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Moving & documentsCanada immigration planning: build your research file
Separate permanent residence research, temporary plans and provincial questions with a practical Canada planning worksheet.
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Requirements depend on your nationality, your purpose, and your circumstances. Use Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada to confirm the route, documents, fees, and application process before making commitments.
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Work abroadCanada ECA: choose an assessment for the immigration purpose
Choose an ECA by its immigration purpose and the applicable designated provider instructions. An assessment ordered for university admission should not automatically…
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Work abroadFinding a Canadian NOC code from your real job duties
Find the NOC from the work you actually did, using the title only as a starting search term. Keep a duties comparison…
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Moving & documentsCanada police certificates: build a country-by-country request plan
Use the actual Canadian application's instructions to decide what is needed, then research each issuing country's process. A police-certificate plan should connect…
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Moving & documentsCanada biometrics: what to organise after an instruction letter
After an authentic Canadian biometrics instruction letter arrives, prepare the appointment from that letter and IRCC's official collection-site information. Keep the biometrics…
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Work abroadExpress Entry profile or permanent residence application? Organise the two stages
Use two linked files: one for the facts entered in the profile, and one for the application instructions received if invited. A…
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Study abroadCanada DLI and PGWP checks before a tuition deposit
Verify the exact institution, campus and program before relying on a promise about post-study work. A DLI number and a marketing statement…
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Family & relationships
Canada partner sponsorship: compare the application location questions
Compare the application-location questions using the actual family category and current status. First identify who sponsors whom and where each person lives;…