Permanent Residency

The Canadian immigration system provides prospective immigrants several ways to immigrate to Canada. You can make an application at a Canadian visa office abroad or you can make an inland application after entering Canada. You will have to decide what will work in your peculiar circumstance.
Below are some of the ways you can apply to settle in Canada:

• Skilled workers and professionals
  Education, experience and language skills you need
• Investors, entrepreneurs and self-employed persons
  Who can start a business in Canada
• Sponsoring your family
  How to sponsor a family member to join you here if you are a permanent resident

Skilled workers and professionals

Skilled workers have education, work experience, knowledge of English or French, and other abilities that will help them to establish themselves successfully as permanent residents in Canada.
Note: You must meet the following minimum requirements to apply as a skilled worker:

• You must have at least one continuous year of full-time, paid work experience or the equivalent in part-time continuous employment.
• Your work experience must be Skill Type 0 (managerial occupations) or Skill Level A (professional occupations) or B (technical occupations and skilled trades) on the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC).
• You must have had this experience within the last 10 years.

Investors, entrepreneurs and self‑employed persons

The Business Immigration Program seeks to attract experienced business people to Canada who will support the development of a strong and prosperous Canadian economy.
Business immigrants are expected to make a C$400,000 investment or to own and manage businesses in Canada.
Canada has three classes of business immigrants:

• investors
• entrepreneurs and
• self-employed persons.

Each application can be made for only one class and cannot be changed once the application is submitted. The criteria you must meet to qualify are different for each class.
Find out if you can immigrate as one of the following:

• Investors
• Entrepreneurs
• Self-employed

Investors

The Immigrant Investor Program seeks to attract experienced business people to invest C$400,000 into Canada’s economy.
To be eligible under the Immigrant Investor Program, you must:

• Have at least two years of business experience.
  
• Have a net worth of at least C$800,000 that was legally obtained, and be willing and able to make an investment of C$400,000.

The money is given to Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the province where you intend to settle will guarantee that the money will be used to create jobs. After five years the $400,000 is given back to you.

Entrepreneurs

The Entrepreneur Program seeks to attract experienced business persons who will own and actively manage businesses in Canada that contribute to the economy and create jobs. Entrepreneurs must:

• show that they have business experience
• have a minimum net worth of C$300,000 that was obtained legally and
• respect the conditions for entrepreneurs after they arrive in Canada.

To be eligible under the Entrepreneur Program, you must meet the following requirements:

• Have at least two years of business experience.
• Have a net worth of at least C$300,000 that was obtained legally.
• Meet the selection criteria for the Entrepreneur Program.
• Meet medical, security and other requirements.

Self-employed persons

The Self-Employed Persons Program seeks to attract applicants who have the intention and ability to become self-employed in Canada. Self-employed persons are required to have either:

• relevant experience that will make a significant contribution to the cultural or athletic life of Canada or
• experience in farm management and the intention and ability to purchase and manage a farm in Canada.

To be eligible as a self-employed person, you must meet the following criteria:

• Have relevant experience
• Meet the selection criteria for self-employed persons and
• Meet medical, security and other requirements

For more details please contact us.