It is no longer news that many intending immigrants either do their Canadian immigration processing on their own or consult an agent to assist with all the application and maintenance of their Express Entry profile. Yet, I have found it true that most ignorant viable travelers find the processes difficult when they do not know or research well how these processes go. Worse still, some educated illiterates still fall victim of fraud while seeming quite learned but not enlightened to these processes. For that reason, I would like to enlighten both the ignorant applicants and half-baked agents about the fifteen (15) steps to be taken towards getting Canadian permanent residency through the most common pathway – Express Entry…
It is no longer news that many intending immigrants either do their Canadian immigration processing on their own or consult an agent to assist with all the application and maintenance of their Express Entry profile. Yet, I have found it true that most ignorant viable travelers find the processes difficult when they do not know or research well how these processes go. Worse still, some educated illiterates still fall victim of fraud while seeming quite learned but not enlightened to these processes. For that reason, I would like to enlighten both the ignorant applicants and half-baked agents about the fifteen (15) steps to be taken towards getting Canadian permanent residency through the most common pathway – Express Entry.
1. Opening a File For Pre-evaluation
As simple as this may sound, many people forget to take it serious and it can make or mar your overall success in the pursuit of permanent residency in Canada. Before embarking on this long process of Canada Immigration, you first need to know how well you are eligible for it. This is the very first step to applying for permanent or even temporary residence for immigration to any of our destinations as it is to aid you pre-evaluate your suitability for any of the travel or immigration programs. There are more than 80 programs to select from for your immigration. Ideally, for you to choose the very best programs for you and/or your family, you need to make a lot of research within 1-5/7 days so that you are well informed of the pros and cons for each pathway. If you do not have the luxury of time, you can now consult an agent to help you with it. Hence, A.O.S Migration Agency can help you and give you a report of their process after all.
2. Educational Credential Assessment (ECA)
Once you have taken the time to check your eligibility for the numerous permanent residency programs, the next step to take is for you to send your Ordinary National Diploma (OND), Higher National Diploma (HND), bachelors or masters or even doctoral degree and official transcript from your educational institution be it a university, college of education, monotechnic or polytechnic to any of the following organizations for assessments from them:
Comparative Education Service: University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies
International Credential Assessment Service of Canada
World Education Services (WES)
International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS)
International Credential Evaluation Service (ICES)3. Take for Language Test(s)
It all depends on how fast and willing you are to start the processing. During the time you are waiting for your report to arrive, you can commence your preparation for any of the following English or French tests:
English
CELPIP: Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program
you must take the CELPIP-General test
they don’t accept the General-LS test for Express Entry
IELTS: International English Language Testing System
you must take the General Training option
they don’t accept the Academic option for Express Entry
French
TEF Canada: Test d’évaluation de français, including:
TCF Canada: Test de connaissance du français, the skills must be including:
compréhension de l’écrit
compréhension de l’oral
expression écrite
expression orale
4. Receive All Results
After the ECA assessment process, which usually takes 4-8 weeks after your credentials have been sent to them for evaluation, any of the organizations you chose to use will give you a report that tells you what your education is equal to in Canada. It is this report you will then use to start processing your immigration.Just like the ECA process, you would get a test result after some few weeks (within 2-6 weeks) of taking the test and that would also be used as a benchmark to check your proficiency levels in the 4 skills (speaking, listening, reading and writing) of the languages.Then, you can move onto the next step and start processing your application.5. Create Online Profile
To get into the Express Entry pool, it is imperative that you have your report and result handy before application. Once you have them be it online or in paper form, you can now firstly Create or sign in to your account of IRCC (Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada) Secure with your GCKey user ID and password. In doing this, you would need to form about 2-4 questions for your recovery questions which allows you to enter your profile anytime you wish to login for security reasons, additional identification is required to access your account. Afterwards, you would be required to fill in all your information in the various sections of your application dashboard:
· Personal details
· Contact details
· Study and languages
· Application details
· Representative
· Work history
NB: Only sections 1, 3 and 6 will be asked of your spouse if you have an accompanying partner. For all of the sections, you would have to sign and accept the terms and conditions in order to validate the application on and after filling all the necessary columns and parts.
6. Update Profile
At the level of the study and languages, you would have to fill in all your acquired CLB or NCLC scores for each of the English and/or French skills. Likewise, in the work history section, you have to show your years of experience for which you have or can get reference letters from your employer for the validation of your work experiences.7. Express Entry Draw Waiting Period
If your language skills result, academic credentials, job experience and CRS scores measure with the labour requirements of workers needed in Canada, you would be electronically selected amongst the pool of applicants selected on a fortnight (2-weeks) basis by the IRCC through any of the following:
Federal Skilled Worker Program
Federal Skilled Trades Program
Canadian Experience Class
A.O.S Migration Agency Promises…
It is our mantra to help every applicant in any way we can to process any step or combination of steps. All you need do is to consult with us on an hourly basis or better still pay for our any of our immigration assistance services through our migration desk.Kindly start your processing now with our Agency now as you expect the second part of this blog on or before next week. Till then, stay blessed!