The company-specific conditions of Canadian working permits are bypassed and candidates are free to work without constraint, with the status of a permanent Canadian resident. After three years in the country a successful applicant may become a Canadian Citizen.

The United Nations has often rated Canada as the best country in the world to live in. Canada has the highest standard of living and best quality of life.

2. Prosperity in Canada

The economy is BOOMING! A fast growing, modern, industrialized nation, Canada offers unlimited potential

and opportunity. With the highest standard of living, Canada is one of the richest countries and keeps getting better.

3. The Good Life

Canadians enjoy one of the highest qualities of life in the world. The clean environment makes for clean living.

4. Growing Job Market

At 6.8%, Canada’s unemployment rate is at its lowest since 1976, with hundreds of thousands of new jobs created each year. Canadians earn an average annual income of approximately $40,000.

5. Low Tax and Inflation

Consistently decreasing taxes and a 2.3% inflation rate make for a resilient economy, and Canadians are taking home more each year. This is like giving the whole country a BIG RAISE!

6. Business and Industry

Unlimited opportunities for development exist in the natural resources, manufacturing, construction, import/export, commerce, high-tech and service industries.

7. Top Quality Education

Offering free primary and secondary education and subsidized post-secondary studies, Canada spends more on education than any industrial nation. Canadian universities and colleges have an excellent international reputation for high quality.

8. Health and Welfare

Canadians have access to social assistance programs, affordable housing, FREE HEALTHCARE and a strong government that helps its people.

9. Safe and Secure

Community policing, strict gun control laws and a fair justice system make Canada safe and secure for everyone. Crime rates are among the lowest in the world and continue to decline.

10. Multiculturalism

Canada encourages immigrants to retain their unique culture. Nowhere else is there such a diversity of cultures existing together in a tolerant, peaceful society.

Unlike Canadian citizens,

1. a permanent resident cannot vote;
2. a permanent resident cannot hold a Canadian passport; and
3. a permanent resident can be deported for certain criminal convictions.

A Canadian permanent resident is eligible to apply for Canadian Citizenship after three (3) years of receiving Canadian permanent residency. One is eligible to apply for a Canadian passport after obtaining Canadian Citizenship.

Pursuant to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act of Canada, a permanent resident can remain outside of Canada for no more than three (3) years within any five (5) year period without being deemed to have abandoned his/her Canadian permanent resident status.

Persons to whom a Canadian immigrant visa has been issued must present themselves to a Canada immigration officer at one of the official ports of entry of Canada in order to become a permanent resident.

To be eligible to become a permanent resident of Canada, the aspiring resident must meet the requirements of one (1) of three (3) classes of immigration: the Independent/Skilled Worker Class, the Family Class or the Business Class and one must apply for permanent resident status through a Canadian visa office (i.e. High Commission/Embassy/Consulate).

Permanent Status - Canada Immigration Categories:
Independent/Skilled Worker Class
Family Class
Business Investors
Business Entrepreneurs
Business Self-Employed

The selection factors may be summarized as follows:

• Education: Applicants are awarded up to 25 points.
• Language Skills: Applicants are awarded up to 24 points.
• Experience: Applicants are awarded up to 21 points.
• Age: Applicants are awarded up to 10 points.
• Arranged Employment: Applicants are awarded up to 10 points.
• Adaptability: Applicants are awarded up to 10 points.

Whatever the number of points awarded, Canadian Immigration Visa Officers always have the discretion to accept or refuse an application based on a substituted evaluation

In addition to scoring at least 67 points, successful applicants must show that they have enough money to support themselves and their dependants after arrival in Canada. Applicants and their dependants must also undergo medical examinations and security clearances as part of the Canadian immigration application process.

The Canadian government recognizes that the points awarded under the skilled worker selection system do not always accurately reflect an applicant’s chances of successfully settling in Canada. As a result, Citizenship and Immigration Canada Officers are authorized to substitute for the criteria listed above their evaluation for the likelihood of the applicant becoming economically established in Canada, and to accept or refuse the applicant no matter what points are awarded.

Substituted evaluation is not the same as Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds. The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, in compelling circumstances, may grant a Canada Immigration Visa to anyone who is otherwise inadmissible.