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APPLYING FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN CANADA

On-line Immigration Assessment Forms

Permanent Status:

Applicants may qualify in one of the below categories:

 

1. Independent immigrants

Independent immigrants are assessed on a point system. Points are given for various factors:  education; official language; work experience; arranged employment; age; adaptability. 

Independent Immigrant group includes:

A) Skilled Workers Category 

B) Business Category

 

2. Family class

Family class immigrants

 

3. Refugees are persons seeking protection from Canada due to fear of persecution in their own country.

 

There is no Canadian Consulate in Canada to process the applications for independent immigrants. If you want to apply for permanent residence in Canada as an independent immigrant, you are required to apply in the Consulates outside of Canada.

 

4. Live-In Caregiver Program

The program participant can apply in Canada to become permanent resident.

 

Temporary Status:

 

1. Visitor visa.

To be admitted, visitors may need a visa, which may be obtained at a visa office abroad.

 

2. Work Visa 

 

3. Student Visa

 

 

The right to enter or remain in Canada

Canadian citizens

Canadian citizens have an absolute right to come into or remain in the country, regardless of whether their citizenship is by naturalization, through parentage or place of birth.

 

Indians (American native Indians)

Persons registered as Indians under Canada's Indian Act, whether or not they are Canadian citizens, also have an absolute right to come into or remain in Canada.

 

Permanent residents

Permanent residents have the right to come and remain in Canada. All residents have the right to study and work and are entitled to all social benefits accorded to Canadian citizens. There are few limitations on permanent residents. They can vote in certain elections and they may be

ineligible for certain high-level security clearance jobs.

All applicants are assessed on standards which do not discriminate on the basis of race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, or sex. The immigration program is universal; applicants from around the world are assessed against exactly the same criteria.