Are there agencies that set it all up for you or something?
2007-02-06 22:39:55 · 5 answers · asked by interestiblez 2 in Travel ➔ Canada ➔ Other - Canada
My husband and I have recently received our immigration visas for Canada. There are several agencies out there who are all too willing to accept your money to do the application for you, but really it's not necessary. We didn't use an agency and we have no regrets about that.
If you choose to apply under your own steam, you should visit the following websites
http://www.canada.org.uk/
http://www.cic.gc.ca/
These provide all the information you will need to choose which type of immigration visa you want to apply for, the approximate waiting times, the fees involved, the funds required, and the all the forms for the application itself are available to download. It's all fairly straight forward.
The most popular visa is the skilled worker visa for permanent residence, which is a visa allowing you to live and work anywhere in Canada. It is assessed on a points basis. You will find a self assessment tool on the website whereby you can calculate the points you will score, and from that you will know whether you qualify. Do also check out the processing times for visas submitted to the London Canadian High Commission office, as they are lengthy. Our visa took 30 months to process from the time we received our application acknowledgement card.
My tip from personal experience, is to be sure you are fully decided on moving to Canada, and have done a research trip before you apply for the visa. The process is lengthy and costly, and once your visa is in, you will have a tendency to feel as if you are living in a sort of limbo until you hear back from them in a couple of years time! The waiting is definately the hardest part of the application.
Good luck with it all! I hope this has helped a little.
2007-02-06 23:54:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are probably several ways to do so. First off you must make your application from out side of Canada. You could write the federal govt of Canada dept of immigration for application forms. You could also see if there is a Canadian Embassy in your country, if so go and see them and ask the best avenue to take. It is a slow but rewarding process---hope it works out for you.
2007-02-06 22:54:22 · answer #2 · answered by Steiner 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well you would Emigate to Canada and be an Immigrant once you arrived. I believe they have strict rules on people being able to use the English/French languages correctly. Unlike Britain who let you become an immigrant if you can breathe and if there was a way they could fiddle the figures for dead bodies, they would let them in as well.!!
2007-02-06 23:04:21 · answer #3 · answered by saintee 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try the following website: http://www.cic.gc.ca/
2007-02-07 02:37:28 · answer #4 · answered by Goldista 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to visit ther a few times to get 'points' as it works on a points system, plus you need to have a job there to go to.
2007-02-06 22:51:20 · answer #5 · answered by fairy_lilac_boots 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋