Protech Immigration Consultancy
Services Ltd.
(PROTECH) provides clients with full service Canadian immigration and
settlement assistance. The process begins when the prospective immigrant
submits the details of their educational and professional experience.
Protech Immigration
Consultancy Services Ltd.
(PROTECH) professionals then assess the clients' qualifications and
evaluate their chance to acquire permanent immigration to Canada. Our
experts build and prepare a detailed case for submission to the Canadian
immigration authorities along with the required documents. We prepare the
applicant thoroughly for the all-important interview, where the client
demonstrates and proves their suitability for immigration to Canada. We track
the various stages of the case and liaise with the Canadian immigration
authorities to ensure a smooth process and minimize the clients' problems.
IMMIGRATION PROGRAMS:
The following is an overview of the main Canadian Immigration categories
in which PROTECH specializes:
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Independent Skilled Class Category
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Business Immigration Category
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Family Class Category
The 'Temporary Immigration Categories' that exist, include:
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Student Visa
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Employment Authorization
> Live-in Caregiver Category
Independent Skilled Class Category:
The "Independent" or "skilled workers" category is subject to a point system.
To be eligible for a permanent residence status the applicant must achieve a
minimum of 67 points. Points are awarded in the following areas: Age,
Education, Languages, Occupation, Years of Experience, Family in Canada, and
adaptability factors . Applicants are required to pass a medical
examination, and meet financial requirements - proving that they can be
successfully established in Canada. Candidates will be required to clear
background or security checks.
The Government of Canada publishes a list of specific occupations which have
been graded and have determined occupations which are admissible. In order to
apply for the "independent" or "skilled worker" category, you must be described
in one of these occupations. These occupations also have specific
educational and experience requirements which are described in the National
Occupations Classification Manual.
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Business Immigration
Category:
Canada 's business immigration program seeks to promote economic development
and employment by attracting people with venture capital and entrepreneurial
skills.
Individuals with business/managerial
experience having high net worth may apply under one of the
following sub-categories:
Investor: An individual can qualify in this
category if they have:
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Successfully operated, controlled or directed a qualifying business; or managed
five full time employees for two years in last five years.
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Legally accumulated through its own endeavours a family net worth of at least
$800,000 (CAD);
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Invest $400,000 (CAD) for five years with the Department of Citizenship and
Immigration Canada.
Entrepreneur: An individual can qualify in this
category if they have:
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Successfully managed a qualifying business for two years in last five years;
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Legally accumulated through its own endeavours a family net worth of at least
$300,000 (CAD); and
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Sufficient assets to establish or acquire a qualifying Canadian business for
one year in first three years business in Canada. This is a condition.
An entrepreneur must, within three years of landing, establish a qualifying
Canadian business in Canada. The candidate must be active and have perpetual
participation in the ongoing management of the business. Also, employment
opportunities must be created for at least one Canadian citizen or permanent
resident, other than the entrepreneur and/or their dependents. The entrepreneur
is required to report the progress to immigration officials on regular basis
during this three-year period.
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Family Class
Category:
Under the "Family Class" immigration category, a Canadian citizen or a permanent
immigrant can sponsor his/her spouse, parents/grandparents, dependent child and
orphaned brother, sister, nephew, niece or grandchild - if under the age of 22
and is unmarried. An applicant can also sponsor an adopted child under the age
of 22 years, or a child who is orphaned, or placed with a Child Welfare
authority for adoption. If the Sponsor has no relative (as described above) and
no relative as a Canadian citizen, or permanent resident in Canada , they are
eligible to sponsor one other relative.
The sponsor has the responsibility to demonstrate the financial
ability to provide basic requirements for living in Canada , if needed,
for the individuals and dependents that are to be sponsored in the
Family Class, for a specific number of years (presently 3 years for spouse and
10 years for all others). These requirements are eased while sponsoring a
spouse and/or unmarried children less than 22 years of age.
Canadian citizens living outside Canada can apply for sponsoring their spouse to
Canada even when they live outside Canada . They should demonstrate they would
join their spouse in Canada when he/she comes to Canada after sponsorship.
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Student Visa:
An international student is a visitor who has
been approved by a Canadian Immigration Officer or Visa Officer to
study in Canada. This approval process is normally done at a visa office
outside of Canada. The student authorization document
identifies the level of study, and length of time that the individual may study
in Canada.
International students must present a letter of acceptance from the institution
they plan to attend. The student must prove that they have sufficient financial
resources to cover tuition and living costs, and satisfy to a Visa Officer that
they plan to return home at the end of their studies. They may also be required
to pass a medical examination.
Many College and University students are eligible for long-term authorizations,
which permit the student to change courses or schools, without further
approval.
Citizens of the United States and dependents of foreign government officials,
can apply for student authorizations at Canadian ports of entry.
International students are allowed to work in Canada, under the following
conditions:
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Work, if it is an essential part of the programme under study;
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Work in a field related to their studies; for a period of up to one year after
completing their schooling;
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Graduate-assistant work;
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To meet financial requirements, when an existing source of funding is cut off
through no fault of their own; and,
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Work on campus at the institution at which they are registered as full-time
student.
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Employment Authorization:
Most foreign individuals who desire to work
temporarily in Canada must first have an approved job offer and an
employment authorization, prior to arrival.
It is the Canadian employer's responsibility to have the job offer
approved by the local Human Resource Centre (HRC). If the
job meets Canadian labour standards and cannot be filled by a qualified
Canadian, the HRC may approve the job offer.
Upon receipt of a HRC-approved offer, Visa Officials abroad will decide if the
foreign worker qualifies for the employment authorization.
They would assess health,
character, security, job qualifications and other criteria.
If an employment authorization is issued, it is valid only for a specified
job, employer and specific period of time.
Some jobs may not need approval, or require an employment authorization, if
they are included in the list under special programs by the Government of
Canada.
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Live-in Caregiver Catagory:
If you have at least 10 + 2 education and are reasonably good in English so that
you can manage in an unsupervised situation and have either of the following:
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Six months training as live-in caregiver; or
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One year paid full time live-in caregiver experience in last 3 years.
You can apply for live-in caregiver category if you have an employer in Canada .
The employer has to prove the need for employing a live-in caregiver and to
prove that no Canadian was available for that position after advertising in
newspapers.
Under the live-in caregiver category, if the person works in Canada as live-in
caregiver for 2 years, he/she is eligible to apply for Permanent Residence
along with their family.
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