreneurs
· Self Employed Persons
· PNP Business Programs
· Corporate Immigration
6. Business Entrepreneur
The Start-up Visa Program welcomes immigrant entrepreneurs with following qualities.
Innovative & enthusiastic.
Job creators for locals.
Globally competent
7. Quebec Immigration
The regular Skilled Worker Program is aimed at all who wish to migrate to Quebec permanently for work.
All applicants must state their interest in migrating to Quebec, and will get a request to apply for Canada permanent Visa. The candidates need to have good training and skills for being selected.
Immigration programs for business people
1. The first step is to find out your eligibility for the Entrepreneur Program.
2. You can search for visas under Investor Program.
3. You may get the visa as a self-employed professional or trades person under the Self-Employed Worker Program.
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