NAFTA Work Permit NAFTA is an agreement between three countries that allows a worker from any of these countries to go and work in any of the three countries that are party to the agreement of NAFTA. It makes the job of a worker to get a visa [...]

Who needs to meet Financial Requirements to Sponsor Family to Canada? When sponsoring a loved one to Canada one of the requirements is meeting the financial obligations as the sponsor. The sponsor must show that he/she meets the minimum necessary income or Low-Income Cut-Off (LICO) for a given [...]

Canadian Citizenship Changes Since June 11, 2015 there have been changes to obtaining your Canadian Citizenship. One of these changes include being physically present in Canada for four years over the six year period. Prior to the change you only had to be physically present in Canada three [...]

Reasons your Spousal Sponsorship gets Refused Many times applicants file their own Spousal Sponsorship Application without thoroughly doing their research of the requirements they need to meet or they fail to provide sufficient supporting documents with their application. When starting an application without much knowledge in the area [...]

Federal Skilled Worker FSW Prior to January 2015, the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program provided a list of 50 qualifying occupations. However, on January 1, 2015 the new and improved online Express Entry Immigration system was introduced under the Economic Class. Under Express Entry, the updated Federal Skilled [...]

Arranged Employment for Permanent Residency through Express Entry Route The Canadian Express Entry system allows employers in Canada to offer permanent jobs to foreign nationals so they can immigrate to Canada under the skilled workers class. Candidates for the Express Entry system who have a job which is [...]

US citizen travelling to Canada The winter is here and you and your family living in Washington decide to take a road trip north of the border into Canada to spend some good quality time with your family. While packing your bags you realize that your passport has [...]

Who is eligible to apply for British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program? The Canadian province of British Columbia depends largely on the type of people employed within it, the skills and trades those workers bring in, and the overall employment structure and demographic of the province. To accomplish such [...]

Self Employed Immigration Eligibility The self-employed person program offered by Citizenship and Immigration Canada enables people who will become self-employed once they enter Canada. To be eligible for immigration under the self-employed category, individuals who wish to apply must meet some base requirements. These base requirements include: Individual applicants [...]

Applying as Federal Skilled Worker through Express Entry Are you looking to apply for Express Entry? This new method of applying to enter Canada has three programs. If you are a skilled foreign national, you would be able to apply to the program that applies to you. This [...]

What is Permanent Residence in Canada? Permanent Residents are persons who have been given a permanent resident status by the Government of Canada. These people are not citizens of Canada; however, they are permanent residents because they immigrated to Canada. Permanent Residents are citizens of other countries, i.e.: [...]

Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program AINP The Alberta Immigration Nominee Program, or the AINP, is an economic based immigration program operated under the Government of Alberta and with accordance with the Federal Government of Canada’s Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada – the IRCC. The nominee program supports Alberta’s immigration [...]