- Canada is about to launch six new PR (Public Relations) immigration streams in the upcoming week for temporary residents in Canada.
- The Stream opened on Thursday, 6th of May 2021 at 12:00 pm IST.
- The online portal is available currently in the online website of The Government of Canada.
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), however, were announced already on the pathways on April 14, 2021.
- Canada remains committed to reaching its immigration targets, which is why the immigration department has created these new limited-time streams.
- First three streams will allow 90,000 essential workers and international graduates to get permanent residency status.
- The next three streams shall target the French-speaking immigration candidates.
- These streams were created in an effort for Canada to meet its immigration target of 401,000 new permanent residents in the year 2021.
- Given that travel restrictions limit the flow of newcomers from abroad, the new streams will allow for pathways for temporary residents in Canada to become the permanent residents.
- In a press release following Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino’s address on May 5, IRCC wrote the new pathways to permanent residence recognise Canada’s need for educated and experienced workers on the journey to economic recovery.
- These pathways also attempt to recognise the service of so many essential workers during the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Many of the frontline workers in Canada working during the pandemic are actually the temporary residents.
- To become eligible, the frontline workers such as health care workers and other essential workers need to have one year of full-time work experience in an eligible occupation within the last three years.
- Workers can also become eligible if they have the equivalent part-time experience of atleast 1560 hours.
- It is to make sure that whoever the worker stands under the eligibility criteria must also need to be currently working for an employer in Canada. This could be any occupation. He/she need to have a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) of 4 or more in either English or French, or both.
- The eligibility also demands an intention or atleast a temporary residence proof in any province other than Quebec.
- Make sure that you aren’t deemed inadmissible to Canada for any criminal or medical reasons.
- Check down below the six listed important streams released by Canada Government for their temporary residents:
| Stream A | Workers in Canada | Health care workers (20,000 applications) | |
| Stream B | Workers in Canada | Other essential workers (30,000 applications) | |
| – | International Graduates | (40, 000 applications) | |
| Stream A | Workers in Canada | French-speaking health care workers (no intake cap) | |
| Stream B | Workers in Canada | French speaking essential workers (no intake cap) | |
| – | French-speaking international graduates | (no intake cap). |
Eligibility Criteria:
- Criteria for principal applicants:
- Have one year of full-time work experience, or the
equivalent part time experience (1,560 hours) in Canada in an eligible
occupation in the three years preceding the application date. There are two
streams:
- Stream A: For temporary residents with work experience in one of the health-related occupations listed in Annex A. Cannot be combined with Annex B occupations. See below for complete list.
- Stream B: For temporary residents with work experience in one of the other essential occupations listed in Annex B. Can be combination of Annex A and B occupations. See below for complete list.
- Be employed in Canada in any occupation at the time of application;
- Cannot be self-employed unless working as a medical doctor in a fee-for-service with a health authority;
- CLB of at least 4 in English or French in all language abilities;
- Be living in Canada on valid temporary status, or be eligible for restoration of status;
- Intend to reside in a province or territory other than Quebec;
- Have submitted an application using the appropriate forms provided by IRCC;
- Apply online; and
- Meet admissibility requirements.
- Criteria for family members of principal applicants living in Canada:
- Must reside in Canada;
- Be included as an accompanying family member in an application for permanent residence under this policy;
- Meet the definition of a “family member”
- The spouse or common-law partner of the principal applicant;
- A dependent child of the principal applicant or the principal applicant’s spouse or common law partner;
- A dependent child of a dependent child.
- Meet admissibility requirements; and
- Be approved by a delegated IRCC officer.
- Criteria for family members of principal applicants living outside Canada:
- Be included as an accompanying family member in an application for permanent residence under this policy;
- Meet the definition of a “family member”;
- The spouse or common-law partner of the principal applicant;
- A dependent child of the principal applicant or the principal applicant’s spouse or common law partner;
- A dependent child of a dependent child
- Meet admissibility requirements; and
- Be approved by a delegated IRCC officer.