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The highlights of the this Pilot is that candidates do not need to have Canadian work experience or education to be eligible. The candidates can apply while they are outside Canada and move to Canada when their permanent resident applications are approved. They can also get a work permit to work in Canada while their applications are being processed. To be eligible for this Pilot, you need a job offer from an employer in one of the participating towns in Canada. The employe...r can hire and offer you a job without having to apply for a Labour Market Impact Assessment. Many of the employers in these towns are willing to hire foreign workers. The towns that participate in the Pilot include: 1. North Bay, ON 2. Sudbury, ON 3. Timmins, ON 4. Sault Ste. Marie, ON 5. Thunder Bay, ON 6. Brandon, MB 7. Altona, MB 8. Moose Jaw, SK 9. Claresholm, AB 10. Vernon, BC 11. West Kootenay, BC Candidates are also required to meet other eligibility requirements such as English skills, education, and proof of fund. Also, this is a pilot program and only opens temporarily. If you are interested in this program, you need to start to prepare for your application or search for a job as soon as possible. I help LGBTQ immigrate to Canada.

Are you an entrepreneur or self-employed who want to immigrate to Canada? This may be your perfect pathway. If you open a start-up or purchasing a business, and your future business will bring significant benefits to Canadian economy, society or culture, you may get a work permit without a Labour Market Impact Assessment. If you want to become a permanent resident, there are also pathways for entrepreneurs and self-employed.... Significant benefits include: - Creation of job opportunities, - Development in remote areas, - Expansion of export markets for Canadian products, - Technological development, - Product or service innovation, or - Opportunities for improving the skills of Canadians.

In the era of COVID-19, many people have been working remotely. This type of work experience may affect your permanent resident applications especially under the Canadian Experience Class. Remote work experience is eligible under the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) if you obtained it while you were in Canada and were authorized to work, such as on a work permit, or on maintained status. However, you need to ensure that you got paid from within Canada. Remote work experienc...e is eligible even if you worked for an employer in Quebec. However, to be eligible for CEC, you must not choose to live in Quebec. If you want to live in Quebec, then you cannot apply under CEC. There is a different program for skilled workers who want to live in Quebec. Remote work experience is not eligible if you worked for an employer and got paid from outside Canada, even though you lived in Canada and were authorized to work. Also, it is not eligible if you lived outside Canada even though you worked for an Employer in Canada. I help LGBTQ immigrate to Canada.

Are you an international students who just graduated from a Master's or PhD program in Ontario? Then you may be eligible for permanent residence through the Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP). The most noticeable feature of the OINP pathway is that you do not have to have Canadian work experience. This means you can apply under the OINP right after your graduation. In the meantime, you can still apply for a Post Graduate Work Permit (PGWP) if you have not already app...lied for one before. The PGWP allows you to remain in Canada and to work in any occupation that may interest you. I help LGBTQ immigrate to Canada.

While studying in Canada, it is possible that you may need to take a break from school for reasons such as health, pregnancy, or other emergency. Before taking such a leave, you need to make sure that your break from school will not affect your study permit. In fact, you can take a leave that is less than 150 days, and your leave is authorized by your school. However, you must resume studies within 150 days from the date your leave begins. ... If your leave is longer than 150 days, you need to change your student status or leave Canada. Otherwise your study permit may be cancelled.

Maintained status is valid until the visa officer makes a final decision on your extension application. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused delay in processing, and it is possible that you receive a letter from the visa officer telling you an expiry date of your maintained status. This expiry date in fact will not affect your maintained status. ... IRCC has indicated that the expiry date is 120 days from the date IRCC receives the extension application. 120 days is their service standard to process most extension applications. But COVID-19 related delays may cause longer processing time. If you receive this letter with an expiry letter and experience delays, you may still continue working or studying until a final decision of your extension application is made.