According to s. 186 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations (“IRPR”), SOR/2002-227, a foreign national may work in Canada without a work permit:
Here are the current approved Language Test Centres for Citizenship & Immigration Canada. Remember that the Government is increasing it’s CLB Language requirements to a 4 Level (required for Canadian citizenship) in July 2012.
You can arrange to take a language test from any of the following designated agencies.
In the interest of new immigrants wanting to come to Canada, I cannot overemphasize the importance of doing your research. While a great business and career awaits you in Canada, how you prepare before you come will make all the difference to you and your family. Mistakes are common on applications, which is what leads to the enormous backlog currently at Citizenship & Immigration Canada as files are essentially “stalled” and left in the queue because applicants didn’t do their homework. And so the Visa Officer has no choice but to put a “hold” on your case and come back to it sometime in the future (whenever he or she can) as there are lots of other people waiting to be assessed. To help expedite this process, you need to know what to do to ensure that your application is thoroughly checked and crossed checked.
When you assess the Federal Skilled Worker Program as a potential way for you to come to Canada and start a new life, there are basically three components that we need to consider:
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms just had a very important birthday recently. The Charter is the envy of the world and ensures Canada’s continued development of democratic principles and legislation which protects all Canadian citizens including minority groups.
I’m always amazed at how many people don’t know about our Charter. If we don’t know about it, how can we protect it and keep it for years to come, lest we forget and take it for granted. It is a gift, one that has been bestowed on us here in Canada and has paved the way for so many of our societal values. It has protected refugees when the Immigration Refugee Protection Act says otherwise, yes it is the Charter that has prevented unlawful confinement as Chief Justice McLachlin of the Supreme Court of Canada held that certain aspects of the scheme contained within the IRPA for the detention of permanent residents and foreign nationals on the grounds of national security violate s. 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms by “allowing the issuance of a certificate of inadmissibility based on secret material without providing for an independent agent at the stage of judicial review to better protect the named person’s interests.”
In recent years, in Canada, there has been much discussion surrounding the issue of the quality of advice that is being given by Canadian Immigrant Consultants. There have been stories in the news of fraud, and many individual persons, the public, stakeholders (both NGOs and Government), as well as Foreign Governments, Law Societies and the RCMP have expressed serious concern over this issue. I’d like to add some structure to this discussion.
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Julie McMahon, RCIC, CAPIC
Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant
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