Frequently asked questions
Express Entry(Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Trade and Federal Skilled Worker), as well as Provincial Nominee Program Semi-skilled or low skilled workers are required to meet relevant language requirements.
Federal Skilled Worker and skill type 0, A under Canadian Experience Class require IELTS score of 6. The language requirement is much lower for Skill type B under Canadian Experience Class and Provincial Nominee Program Semi-skilled or low skilled workers.
Other immigration programs, such as PNP skills immigration, self-employed persons, business immigration, do not have language requirements. However, the language test result helps you to gain more points and therefore increase your competitiveness.
No. As permanent resident of Canada, you have the right to live, study and work anywhere in Canada.
The full name of LMIA is Labour Market Impac Assessment. When Canadian employer intends to hire foreign workers, he or she needs to apply to Service Canada for LMIA and explains that he or she can not find a suitable employee for the position. If you get positive LMIA, you can apply for work permit, and you can also gain additional 600 points in the Express Entry System.
It is a permanent job offer supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) from a Canadian employer. Arranged employment is worth 10 points on the FSW selection factors.
Under the Express Entry system, candidates who have a permanent job offer supported by a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) from a Canadian employer will be awarded 600 points under the Comprehensive Ranking System, which gives them enough points to be invited to apply for permanent residence at the next eligible round of invitations.
It depends on the eligibility criteria of the programs. Under the Canadian Experience Class, you cannot count work experience you gained while enrolled as a full-time student. Under the Federal Skilled Worker Program, your work experience must have been full-time (or the equivalent in part-time hours), worked continuously and paid, for at least one year in the same occupation.
We usually suggest the applicant invest in the business which is similar to your business ownership and management experience in your home country. This will make the application more likely to be approved.
Through improving IELTS test results, accumulating more work experience or obtaining higher education credentials, etc.
Apply to CIC as required.If it is provincial express entry stream, you will need to submit all the document online. If it is regular PNP stream, you will need to mail your application to CIC Centralized Intake Office.
Permanent resident will receive Confirmation of Permanent Residence, which is the proof of your right to live in Canada permanently and forever valid. PR card is the identity proof needed upon your every entry into Canada and is valid for 5 years.
- PR don’t have the right to vote.
- When entering China, PR don’t need visa and citizens have to apply for visa.
- PR needs to fulfill residency obligatons and must live in Canada for at least two years in a five-year period
If you have any other questions, you can write down your questions in the page “contact us” or book a free consultation. Our immigration consultant will give you more detailed information based on your situation.