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Contrary to the popular narrative, Canada is not only attracting aspirants from less-affluent countries but also acts as a major pull-factor for candidates from affluent countries such as the United Arab Emirates.
Every year, thousands of expatriates living in the Emirates lookout actively to apply and register for Canada immigration. An expatriate is the one who lives outside their native country. In fact, on listing the country of residence of successful Express Entry candidates, the Emirates is ranked number five, after India, the U.S., and Nigeria.
Although the Emirates boasts a high quality of life to its residents, yet many Emirati citizens, as well as foreign ex-pats, choose to permanently settle in Canada for a number of reasons. These may include an easy pathway to citizenship, numerous career opportunities for skilled and tech workers, better social benefits like universal health care and high-quality education, and finally, a pleasant climate.
Canada welcomes the influx of skilled workers and business entrepreneurs/investors to sustain its economy. All skilled workers are evaluated on basic human capital factors like age, education, work experience, proficiency in the official language. Since the majority of immigrants from the Emirates have a stronghold in the English language, they have an inherent advantage of securing a Canada PR.
Express Entry for Skilled Workers
An Express Entry is a popular immigration pathway for foreign skilled workers to apply without a job offer and obtain permanent residence in Canada. It is a system for maintaining a pool of interested candidates who wish to obtain permanent residency.
Such candidates must qualify under one of the three federal immigration programs- the Federal Skilled Workers Program (FSTP), the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), and the Federal Skills Trades Program (FSTP). In addition, any Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) with a dedicated Express Entry immigration stream can make use of the Express Entry pool to nominate desirable candidates to apply for Canada PR.
FSWP stands out to be the most preferred choice among the foreign skilled workers who have not lived in Canada before. It gives them a good chance to apply for permanent residency in Canada.
On successful registration of your Express Entry profile, you are given a Comprehensive Ranking System score. Every fortnightly, the Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) conducts a nomination draw in which the highest-scoring candidates are invited to apply for permanent residence.
Provincial Nominee Programs for economic-class immigration
The unique federal-provincial-territorial arrangement in Canada allows 13 provinces and territories of Canada to nominate economic-class immigrants including skilled workers, international students, business investors/entrepreneurs independently.
Tech workers are finding newer and better opportunities in Canada in view of visa curbs by the US. Canadian provinces like British Columbia, Ontario have dedicated immigration streams for Tech workers. Other provinces like Saskatchewan, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Islands are actively inviting economic-class immigrants.
As per the Immigration Levels Plan 2020-2022 announced before the ongoing pandemic, Canada was looking to welcome over one million new immigrants by the end of 2022.
Thanks to applauding efforts by the Canadian government in increasing the frequency of Express Entry and PNP draws, the target is still achievable. Choose from over 100+ immigration programs to plan your immigration to Canada. Talk to our consultants to get a custom-made plan based on your profile.
