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Express Entry Overview

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Express Entry categories Overview

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Check your CRS score, then compare Express Entry and provincial options with a licensed RCIC.

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Parents and Grandparents Program

Super Visa

Super Visa income calculator

Visitor visa for parents

Super Visa vs visitor visa

Family sponsorship Overview

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Humanitarian and compassionate

Visitor visa for your spouse

Family sponsorship Overview

Family

Bring your family together

We review your relationship evidence and income before you file, so the application is built right the first time.

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Super Visa income calculator

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Work
LMIA work permits Overview

Global Talent Stream

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Open work permits Overview

Post-graduation work permit

College and diploma PGWP

Spousal open work permit

International Experience Canada

Bridging open work permit

Vulnerable workers

LMIA-exempt work permits Overview

International Mobility Program overview

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CPTPP

UK trade agreement

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Entrepreneur work permit (C11)

Charitable and religious workers

Artists and athletes

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Work permit extension

Work permit refused

Maintained status

Restore your status

Work permits

Pick the right permit first

Employer-specific, open or LMIA-exempt: we match your job offer and profile to the permit that fits.

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Free tools

Find your NOC code

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Study
Study in Canada overview

Study permit

Provincial attestation letter

Living funds by family size

Bring your family

Study as a minor

Short-term study

After you apply

Extend or change your study permit

Study permit refused

Working while studying

After graduation

Post-graduation work permit

College and diploma PGWP

From study permit to PR

Express Entry Overview

Study in Canada

Study with a plan for PR

Choose a program and permit that protect your PGWP and your path to permanent residence.

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Study abroad Overview

Study in the UK

Study in Australia

Study in the USA

Study in Ireland

Study in Germany

Study in Spain

Study in Malta

Study in the UAE

Study in Malaysia

Study in Singapore

Find a Study Program

Check My Admission Chances

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Visit & Stay
Visit Canada Overview

Visitor visa

eTA

Visitor record (extend your stay)

Business visitors

Visitor visa refused

Visit your family

Visitor visa for your spouse

Visitor visa for your parents

Super Visa

Super Visa vs visitor visa

Stay in Canada Overview

Maintained status

Restore your status

Change of status

Work permit extension

Extend or change your study permit

Visit and stay

Keep your status in order

Deadlines for extensions and restoration are short. We check your dates first.

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Business
Provincial entrepreneur programs Overview

Alberta

British Columbia

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia

Ontario

Prince Edward Island

Newfoundland and Labrador

Saskatchewan

Northwest Territories

Yukon

Business routes

Entrepreneur work permit (C11)

Business visitors

Hire a foreign worker

Global Talent Stream

All entrepreneur programs

Global business

USA E-2 investor visa

USA E-2 franchise visa

USA EB-5 investor program

Portugal start-up co-investor visa

Business and investors

Build or buy a business abroad

No federal business program is open. We compare provincial streams, the C11 permit and options abroad.

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Citizenship & PR
Canadian citizenship Overview

Citizenship by descent

Citizenship by naturalization

Citizenship test

Interview and oath ceremony

Dual citizenship

Children under 18

Proof of citizenship

Eligibility quiz

Descent records by province

Ontario

Quebec

Alberta

Manitoba

New Brunswick

Newfoundland and Labrador

Nova Scotia

Prince Edward Island

Saskatchewan

Permanent residents Overview

Landing and COPR

PR card

Travelling as a PR

Residency obligation

Renounce PR status

Citizenship and PR

You may already be Canadian

Born abroad to a Canadian parent? Take the quiz, then speak with a licensed RCIC about your proof.

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Free tools

Citizenship eligibility quiz

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Refusals
Inadmissibility Overview

Criminal inadmissibility

Misrepresentation

Medical inadmissibility

Temporary resident permit

Refused or got a letter?

Visitor visa refused

Study permit refused

Work permit refused

Spousal sponsorship refused

Procedural fairness letter

Officer notes explained

Humanitarian and compassionate

Refusals and letters

A refusal is not always the end

Deadlines are short. We read your letter and your file before you reply.

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USA & Global
United States Overview

E-2 investor visa

L-1 intracompany transfer

O-1 extraordinary ability

EB-2 NIW

EB-1A extraordinary ability

EB-5 investor program

Compare U.S. routes

Citizenship by investment Overview

Grenada

Dominica

Antigua and Barbuda

St Kitts and Nevis

St Lucia

Turkey

Nauru

Residence abroad

Portugal

Portugal start-up co-investor visa

USA and global

A second passport or a US route

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Resources
Free tools

CRS score calculator

Canada immigration assessment

Find your NOC code

SINP calculator

AAIP calculator

MPNP calculator

OINP calculator

BC PNP calculator

Citizenship quiz

Trackers and costs

PNP draw tracker

Express Entry processing times

Family processing times

Cost of immigrating to Canada

Immigrate from your country Overview

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Amir Ismail is a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC R412319) who has been associated with the immigration consulting industry since 1991.