Skilled Workers and Professionals

Skilled workers are selected as permanent residents based on their education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French, and other criteria that has been shown to help them become economically established in Canada. You will require an offer of arranged employment, OR you are a foreign national who has been living legally in Canada for one year as a temporary foreign worker or an international student, OR you are a skilled worker who has at least one year of experience in one or more of the occupations that Citizenship and Immigration Canada has listed on their website.

• You must also achieve at least 67 points on the Federal Skilled Worker Selection Grid.
• You require at least one year of continuous full-time paid work experience or the equivalent in part-time continuous employment, AND 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 Occupation Classification list, AND 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.

Provincial Nominees

Persons who immigrate to Canada under the Provincial Nominee Program have the skills, education and work experience needed to make an immediate economic contribution to the province or territory that nominates them. They are ready to establish themselves successfully as permanent residents in Canada. To apply under the Provincial Nominee Program, applicants must be nominated by a Canadian province or territory. For the Provincial Nominee Programs our firm only works in the following western provinces:

• Saskatchewan
• Alberta
• British Columbia

For help negotiating the different areas of immigration to Canada please contact us.