Immigration PR
Immigration to Canada is the process by which people migrate to Canada to reside in that country. The majority of these individuals become Canadian citizens. After 1947, domestic immigration law and policy went through major changes, most notably with the Immigration Act, 1976, and the current Immigration and Refugee Protection Act from 2002. Canadian immigration policies are still evolving. In the year from July 2015 to June 2016, there were 320,932 immigrants to Canada.
In Canada there are mainly three categories of immigrants at the federal level: Family Class (closely related persons of Canadian residents living in Canada), Economic Immigrants class (skilled workers and business people), Express Entry for the persons falling under Canadian experience class, federal skilled class and federal skilled trades class. Beside this there are various nomination programs by different provinces known as PNP
Permanent Residency of Canada is a status of a person who is not a s citizen but who has been granted permission to live and work in Canada without any time limit on their stay.
To become a permanent resident, a foreign national must make an application to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), formerly known as Citizenship and Immigration Canada. A permanent resident must live in Canada for two years out of every five, or risk losing that status.
Benefits of Permanent Residency
A Permanent Resident holds many of the same rights and responsibilities as a Canadian citizen, among others the right to live, study and work (subject to the restrictions of regulated professions), including for the federal or provincial government, anywhere in Canada.
Permanent residents may obtain social benefits, employment insurance and Canada Pension Plan payments, and may avail themselves of the rights, freedoms, and protections of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, other than those only granted to Canadian citizens.
Permanent residents may apply for Canadian citizenship after four years in Canada; however, this is not mandatory.
In Canada there are mainly three categories of immigrants at the federal level: Family Class (closely related persons of Canadian residents living in Canada), Economic Immigrants class (skilled workers and business people), Express Entry for the persons falling under Canadian experience class, federal skilled class and federal skilled trades class. Beside this there are various nomination programs by different provinces known as PNP