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People may apply for permanent status in Canada in several ways. These are described below. This is merely an overview and not a detailed analysis of the Canadian immigration laws.

Permanent Visas (Immigrants)

Skilled Workers

Skilled workers are assessed based on the Selection Grid (points system). This grid assigns points for education, language ability, employment experience, age, arranged employment in Canada, and adaptability. An applicant must have a minimum of one year of work experience within the past 10 years in a management occupation or in an occupation normally requiring university, college or technical. As well, an applicant must have funds available that are sufficient for settlement. Sixty-seven (67) points out of one hundred (100) must be attained.

Family Class

A sponsor is Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada who is a foreign national's relative, spouse, common-law partner or a conjugal partner. A sponsor can make an application for a relative abroad who is/are:

spouses, common-law or conjugal partners,

parents

grandparents

orphaned brothers/sisters (who has been orphaned, is under 18 years of age and not a spouse or common law partner)

nephews/nieces (who has been orphaned, is under 18 years of age and not a spouse or common law partner)

grandchildren, (who has been orphaned, is under 18 years of age and not a spouse or common law partner)

adopted or dependent children.

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In certain circumstances, applications can be made for spouses or common-law partners and their dependent children who already have legal temporary status in Canada.

Business Immigrants

Entrepreneurs
An entrepreneurial applicant is an immigrant who will own and manage a business in Canada that creates an employment opportunity for Canadian citizens or permanent residents. To be eligible for immigration as an entrepreneur, an applicant must have past managerial experience based upon specifically delineated criteria for two years out of the five prior to filing the application, have a net worth of at least CAD$300,000.00 and intend to manage and control a business and create a job for a Canadian for a period of one out of three years following landing in Canada.

Investors
Investor applicants must invest CAD$400,000.00 in a designated provincial or territorial fund in Canada. The full amount of the investment is guaranteed repaid in approximately 5 years time, but without interest. To qualify as an investor, the applicant must have a legally obtained net worth of CAD$800,000.00 and have past managerial experience, in addition to have controlled a percentage of equity in a controlling business for two years in the five year period preceding the date of the application.

Self-Employed
To make application as a self-employed permanent resident, the applicant must have at least two years of experience in the five years before the date of application. The experience must have involve cultural activities or athletics, participating in cultural activities or athletics at a world class level or farm management experience. A self-employed applicant must have the intention and ability to be self-employed in Canada and to make significant contributions to cultural activities or athletics or by purchasing and managing a farm.

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