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The Canadian citizenship test is administered to permanent residents who have applied for full citizenship. The test is typically composed of two parts. The first being a knowledge test that might be written or oral. The second is that the immigration officer will observe your skill in either English or French. To learn more about the Citizenship […]

The Canadian Permanent Resident Card is a document that proves that you can live, work and study within Canada indefinitely and is an important document to have as a Permanent Resident. If you travel outside of Canada you will need it to re-enter the country. You will also need this card to apply for certain

Citizenship and Immigration Canada maintain many offices from coast to coast in Canada for everything from visas to Permanent Residency to citizenship. Find the right office for your needs here! Case Processing Centres (CPCs) Together, the case processing centers take care of most requests, but each of the offices has their own specialty and specific forms

The Canadian Experience Class is one of the best ways to become a Permanent Resident in Canada. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, under the guidance of Minister Jason Kenney has even recently announced that Canada will be allowing even more immigrants to get their PR Cards through this designation. This is how the Canadian Experience Class works: as

Visiting Canada can be a lot of fun, in fact, it may be so fun that you might not be ready to leave when your visitor visa expires. However, you should go through some application steps to ensure that Citizenship and Immigration Canada does not harm your status. You can either re-apply for a visitor

Arranged Employment is a way through which a foreign national may become eligible to obtain a permanent resident visa to enter Canada, through the Federal Skilled Worker program. A Canadian employer who offers a permanent job to a foreign national who wishes to immigrate to Canada, may do so by offering arranged employment under the Federal Skilled Worker

All Permanent Residents interested in becoming citizens of Canada must first be able to pass a test in one of the official languages of Canada. The two primary English languages are English and French. Applicants who are younger than 18 or 55 and older may be exempt from this requirement. There are a few different ways to show that

Permanent Resident Cards are immigration documents that give non-Canadian citizens the right to live and work in Canada indefinitely. Immigrants must apply for an initial Permanent Resident Card before they can apply for a renewal or replacement. There are a number of different ways to get Permanent Residency such as through family members or through a

After you have completed your Permanent Resident Card renewal application and gathered the relevant documents in your application package you are ready to pay the application fee and submit it to Citizenship and Immigration Canada. This particular step in the process is no more important than any other step, but it would be rather unfortunate if you

Permanent Resident Cards eventually expire and when this happens residents will have to renew the document. The renewal process timeline normally follows a very regular path: the application is submitted, processed, and then, if appropriate, granted to the applying immigrant. Few circumstances arise where the Permanent Resident Card will not be renewed. The processing time for a