Analysis of Seven Types of Canadian Immigrants

Seven categories of Canadian immigrants

Types of general skilled immigrants: the way most China people immigrate to Canada. Independent immigrants in Canada can also be called general skilled immigrants or skilled workers immigrants. It refers to immigrants who immigrate to Canada by their own skills and talents without relying on others' guarantees. As long as you have a certain level of English proficiency and education, and your current occupation and professional knowledge are needed by the Canadian job market, you are eligible to apply.

Business immigrants: At present, Canadian business immigrants include entrepreneurs immigrants, Canadian investment immigrants, self-employed immigrants and provincial nomination plans.

Investment Immigration: Applicants must have more than two years of business experience, successfully run and manage a business or business plan, prove that they have assets of 800,000 Canadian dollars, invest 400,000 Canadian dollars to buy federal government funds for five years, and are not allowed to lend. Canadian investment immigration is a way for the Canadian government to attract investment.

Entrepreneurial migration: applicants must be able to establish, purchase or invest in a business in Canada within two years after registration; Applicants must prove that they have sufficient business management experience and funds to invest in business.

Self-employed immigrants: Applicants must have successful business experience in their original place of residence, have enough economic ability to start a business in Canada and hire themselves, and this business will contribute to Canada's economy, culture and art.

Family-related immigrants: Family-related immigrants, also known as family reunion immigrants in Canada, are established to enable Canadian citizens or permanent residents to reunite with their relatives in Canada.

Home care immigrants refer to those who are approved to go to Canada to take care of children, elderly families or disabled people. After working full-time for two years, you can apply for permanent resident status in Canada. Applicants must provide technical secondary school or above education certificate, six-month relevant nursing professional training certificate or 12 months nursing related experience certificate. Applicants must also have a certain ability of listening, speaking and reading in English or French, so that they can independently complete nursing and care work in a family.

Provincial Nomination Plan (PNP Plan): The federal government of Canada has signed an immigration cooperation agreement with the provincial government, and the provincial government has the right to select talents who meet the requirements of the province according to the needs of the province. The Immigration Department issues immigrant visas, including Canadian investment immigrants and provincial skilled immigrants.

Canada is also one of the most relaxed and flexible countries in western developed countries to implement immigration policy. Canada's multicultural policy is universally recognized, especially the rights of immigrants are fully guaranteed in the Canadian Constitution.

Extended reading: the processing time of skilled immigrants in Canada

1. Factors affecting processing time

Country of residence:

IRCC processing time varies according to personal living conditions.

Application type:

The processing time of various visas and permits is different. Both the application type and the number of candidates currently processed in this category will affect the processing time. If the number of applicants for a project is more than expected, the preparation time will be longer.

Integrity:

If your application materials are incomplete, IRCC will reject the applicant or ask for more supporting information, which will lead to longer processing time.

Second, the average processing time of immigration categories.

1. Shortcut

In 80% of cases, applications submitted through the fast track will be processed within 6 months.

Study permit

The processing time is 4-6 weeks, but applicants in some countries expect nearly 20 weeks.

Post-graduation work visa

The application time for obtaining a work visa after graduation varies according to the application method. If it is an online application, it will be processed within 50 days. If it is a paper application, it will take about 105 days.

2. Maple Leaf Card

It needs 6 1 day. It takes 7 1 day to update or replace the old maple leaf card.

Guarantor spouse

It takes an average of 12 months to process the application. This may vary depending on whether the spouse lives in Canada or abroad, but most of them are within 12 months.

3. Tourist visa

When applying in Canada, all online applications will be processed within 14 days, and paper applications will take 19 days. The application varies according to the applicant's country of residence.

Further reading: Canadian investment immigration application cycle

Take Canadian investment immigrants as an example, there are several ways: federal, Quebec and provincial nomination (PNP). According to general information, the order of speed should be: PNP, Quebec, and Federation, but the result of actual operation is that the Federation is the fastest, followed by PNP, and finally Quebec. The reason for this is the following：

1. No matter how you immigrate, you have to go through the federal background check, physical examination and visa issuance, that is, the nomination plan of Quebec or other provinces, and finally you have to go through the federal link. Take Quebec investment immigrants as an example, first of all, they must be approved by Quebec Immigration Bureau, and within the index range stipulated by the Federation. After at least 6- 10 months of document processing, they will be transferred to the Federation for further processing.

2. The federal government usually randomly checks 5% of the applications submitted to PNP and Quebec for review. Once they are selected, it will be an extremely long wait. There is a female applicant in Beijing, who was 27 years old at the time of application and planned to get married and have children after emigration. As a result, she got a visa eight years later. She spent years in every "arrival" wish.

3. In addition to the two-level trial, the most important thing is that the local government is very strict with the documents in the first instance in order to ensure the success rate. Once it is returned by the federal government, it will be embarrassing;

4. Quebec has always been independent, so it enjoys a certain degree of self-determination on immigration issues. However, this does not mean that its cases will be given priority when they arrive in the Federation. In fact, Quebec's immigration application has entered the federal trial stage, and it is common to delay the trial!

Quebec investment immigrants: the application conditions and procedures for Quebec investment immigrants are basically the same as those for federal investment immigrants. Quebec has the right to choose immigrants independent of the Federation because of its specific political status. That is, the applicant can have the priority of the federal government after obtaining the selection certificate (CSQ) of the Quebec provincial government. Therefore, the application cycle of Quebec investment immigration project is much faster than that of the federal government. The immigration cycle officially announced by the Canadian Immigration Service is 12- 16 months.

Federal investment immigration: Canada's federal investment immigration program, as a traditional immigration program in Canada, is famous for its relaxed application conditions and high visa-free probability. There are relatively many applicants for this kind of preferential immigration project, which inevitably leads to a backlog of cases. According to the official data released by Immigration Canada, the average trial period of federal investment immigration cases is 30-36 months. That is to say, it will take two and a half to three years.

Federal /BC fast enterprise-sponsored immigration: In order to attract more successful enterprise managers to enter Canada, Canada has specially launched fast enterprise-sponsored immigration. This kind of project is guaranteed by local enterprises for applicants to enter Canada, which greatly shortens the immigration application cycle. However, the application conditions of this kind of project are higher than those of the traditional federal and Quebec investment immigration projects, and the applicant is required to have an educational background of 15 years, that is, college degree or above. The advantage of this kind of project is that the asset requirements are low, only 250 thousand Canadian dollars are needed; The application speed is fast, and the average applicant can get a family green card in 6-9 months.