Permanent Residency
A Canadian permanent resident is someone who has been granted permanent resident status by immigrating to Canada. A permanent resident enjoys many of the same benefits of Canadian citizens. However, unlike citizens, they must maintain their status by meeting certain requirements like the residency obligation.
Canadian permanent residency requirements
In order to maintain permanent resident status in Canada, a person must meet a residency obligation. The residency obligation refers to a person’s physical presence inside of Canada for a set amount of time. Canada’s residency obligation for permanent residents requires a person to be physically present inside of Canada for at least 730 days within a five-year period or to fall under one of several exceptions.
Express Entry:
Express Entry accepts applications under 4 different streams:
- Federal Skilled Worker
- Federal Skilled Trades Worker
- Canadian Experience Class
- and various Provincial Nominee Programs
We will assess your education and work experience to determine your eligibility for at least one of these streams through Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS). We assist you in gathering all the supporting documents and additional information required for Express Entry Application.
Family Class/Sponsorship:
Sponsorship applications are often turned back as incomplete so, let our immigration team navigate the family reunification system for you. We will prepare the correct application package and handle all the details, including assistance with gathering the proper documents to prove the relationship is genuine. We will also evaluate if there are options for your loved one to stay and possibly work in Canada while the PR application is in the process to minimize the time spent away from your spouse, common-law partner, child, parent, or grandparent.
Provincial Nominee Program:
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 wish to become permanent residents of Canada.
Each province and territory have its own “streams” (immigration programs that target certain groups) and requirements. For example, in any program stream, provinces and territories may target students, business people, skilled workers, semi-skilled workers. We will assess your education and work experience to determine your eligibility for at least one of these streams. We assist you in gathering all the supporting documents and additional information required for the Application.
Spousal Sponsorship:
If you are married or are in a common-law or conjugal relationship, your partner is eligible to sponsor you through the Inland or Outland Spousal Sponsorship categories – depending on whether your spouse is currently residing in Canada or not. The final decision, however, on whether to accept an application comes down to the visa officer reviewing your file.
Why Choose us ?
At Parkwest Immigration, we aspire to be the first choice of consultants for all your immigration needs. With a highly motivated team, qualified to understand the minutest details and tackle the most complicated issues of your case, we work round the clock with the intent of becoming the most trusted consultants for opportunity seekers to make it to Canada. And with our process-driven methodology, in-depth understanding of the state of affairs in Canadian Immigration and high ethical standards, we are on the fastest route to realizing the vision we invariably share with our clients.
At the very core of our ethics, lies the principle of complete transparency. We believe in keeping our clients accurately informed about their position, our process and the status of their case. Unlike the rampant practice of misleading aspirants and matching them to programs clearly not meant for them and thus causing them huge losses of time and money, our approach is very direct and vivid. We provide our clients with all the relevant information that they absolutely need to know in order to decide what program to go for, how to go about it and even whether or not to hire us, for that matter.
We value your business a lot, but also believe in keeping it real. We are firmly of the intent that the cases coming our way be genuinely something we can work on and help materialize. We tell you about our fees too, each step of the way, to avoid any misunderstandings like “hidden costs” or “excess rates”, as are very common with a lot of other consulting firms.
“To understand a man, you must first walk a mile in his moccasin.”
– North American Indian Proverb.
Our undivided time and attention are our greatest offering to our clients. We don’t shy away from spending hours in understanding each applicant and analyzing their situation and backstory. Needless to mention, every case is unique and therefore needs to be dealt with differently as regards the approach and involvement needed. We work tirelessly towards matching your profile with the best-suited program for you, thereby eliminating the chance of discrepancy at a further stage. Trust us, then, to come up with a solution for you which is your Unique Path to Canada.
ICCRC is a Canadian national regulatory body that furthers and safeguards the public interest by supervising consultants across the globe, pertaining to immigration, employment or studies in Canada. This implies that for Immigration Consultants or international student advisors to be taking up cases relating to Canada, they must be registered with ICCRC and regulated thereby. We, at Parkwest Immigration, are a duly accredited RCIC (Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant). Mr. Gaurav Kalia, our founding partner, has successfully acquired membership of the ICCRC and subsequently licensure as an RCIC
We are strategically located in the immigration hub of Western Canada, which is Alberta and its capital city Edmonton. This, in addition to our credentials, enables us to holistically understand the entire process of immigration to this enormous country. Besides, working on our own individual cases and constantly offering insight and assistance to countless peers, friends, and family about their plans to study or move here, we understood that we are best suited to take up cases pertaining to Canada. Our years of ongoing research and thereby a keen understanding of the process have been instrumental in reinforcing our belief that Canada is THE country for immigration.
Therefore, we want to be focussing all our energies in developing innovative solutions and a progressively streamlined approach for our clients to clear the process and reach their desired destination in the least possible time, with the best possible opportunities in hand.
“The only source of knowledge is experience.”
-Albert Einstein
As we mentioned earlier, our personal experience has been our greatest teacher and undoubtedly our strongest asset. The lessons we learned from the trials and tribulations of our own immigration journey have stayed with us and enriched our value as service providers. Today, we stand informed about exactly where applicants get stuck, what sort of challenges they face and how to circumvent those issues.
Owing to our experiences, we are also more empathetic in our approach towards our clients. We understand what it is like to undertake this process alone, and how immensely convenient it becomes with a helping hand involved. From procuring the right documents from organizations with tough policies, while balancing full-time jobs, studies or business to closing the application successfully in a time-bound manner, we are a consistent, reassuring presence in our clients’ lives. With our guidance, insight, and expertise, your responsibility is reduced to simplified, easily doable tasks, given to you one at a time. You are neither crunched for time nor feel the despair that comes with long waiting periods, as you are informed and updated about the timelines, every step of the way. And before you know it, your vision is set into motion.