Canadian Immigration

Canada's immigration program is based on unbiased principles. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is the government organization that assesses foreign nationals. Foreigners are never distinguished on the basis of race, colors, national or ethnic origin, religion or gender. The immigration program is worldwide. CIC takes in applicants from all over the world and assess their aptitude to adapt to Canadian life.

The CIC basically works on 3 basic objectives namely, reuniting families, contributing to economic development and protecting refugees. Based on this, applicants can be entered to Canada as permanent residents under three corresponding categories i.e. Family Class, Economic Class or Refugee Class. The

A person who applies for an immigrant visa is assessed by means of a point system. An applicant is assessed under the federal skilled worker class based on different factors. The result will point toward whether there is a strong likelihood that the applicant and dependents will productively establish themselves in Canada. Perfect applicants under the skilled worker class should possess employment skills. They ought to also have relevant experience. Applicants with government approved job offers in Canada are ideal. Canada also allows immigration under the Business Immigration program, under three sub-categories namely Entrepreneurs, Investors, and Self-Employed. The exception to these regulations is Quebec, as their government sees to its own immigration.

Yet an additional class in the Canadian immigration program is the federal family class. This class promotes the get-together of Canadian citizens and permanent residents with their relatives in Canada. These relatives may comprise a spouse, common-law partner or conjugal partner who is 16 years of age or older and an unmarried dependent child under the age of 22. They may also comprise a parent or grandparent, and a brother, sister, nephew, niece, grandchild who is an orphan, unmarried and under 18 years of age or any other family member. The sponsor though should have none of the above relatives or family members in Canada or abroad.

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