11 Easiest and Fastest Ways to migrate to Canada

Canada is one of the top choices for anyone who wants to migrate. This article seeks to answer your question “what are the easiest and fastest ways I can immigrate to Canada?”

In order for you to find an answer to this question, it is important that you know and understands what options are available to you and choosing the one that best suits you.

This way, you can avoid the delays and denials that may want to frustrate your immigration process and position yourself for a successful journey of migrating to Canada.

Immigration into Canada can be challenging. However, there are ways around it. Whether it is by working, studying, visiting, or permanent residence, there is always an option that is suitable for you.

So, we rounded up a list of 11 easiest and fastest ways to immigrate to Canada, so you can finally live that abroad life you’ve always dreamed of.

Here, they are:

1. You can go through the Express Entry Program

Express Entry Program is an easy and fast online system that enables Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) to approve permanent residence for eligible immigrant skilled workers and tradespersons who have good proficiency in English and/or French.

Using this system, the CIC assesses applicants for eligibility, recruits and approves permanent residence for skilled workers or those who have qualifications that are relevant under the following programs:

• Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP)
• The Federal Skilled Trades Program (FSTP)
• The Canadian Experience Class (CEC)
• Provincial Nominee Programs

A Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) is used to determine what individuals can apply for permanent residence by awarding candidates a score based on their language proficiency, education, career experience, etc., and choosing those with the highest scores.

2. Family sponsorship (suitable for families).

As a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, you can sponsor your relatives (with the exception of your parents and grandparents) to live, work and study in Canada. For example, you can sponsor your spouse or dependent children below 22 years of age.

However, there are still other terms and conditions that may apply. Also, you can bring your parents and grandparents under the Super Visa category.

3. Super Visa category for non-Canadian parents and grandparents.

The Super Visa category is one of the easiest and fastest ways for parents and grandparents (who are not Canadian citizens) or permanent residents of Canada, to immigrate to Canada for a given period of time.

In order to be eligible to apply under the Super Visa category, there must be sufficient proof that the Canadian citizen/permanent resident is financially capable of sponsoring their parent/grandparent throughout the duration of their visit and they meet the requirements of the Super Visa category.

4. Provincial Nominee Program (Suitable for workers).

This is a sub-program under the Express Entry Program. It is a good option for individuals who have the relevant education, skills, or work experience under a particular group such as students, business people, skilled workers, and semi-skilled workers, and are willing to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory in Canada, live there and become permanent residents of Canada.

Each program that targets a particular group is called a stream.

The Provincial Nominee Programs include:

• Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP)
• British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP)
• Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP)
• Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP)
• New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program (NBPNP)
• Nova Scotia Provincial Nominee Program (NSPNP)
• Northwest Territories Nominee Program (NTNP)
• Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP)
• Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP)
• Quebec Skilled Workers Program (QSWP)
• Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP)
• Yukon Nominee Program (YNP)

The PNP program usually favors those who have had some work experience in that province or who have studied there or who have some family connections in that province.

This is not to say that individuals without these connections to the province cannot apply; individuals in this category have often been considered eligible to apply.

5. Start-up Visa Program, (suitable for entrepreneurs).

The start-up visa program is for entrepreneurs who would like to start up and build innovative businesses in Canada that can employ the services of Canadians and be relevant on a global scale.

There are designated organizations that are willing to support innovative ideas and this can enable the entrepreneur to gain permanent residence in Canada. If you have a creative mind and you are willing to function in the Canadian economic climate, then this is for you.

6. Labour Market Impact Assessment(LMIA) Work Visa

This is an easy and common way for those who want to work in Canada: This has a simple pathway: get a job offer in Canada, apply for a work visa and immigrate to Canada.

The LMIA is basically a document from Employment and Social Development Canada that authorizes a Canadian employer to employ a foreigner by proving that a shortage of skill exists and the prospective employee possesses the skills to fill that gap.

7. Canadian Experience Class (CEC)

This is suitable for those who have temporary residence: This program enables those who have worked in Canada for at least a year within the last three years on the temporary residence to get permanent residence.

Applications are processed very fast, usually within three to four months.

8. Canadian Investor Immigration (suitable for business people).

This program allows experienced high-worth individuals to immigrate to Canada with their dependents. To qualify, the individual must:

• Have a high net-worth
• Have experience in owning or running a business overseas
• Make a large investment in a government-approved investment fund over a duration of 5 years.

9. Humanitarian and Compassionate Applications(H&C)

This is suitable for people who are within Canada, but do not have the legal backing to do so: These are applications filed from people in Canada, but who do not have the legal paperwork and status to rightfully live there.

If a foreigner or someone who does not have permanent residence in Canada applies for an (H&C), it means that the person is applying to be granted permanent residence in Canada by being exempted from one or more requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) or Regulations.

However, not everyone can apply, for example, those who fall under the following classes: Spouse or Common-Law Partner, Caregivers, Protected Person and Convention Refugees, and Temporary Resident Permit Holder.

10. The Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program (AIPP)

This is suitable mostly for recent graduates from public institutes in Canada. If you are a recent graduate of a publicly-funded institute in Atlantic Canada or a skilled worker that meets the requirements of the program, then you can successfully immigrate to any of the following provinces that make up Atlantic Canada: Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick.

These provinces have an abundance of work opportunities that make them great alternatives to the very crowded cities of Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal.

The program has three sub-programs: the Atlantic High-Skilled Program, the Atlantic Intermediate-Skilled Program, and the Atlantic International Graduate Program.

11. Refugee Claims, which is for asylum seekers:

Individuals who have fled their country for fear of persecution, are in search of protection in Canada and can justify why they cannot return to their original country of residence can seek asylum by making an asylum claim in Canada.

There are two refugee protection systems in Canada: The Refugee and Humanitarian Resettlement Program: This is for people who are outside Canada and seek protection in the country.

The In-Canada Asylum Program: This is for people who are seeking refugee from within Canada. Now, with a basic understanding of the 11 options available to anyone who wants to immigrate to Canada, you can decide which of them may be the easiest and fastest ways that will be relevant to your immigration process, while considering the category that is applicable to you.

Best of wishes.