To apply for Canada Immigration which is better of the following?

Question

Either through Canadian Embassy in New Delhi or by the Canadian Embassy in London?

Please note that i am staying in Oman .As per my current residetial status i can apply through London and as per my sitizenship i can apply from New Delhi(in India)

Answer 1

A friend applied in the Middle East while employed there. It took him less than a year to process all of his and his family's papers. If you must, I suggest London, due to lesser number of applicants.

Good luck.

Answer 2

I am an immigrant in Canada, but I've also learnt a lot about the nature of immigration after applying to stay in Europe for a while.

According to my observations, with a European residence status, it has been easier to apply visa for Canada. Whereas, if you came from a 3rd world country, you have to apply at th nearest embassy which treat a load of of applications and dely is longer.

In your case, i suggest U.K, beacuse the British do not make use of the system to travel to Canada. Good luck !

Answer 3

I don't think it matters where you apply from for immigration status. but it has to be outside of Canada. If you normaly reside in London, it might be best from there because it will take a couple of years and you have to be locateable. If you keep changing addresses it might screw up the works

Answer 4

whether you're qualified to immigrate, which, via your account, you in all probability are, it is going to take an rather long term. we are interior the middle of a deepening recession and so in spite of jobs there are available won't flow to foreigners. till you have a particular activity grant from a Canadian organization and/or particular severe call for skills and adventure, then your probabilities of coming over right here very quickly are nil. Sorry, this is how that's right here - and maximum different places too, i might upload.

Answer 5

Much better to apply via London.

If you apply via New Delhi there'll be a strong presumption for rejection, if you appply via London that will not be the case to the same extent.

Answer 6

I would suggest apply via canadian high commission london.
Good luck

Answer 7

Check out this web page...

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/times-int/02a-skilled-fed.html

It gives the approximate processing times for applications in all offices outside of Canada. Looks like London is processing faster than New Delhi.

Bear in mind that you may have to travel to attend an interview in the final stages of your visa processing, although this is not in every case. In fact, my husband and I were not called for an interview for our visa.

Answer 8

I work in immigration to commonwealth countries and I tell you absolutely, if you know what you are doing you can legally migrate and live a good live in those countries as long as you meet the following rules.

1) Over 18 years of age.

2) Not too bad a criminal record (preferably no custodial sentence longer than 12 months imposed in the last 10 years). This is VERY subjective, and the decision should be made by a good agent. Don’t listen to immigration officers on this one. The immigration department does not make the decision on whether you get in or not.

3) No serious diseases or VERY expensive operations need. So insulin diabetics can go, people needing a heart operation can’t, but if you have just had your heart operation then you can go. This is also VERY subjective. Don’t listen to immigration officers on this one either as the immigration department does not make the decision on whether you get in or not.

If you don't meet the point count then use one of the many visas that don't have a point count test. If you don't know about these visas, get professional help.

I don’t like to contradict people but some of the answers (so far) to your question are absolutely wrong. People need accurate advice. People - Don’t give people the wrong advice if you are just a casual observer of immigration. It is wrong and most misleading. I get grown men (and women) crying in my office because they have been told the wrong things by well meaning friends, family and even immigration officers and missed out being able to migrate. If you are not an Immigration professional, maybe you should get one to help you. What are you thinking of trying to learn a most complex area of law from the internet, friends and acquaintances?

If you lodge at the London High Commission, CIC Canada advise a 45 month delay before they even ask for your documents! (New system from 1/9/2006). Then spend up to a year processing you and finally issuing the visa so expect to wait between 3.75 to 4.75 years before you go. Errors in applications lead to longer processing times and refusals. Most other locations take longer. If you are not a UK resident, they may move your application to another station as suits them. Business visas take an extra year. You can shorten this time by having a job offer.
The best place to apply is from within Canada. A work visa is issued on the spot in the Western Provinces (IF you know what your are doing).
For a good company that job places you into Canada try

WWW.immigrationunit.com

They are Lawyers and Accountants AND registered migration agents and so really know more than the others. They deal with ALL visas and are one of the biggest agencies in the business.

Immigration department websites give you information on the visas that the department wants to promote. They don’t give you information on the lawful visas they don’t want to promote. They especially don’t tell you how to use more than one visa in co-ordination (which the staff often doesn’t know about) so that you can get around the restrictions you are facing. By and large the most knowledge immigration officers are soon promoted to supervisory roles and cannot be accessed by members of the public. You will be getting poor counsel from junior staff. Is that what you really want? The advice you get will often by misleading and they certainly will not tell you how to use a combination of visas to sidestep restrictions that may be placed upon you.

There is no logic to immigration. Immigration policies have evolved in response to pressures placed upon politicians wanting to be re-elected. They are then modified and interpreted and applied by bureaucrats. Over time they are further changed by pressures to apply ever more controls ad conditions, especially by the immigration department.

There is no requirement as to capital for certain visas so if you are short of money, get professional help, because you won’t normally know about these visas.

It doesn’t matter what nationality or race you are. There is no special treatment for British nationals. In a practical sense it is helpful if you speak English but it’s not compulsory on some visas and on those where some level of English is compulsory (at a low vocational level only), you can study English after arrival, and it’s easier as you are using it every day.

It does get more difficult in a practical sense but there is no age limit to a skilled migration. Please note there are a number of ways to migrate OTHER than just a points tested skilled visa.

Use a really good agent! They can show you how to get up to 10% better deal on your exchange rate (yes, it’s possible!) - That is worth £1,000 in every £10,000 (or £10,000 in every £100,000) you are moving to Canada! If you are likely to obtain a UK based private pension in future years when you finally retire, absolutely talk to a good agent now! You really better know about this stuff or the Aust Tax Office will skin you alive on the pension when it starts. This alone could save you $100,000 in tax over your lifetime! There are a lot of other things a good agent can save you money and pain over.

Talk to people but remember a lot of people really don't know much about the latest system for moving to Canada.

Imagine if someone from Canada asked you about migrating to the UK. How much would you know to tell them about how to do it? Could you tell them how to get the best exchange rate, what removalist in Canada to use, what to do about their private and state pensions, could you even tell them there is no reciprocal health care available in their new country? So don’t listen to unqualified people including low ranking employees in the Immigration department and especially not friends and acquaintances.

Hope this is helpful... Good luck with your move

Answer 9

Read this one.might help http://torontoboom.com/canada/millionaires-are-in-the-queue-for-immigration-to-canada.html