Eligibility to apply an immigrant visa

1. I cannot find my job title in NOC skilled worker occupation list.
   It is not necessary to match your title to the occupation name in the list. Rather than that, your experience has to consist of a substantial number of duties described in the Main Duties section of the NOC list.
   
   
2. My score is less than the pass-mark. Is it impossible for me to immigrate to Canada?
   Even applicants with a score of less than the pass-mark have chance to obtain an immigrant visa. For example, applicants whose occupation is definitely demanded in Canada may be approved with less than the required points if properly presented. Also, skilled workers whose occupation does not need high level of education or language proficiency and have found a Canadian employer may be accepted.
   
   
3. Which is better, applying for immigration after obtaining a work-permit or searching for a job after immigrating to Canada?
   The answer depends on your particular circumstances. If you meet the current pass-mark, it would be better to apply immediately because the pass-mark may be changed – as may the selection-criteria and eligible occupations – and selection standards must be met both when upon application and when the selection decision is made many months later. Thus, by the time you find a job, you might no longer qualify to immigrate.
   
   For those who do not reach the pass-mark, arranged employment may be the cure because it generated ten (10) to fifteen (15) points. However, those who have secured arranged employment are not permitted to work in Canada until they have immigrated.
   
   On the other hand, if, even with those additional points, you cannot reach the pass-mark, you might wish to obtain a work-permit in order to prove to a visa-officer that you have the ability to support yourself in Canada. If so, you could still be approved for immigration even though you cannot reach the pass-mark.
   
   
4. What is an arranged employment?
   Arranged Employment’ requires approval from HRSD, Canada’s Department of Labour. In order to obtain approval, the following conditions must be satisfied:

   • the employer must have been operating for at least one year;
   • the job must be managerial or Skill Level A or B and
   • the compensation offered must be sufficient to attract
   • a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. Advertising the position is not required.
   
   
5. Can ForefrontMigration Ltd. secure ‘arranged employment’ for me?
   Quite possibly. It depends on your professional experience and qualifications. We have access to Canadian lawyers and ‘head-hunters’ and are, therefore, in a position – for a fee – to obtain ‘arranged employment’ for those seeking to immigrate to Canada.
   
   
6. Where do I have an interview and take my medical exam?
   Medical examinations may be taken anywhere in the world so long as an approved physician conducts the examination.
   Click here for a list of approved physicians.

   • http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/medical.html

   
   Applications, however, must be submitted to the visa-post responsible for your country of citizenship or where you have had – but may no longer have – lawful immigration status. Click here for the visa-post responsible for each country.

   • http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/offices/apply-where.html


7. Under what circumstances are interviews waived?
   If, on the basis of the supporting documentation, the visa-officer is satisfied that the selection-criteria have been met, the interview may be waived. For business-class applicants, however, interviews are rarely waived. Because a visa-waiver greatly reduces the processing time – by one year or more – how an application is presented is exceedingly important.
   
   
8. How long does the application process take?
   Regrettably it is impossible to answer this question precisely because

   1. Immigration Canada has failed to give accurate projections in this respect and
   2. there are many variables in any event, not the least of which is the number of files already in the queue.

   
   In addition, processing time depends on the class in which you apply, whether your interview is waived, the complexity of your case, the length of the coffee-breaks Immigration officials take during the processing of your file and the phase of the moon when your application is received.
   
   
9. May I visit Canada while my application for permanent residence is still in process?
   Technically, yes, but practically, no. Although IRPA states that intending immigrants may, despite that intention, also intend to visit Canada temporally while their immigrant-visa application is pending, all too many visa-officers ignore that provision. However, those who have a bona fide basis for making an exploratory visit should be issued a visitor-visa. Request from those who have applied in the Business Class are generally accepted, but, for skilled-worker applicants, the odds are much lower – unless they are going to seek ‘arranged employment’ and have potential employers’ information in hand.

1. What happens after I obtain immigration visa?
   When you are are granted a permanent resident visa, you will receive Confirmation of Permanent Residence (CPR), which is presented to an Immigration officer at the port-of -entry. If no problem arises, the Immigration officer will admit you as a permanent resident. The permanent residence card should arrive in the mail in less than two months. (In the interim, the CPR may be used to confirm permanent resident status.)
   
   
2. What possible problems could arise at the port-of-entry?
   One problem could be arriving at the port-of-entry after the immigrant-visa has expired, in which case you cannot be admitted. Another frequent problem is a change of marital status or the birth of a child occurring after issuance of the immigrant-visa. Such changes must be reported to the visa-post, which will require medical examinations for the new family-members and, for the spouse, police-clearances.
   
   
3. What if I do not advise Immigration Canada that, subsequent to receiving my immigrant-visa but before coming to Canada, I got married or had a child?
   First, Immigration Canada could seek to strip you of your immigrant-visa on the grounds that you were admitted on the basis of a false representation or concealment of a material fact. Second, the Regulations bar sponsorship of any spouse or child who was not declared prior to landing.
   
   
4. What am I allowed to bring with me when I immigrate?
   You are allowed to bring duty-free anything "used", which is to say, anything not in its original, unwrapped box. Items on the "Endangered Species List", however, require export and import approval. Ivory, for example, is on that list, but Canada permits each immigrant in possession of an export permit the right to bring 10 kilograms of ivory.
   
   
5. After my immigrant-visa has been approved, will you help me find a job in Canada?
   Yes, for an additional fee, paid only if we are successful in finding an employer.
   
   
6. Do you provide services for immigrants who need to apply for a permanent resident card?
   Yes, quite often.