Summary
This course will provide and overview of several options to apply for Canadian permanent residence through provincial programs. The instructors will sample a number of programs from Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia (including the Atlantic Immigration Pilot). This will include discussions of employer-driven and strategic-recruitment programs, as well as Express Entry and non-Express Entry streams. The instructors will also discuss some generalities regarding choosing provincial immigration routes and general tips for immigration practitioners.
Course outline
- Ontario
- Online intake
- New Expression of Interest System
- Employer/Job Offer streams
- Foreign Worker Stream
- International Student Stream
- In-Demand Skills Stream
- Human Capital streams
- Master’s Students
- PhD Graduates
- Express Entry streams
- Quebec
- The Canada–Quebec Accord and provincial particularities
- Temporary ImmigrationTemporary foreign workers
- CAQ (Certificat d’acceptation du Québec – Travailleurs étrangers)
- LMIA: Simplified Process for Quebec
- Temporary foreign students
- CAQ (Certificat d’acceptation du Québec – Étudiants étrangers)
- Gens d’affaires (Business People)
- Foreign Skilled Workers (Regular Stream)
- Foreign Skilled Workers (Programme de l’expérience québécoise – PEQ)
- Atlantic Immigration Pilot
- Atlantic International Graduate Program
- Atlantic High-Skilled Program
- Atlantic Intermediate-Skilled Program
- Nova Scotia
- Nova Scotia Experience: Express Entry Stream
- Skilled Worker Stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program
- Entrepreneur Stream of the Nova Scotia Nominee Program
- Alberta
- Alberta Opportunity Stream
- Alberta Express Entry Stream
- Streams for entrepreneurs
- International Graduate Entrepreneur Immigration Stream
- Foreign Graduate Start-Up Visa Stream
- Self-Employed Farmer Stream
- Post-nomination
- Application for permanent residence
- EE vs. non-EE streams
- Work permit application and extension of status as a worker
- Internal Review or Reconsideration
- Obligation to live in the province following nomination
CPD credits as accredited in 2021
For Lawyers and Paralegals
Law Society of British Columbia
Law Societies of Alberta, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia
For Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants
Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council
