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Canadian Immigration: Emigrate to Canada

Canada’s Skilled Worker Program is the most popular option for Canadian immigration and allows successful applicants to emigrate to Canada to live and work as permanent residents.  The Skilled Worker Program is the main route for skilled immigration into Canada.

If you are interested in emigrating to Canada, your first step should be to see if you qualify by completing an online assessment.

• Click here to take an Online Canadian Immigration Assessment.

To emigrate to Canada through the Skilled Worker Program, applicants must meet the Basic Requirements and pass the Canadian immigration Points Test to qualify.  A current pass mark is 67 points.

Additionally, if you have an occupation listed on the Priority Occupation List, you will be eligible for skilled migration to Canada without the requirement of having a job offer from a Canadian employer and will have the potential to arrive within months of beginning the application process.

Skilled workers must have education, work experience, knowledge of English and/or French and other abilities that will help them to adapt successfully as permanent residents in Canada.

 Complete the Online Assessment for Skilled Migration to Canada

Canadian Skilled Immigration Categories

Skilled Worker Visa - Skilled Emigration to Canada

• The Skilled Worker Visa is Canada's most popular route for independent migrants who want to become Canadian Permanent Residents. Skilled Worker Visa applicants are expected to be able to contribute to be highly employable and contribute to the Canadian economy.
   Online Assessment For Emigration To Canada

Provincial Nominee Program

• The Provincial Nominee Program allows Canadian provinces to sponsor migrants with needed skills or occupations through the Skilled Worker system.  In exchange for a commitment to settle in a particular province, applicants through a Provincial Nominee Program may have their applications fast-tracked.
   Online Assessment for Provincial Nominee Program