Immigration pathways
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Express Entry is the online system IRCC uses to manage permanent residence applications from skilled workers under three programs. Candidates create a profile, are ranked, and the highest-ranked are invited to apply.
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Read the guideQuebec selects skilled workers through its Skilled Worker Selection Program (PSTQ). Selected applicants receive a Certificat de sélection du Québec (CSQ) and then apply to the federal government for permanent residence.
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Read the guideUnder the Provincial Nominee Program, provinces and territories nominate people they want to settle there, and nominees then apply to IRCC for permanent residence. Each province sets its own requirements and nomination limits.
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Read the guideA study permit lets you study at a designated learning institution in Canada. IRCC sets conditions on enrolment, funds, health, legal standing and a provincial or territorial attestation letter in most cases.
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Read the guideIRCC offers employer-specific work permits, which need a job offer and usually an LMIA, and open work permits for listed situations, including the post-graduation work permit for graduates of eligible institutions.
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Read the guideCanadian citizens and permanent residents can sponsor eligible family members for permanent residence. The spouse, partner and child category is active; IRCC lists the parents and grandparents category as paused.
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Read the guideThe Atlantic Immigration Program is an IRCC pathway to permanent residence for skilled workers and recent graduates with a job offer from an employer designated by New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island or Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Read the guideFrancophone Mobility is an IRCC work permit for French-speaking workers with a job offer outside Quebec, with no LMIA needed. IRCC pages show it as open and list no pause or replacement.
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