Federal selection: Categories, thresholds, criteria and points awarded
 
If you choose to immigrate to Canada, know that you fall into one of the following categories: skilled and professional worker, business people (investor, entrepreneur, self-employed), family reunification, or provincial candidate.


Canadian law determines 6 categories and sub-categories of immigrants, each with different points thresholds to reach


1. Skilled workers
 
These are people who want to settle permanently in Canada to work, but who have no family in the country. These candidates must
get 67 points out of a potential 100 points. The criterion of demand in the profession is no longer decisive. If so, then there is a
second evaluation that we make in relation to the selection grid of the Express Entry program. This grid provides a total. If your
total offers possibilities, we must then have your diploma assessed by an accredited Canadian organization and you must pass the language tests required by the federal government. For the Federal it is the TEF or the IELTS (also valid for Quebec) which are to be passed for the 4 skills: Comprehension, Speaking, Writing and Reading. Once this is done, we submit your profile and wait for an extraction of candidates to be favorable to you.
 
 
Since June 2017, this program has been modified for the benefit of French speakers. Thus, a person with a perfect command of French, having a good diploma and aged between 18 and 36 could have every chance in this selection sub-grid evaluated on 1200 points.
 
 
2. Parents helped
 
These applicants are in the same situation as independent immigrants, but have a close relative who lives in Canada. They must get 67 points out of a potential 100 points.
 

3. Self-employed
 
These people will come to Canada to make a significant contribution to cultural, sporting or artistic life, or they may also be cases of industrialized farmers.
 

4. Contractors
 
These are candidates wishing to settle in Canada to create or buy a business or a business employing approximately two employees, other than themselves and their dependents. A minimum asset of $300,000.00 is required. This type of permanent resident visa is conditional on the completion of the business project within a given period of time.


5. Investors
 
These candidates will come to invest in Canada, passively, which implies that they will have neither a business project to present nor a business to create. This subcategory allows for the simplest acceptance of all. To enter this category, a candidate must hold, and not invest, assets greater than C$800,000 and have 3 years of management experience, either on their own account or as an executive.

 
6. The Atlantic Canada Immigration Program
 
It is a pathway to permanent residency for skilled foreign workers and foreign graduates from a Canadian institution who want to work and live in one of the 4 Atlantic provinces, namely New Brunswick, Terre- Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia or Prince Edward Island. The program helps employers hire qualified candidates to fill positions they have not been able to
to provide locally.