15 WAYS TO IMMIGRATE TO CANADA IN 2022

Canada has a reputation for being one of the friendliest places on earth and is considered to be one of the safest places to live. With its wonderful places, overall quality of life, free health care, tolerant and open-minded attitude, incredibly low crime rate, an abundance of natural resources, plentiful space, a diverse population, and much more, Canada is one of the best countries in the world.

If you dream to immigrate to Canada, there are lots of ways. Find below 15 ways.

1. Express Entry

2. Family sponsorship

3. Provincial nominees

4. Quebec-selected skilled workers

5. Atlantic Immigration Pilot

6. Caregivers

7. Start-up Visa

8. Self-employed

9. Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot

10. Agri-Food Pilot

11. Health-care workers permanent residence pathway

12. Temporary resident to permanent resident pathway

13. Permanent residence pathways for Hong Kong residents

14. Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot

15. Refugees

1. Express Entry: Immigrate as a Skilled Worker

If you’d like to immigrate as a skilled worker, Express Entry Program may be perfect for you.. Express Entry is an online system that uses to manage applications for permanent residence from skilled workers. Find below if you are eligible:

Eligibility for Express Entry programs

This program chooses skilled workers based on their skills and ability to contribute to Canada’s economy.

Express Entry manages applications for three economic immigration programs. Click the program to learn in detail:

Federal Skilled Worker Program
Federal Skilled Trades Program
Canadian Experience Class

Provinces and territories can also recruit candidates from the Express Entry pool through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) to meet local labour market needs.

3. Immigrate as a Provincial Nominee through Express Entry

Immigrate by being nominated by a Canadian province or territory

How the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) works

This program is for workers who:

have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory
want to live in that province, and
want to become permanent residents of Canada

Each province and territory has its own “streams” (immigration programs that target certain groups) and requirements. For example, in a program stream, provinces and territories may target:

students
business people
skilled workers
semi-skilled workers

4. Immigrate as a Quebec‑selected Skilled Worker

Immigrate as a skilled worker in the province of Quebec

About the process

This is the application process for skilled workers who want to become permanent residents of Canada and live in Quebec.

Quebec has a special agreement on immigration with the Government of Canada. The province has its own rules for choosing immigrants who will adapt well to living there.

To immigrate to Canada as a Quebec-selected skilled worker, you must apply in the following 2 stages:

Apply to the Government of Quebec for a Quebec Selection Certificate (Certificat de sélection du Québec [CSQ]).
- The Province of Quebec will assess you, using its own rules.
- The certificate shows that the Province of Quebec has accepted you as an immigrant.
If the Province of Quebec chooses you and gives you a CSQ, you must apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada for permanent residence.

These instructions are for your application for permanent residence only.

Eligibility

You can apply as a Quebec-selected skilled worker if you

hold a Quebec Selection Certificate (Certificat de sélection du Québec) from the Government of Quebec
submit a complete permanent residence application, including police certificates

7. Start-up Visa: Immigrate by Starting a Business and Creating jobs

Immigrate by starting a business and creating jobs

Find out how to immigrate to Canada by starting a business and creating jobs, or support innovative entrepreneurs.

Immigrant entrepreneurs

About the process

Canada’s Start-up Visa Program targets immigrant entrepreneurs with the skills and potential to build businesses in Canada that:

are innovative
can create jobs for Canadians
can compete on a global scale

Do you have an innovative business idea? If you can get support for your idea from one of the designated organizations, you may be able to immigrate to Canada.

Who can apply

To be eligible for the Start-up Visa Program, you must:

have a qualifying business
get a letter of support from a designated organization
meet the language requirements
bring enough money to settle

8. Immigrate as a Self-employed Person

Immigrate as a self-employed person in cultural or athletic activities

About the process

The Self-employed Persons Program allows people to immigrate to Canada permanently as a self-employed person.

If you’re interested in this program, you must:

have relevant experience in cultural activities or athletics and
be willing and able to make a significant contribution to the cultural or athletic life of Canada

Eligibility

To immigrate as a self-employed person, you must:

have relevant experience
be willing and able to be self-employed in Canada
meet the program’s selection criteria and
meet medical, security and other conditions

9. Immigrate for Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program

Smaller Canadian communities are supporting their local economy through immigration. Pilot opens to permanent resident applicants later in 2019.

About the pilot

The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot is a community-driven program. It’s designed to spread the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by creating a path to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers who want to work and live in one of the participating communities.

About the process

There are 4 steps to applying for permanent residence under this pilot.

Check that you meet both
- IRCC eligibility requirements and
- the community-specific requirements.
Find an eligible job with an employer in one of the participating communities.
Once you have a job offer, submit your application for recommendation to the community.
If a community recommends you, apply for permanent residence.

Each community will also have its own

additional eligibility requirements
job search process
community recommendation application process

Who can apply

To be eligible for the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program, you must meet all IRCC eligibility requirements. You must

have qualifying work experience or have graduated from a publicly funded post-secondary institution in the recommending community
meet or exceed the language requirements
meet or exceed the educational requirements
prove you have enough money to support your transition into the community
intend to live in the community
meet community-specific requirements

If you meet all of the requirements, you can start to look for an eligible job in the community.

10. Immigrate by Working in Agri-food Industries and Occupation

Immigrate by working in specific agri-food industries and occupations

About the pilot

The Agri-Food Pilot helps address the labour needs of the Canadian agri-food sector.

The pilot provides a pathway to permanent residence for experienced, non-seasonal workers in specific industries and occupations. It will run until May 2023.

About the process

To apply for permanent residence under the Agri-Food Pilot, you need

eligible Canadian work experience in one or more of the eligible industries and occupations
a full-time, non-seasonal job offer from a Canadian employer in one of the eligible industries and occupations (outside of Quebec)
to meet or exceed the language requirements
to meet or exceed the educational requirements
to have settlement funds (if applicable)
to maintain temporary resident status (if already in Canada)

To apply to the Agri-Food Pilot, you need to

show eligible work experience in an eligible industry and eligible occupation, and
have a job offer for full-time, non-seasonal work in an eligible industry and occupation in Canada (outside of Quebec)

Eligible industries

Industries are classified by the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). You can see specific industry definitions by searching the industry codes below on the NAICS website.

Your employer needs to include the industry code in your job offer.

Eligible industries under the pilot are:

meat product manufacturing (NAICS 3116)
greenhouse, nursery and floriculture production, including mushroom production (NAICS 1114)
animal production, excluding aquaculture
- cattle ranching and farming (NAICS 1121)
- hog and pig farming (NAICS 1122)
- poultry and egg production (NAICS 1123)
- sheep and goat farming (NAICS 1124)
- other animal production (NAICS 1129)

11. Health-care workers permanent residence pathway

Immigrate with a new application process for refugee claimants working in the health-care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic

About the public policies

This application process offers refugee claimants the option to apply for permanent residence if they

have worked a minimum number of hours in Canada’s health-care sector during the COVID-19 pandemic
provided direct patient care as part of their job
meet all other eligibility criteria

You can apply if you meet the eligibility requirements and you’re

a pending or failed refugee claimant who made a refugee claim in Canada prior to March 13, 2020, and you still live in Canada
the spouse or common-law partner of an eligible refugee claimant if
- the refugee claimant contracted COVID-19 and passed away from it
- you have been in Canada since before August 14, 2020

12. Temporary resident to permanent resident pathway

The temporary resident to permanent resident pathway is a limited-time pathway to permanent residence. It is for certain temporary residents who are currently working in Canada and their families.

The temporary resident to permanent resident pathway closed on November 5, 2021.

You can no longer submit an application. If you have already submitted an application, you can still sign in to view your submission.

13. Permanent residence pathways for Hong Kong residents

Two pathways to permanent residence for eligible Hong Kong residents who are currently in Canada.

This temporary public policy for Hong Kong residents who are currently in Canada provides a pathway to permanent residence for eligible applicants and their families.

There are 2 streams for which you may be eligible. You can apply for permanent residence under one of the following:

Stream A: In-Canada graduates
Stream B: Canadian work experience

This public policy will be in effect from June 1, 2021, to August 31, 2026.

Who can apply

There are 2 streams for which you may be eligible. You can apply for permanent residence under only 1 stream

Stream A: In-Canada graduates

To be eligible for this stream, you must

hold a valid passport issued by one of the following:
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
- United Kingdom to a British National (Overseas) as a person born, naturalized or registered in Hong Kong
be physically present in Canada when you apply and when you get permanent residence
have valid temporary resident status in Canada
intend to live in Canada, in any province or territory other than the province of Quebec
have graduated from a post-secondary designated learning institution in Canada
- in the 3 years before you apply
- with one of the following:
  - a diploma (not graduate or post-graduate) for a program of at least 2 years
  - a degree (associate, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral)
  - a graduate or post-graduate diploma or certificate for a program of at least 1 year and
- with at least 50% of your program completed in Canada (either in person or online)

If you have a graduate or post-graduate diploma or certificate

You must also have completed a post-secondary diploma or degree (from Canada or from abroad), as a prerequisite to this graduate or post-graduate program.

You must have competed this prerequisite diploma or degree in the 5 years before you started your graduate or post-graduate program.

Stream B: Canadian work experience

To be eligible for this stream, you must

hold a valid passport issued by one of the following:
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
- United Kingdom to a British National (Overseas) as a person born, naturalized or registered in Hong Kong
be physically present in Canada when you apply and when you get permanent residence
have valid temporary resident status in Canada
intend to live in Canada, in any province or territory other than the province of Quebec
have graduated in the 5 years before you apply with one of the following:
- a diploma (not graduate or post-graduate) for a program of at least 2 years, or a degree (for example, an associate degree, a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree or a doctorate) from a post-secondary designated learning institution in Canada
- a graduate or post-graduate diploma or certificate for a program of at least 1 year from a post-secondary designated learning institution in Canada
- a foreign educational credential equivalent to one of the following:

- - a Canadian post-secondary diploma (not graduate or post-graduate) for a program of at least 2 years
  - a Canadian post-secondary degree
  - a Canadian graduate or post-graduate diploma or certificate for a program of at least 1 year
have worked in Canada for at least 12 months full time, or an equal amount of part-time hours in the 3 years before you apply.

If you have a graduate or post-graduate diploma or certificate

You must also have completed a post-secondary diploma or degree (from Canada or from abroad), as a prerequisite to this graduate or post-graduate program.

You must have completed this prerequisite diploma or degree in the 5 years before you started your graduate or post-graduate program.

14. Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot

Immigrate through economic permanent residence pathways as an eligible skilled refugee

The Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) will help skilled refugees immigrate to Canada through existing economic programs to support Canadian labour market needs. This is the second phase of the EMPP. In the first phase of this pilot, IRCC learned that skilled refugees can qualify for permanent residence through our economic programs with some help.

Starting December 3, 2021, EMPP phase 2 will help settle up to 500 skilled refugees, and their families, in Canada.

The pilot combines refugee resettlement and economic immigration. The support IRCC provide overseas is tailored to refugees. The selection criteria, including the ability to settle independently in Canada, is assessed using economic immigration requirements.

Who is eligible

There are 2 sets of eligibility requirements you must meet to apply for the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP).

1. You must be eligible for the EMPP

You must meet the following requirements:

you’re a convention or country of asylum refugee.
- IRCC will determine if you meet one of these definitions.
you have one of these documents:
- a valid, positive Refugee Status Determination (RSD) from the UNHCR or a refugee-hosting state
- a document that shows you’re a registered or recorded asylum seeker abroad
- a “person of concern” letter issued by the UNHCR for the EMPP
  - This document isn’t available from the UNHCR yet. IRCC will provide an update when it is.
you’re outside Canada and your country of persecution
you have no durable solution in a third country
you’re admissible to Canada

2. You must be eligible for an economic immigration program

You must be eligible for one of the following economic immigration programs:

Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) High-Skilled Program
Atlantic Immigration Pilot (AIP) Intermediate-Skilled Program
Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)
Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP)

15. Refugees

Immigrate as a refugee or become a sponsor.

Apply for refugee status from within Canada.

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