Immigration To Canada Requires Specific Attention

By Tanisha Berg


Most individuals who move to Canada seek to become full-fledged citizens. There are four categories of people that are eligible for Immigration to Canada. There is a family class, which are people who have closely related family already living in this North American country; economic immigrants, who are part of the job force; refugees, who are people who seek to escape persecution from their original countries; and others who are accepted for humanitarian or compassionate reasons.

The economic immigrant group has been separated into seven sub-categories by Canada's Citizenship and Immigration department. 19.8 percent of all immigration into Canada in 2005 was comprised of high-profile skilled workers. There is also a VIP Business Immigration Program in place for highly skilled business and management workers in order to provide a speedier emigration process for them.

Quebec has the Immigrant Investor Program in place. Both citizens and permanent residents can sponsor their close family members. Refugees also fall into this program, and can seek asylum if they require protection. Canada also has a nationality law that allows an immigrant to apply for citizenship if he or she had been living as a permanent citizen for 2 years, and physically lived in the country for 3 years within a 5 year period.

A lot of people who move to this North American country end up having to pay some hefty fines. It's confusing for most people on where to even start when you decide to permanently move to the country. If you don't want to get denied emigration status, make sure to find a stable job for you to support yourself as you settle in.

There are a lot of guidelines and rules that apply to the different classes of people who can immigrate to Canada. Skilled workers are one of these categories. These skilled immigrants must hold a job for a year in the country before they can apply for citizenship.

Immigration status is based on a point system, the max amount being 100 points. In order to pass the application, you need a grade of 67. The points go up for every level of education you have, so you can be sure that you'll have a better chance of citizenship if you have a higher education level. Points are also given for fluency in English or French. Skilled workers must also check the National Occupational Classification list if they want to be sure that your job qualifies you for the category.

Eligibility points also require you to have a year of full-time work or part-time experience. You should get a letter from your employer if you've gotten a full-time job in the country to make your emigration process easier, and make sure to provide documents of all claims. Additionally, you'll need to pay your application and registration fees, along with filling out any required forms.

You might want to hire a professional immigration lawyer to help you understand all the laws of the process. Getting a physical before you apply will help as well, seeing as you need to pass the health screening test to get into the country. Besides your health, you also can't have any criminal record.




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