Canada Immigration - a heavenly abode

India has been a predominantly an immigrant society and this passion can be experienced when you see Indians settle in every part of the world flourishing and progressing peacefully. The key countries such as USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand and many other where you find a huge community of Indians these days and most of them are trying to in sync with the culture of western and eastern both.

Recently, the applications for Permanent Residence and Student Visa has increased many fold and this situation is attributed to many reasons likewise the strong Indian Community Settlement by which the support of country fellows is available, a decent lifestyle, a better job opportunities with the handsome package, the inborn passion for settling overseas for some, kith and kins, etc.

Canada's points score requirement reduced from 75 to 67 on 18 September 2003. It means that there has been a considerable increase in the number of people who meet Canadian Visa requirement and they have been able to see their dreams come true to settle in North America. The previous requirement of 75 points was very much stringent that led the highly qualified and skilled intended immigrants failed their applications for Permanent Residence or made them ineligible to lodge their applications. In 2008, Canadian Government changed the regulation and introduced 38 occupations only under PR category that has been a great disappointment for many and a boon for some who qualify for this.

Canadian Immigration is assessed against 6 factors and the applicant needs to score 67 points out of these 6 factors. The 6 factors are Education (Maximum 25 points), English and French Language Ability (Maximum 24 points), Work Experience (Maximum 21 points), Age (Maximum 10 points), Arranged Employment (Maximum 10 points), and Adaptability (Maximum 10 points).

The process of the PR application usually takes from 6 to 12 months depending upon the application, the documents submitted, case loads with the department, risk perceived in each application, authenticating and verifying the documents and many more stages from which the application routes through.

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