Special Feature
The news for H-1Bs and L-1s keeps getting worse and worse for people born in India. The latest visa bulletin to come out of Washington, D.C. for September 2018 pushes back the final action dates for employment-based preference cases by years. Hopefully, this is a temporary blip and the action dates will revert to where they were in August.
Employment-based September bulletin August bulletin 1st 01 Jan 12 01 Jan 12 2nd 01 Jan 07 15 Mar 09 3rd 01 Jan 03 01 Jan 09 Other Workers 01 Jan 03 01 Jan 09
Meanwhile, many H-1Bs and L-1s are considering Canada as an alternative. Unlike the U.S., Canada does not require permanent residence (PR) applicants to have a job offer or sponsorship by a close relative.
The most popular Canadian immigration program, the express entry federal skilled worker program, evaluates applicants on successful integration attributes such as age, level of education, work experience, facility with English or French, and connections to Canada.
Applicants can complete and submit their own application for permanent residence, hire an illegal representative, or hire a regulated Canadian immigration consultant or lawyer to help them obtain Canadian PR.
What many applicants do not realize is that being eligible for the Canadian Express Entry program does not equate to obtaining Canadian PR. Thousands of people apply for Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker permanent residence but only 4% of applicants who are ‘active’ in Express Entry are selected each time for PR.
Immigration to Canada tends to become more difficult over time. An applicant who is successful today may not be accepted tomorrow. This is why it’s important to ensure that your application is correctly positioned for successful selection for Canadian PR. Otherwise your application will languish in the Express Entry pool where it will expire after a year.
Your application can be resubmitted but if you weren’t successful the first time you submitted your application through Express Entry, what have you changed to improve your likelihood of success next time? As you get older, your eligibility for the Canadian Federal Skilled Worker Express Entry program decreases – which is why it’s critical that you do everything you can to get your application right the first time.
There are many overseas illegal operators who will, for a fee, submit your application for you regardless of whether you have a good likelihood of being selected for permanent residence or not. If you’re lucky, your application will be selected and you won’t get caught using an unauthorized immigration representative. If you’re not, your application will sit there until it expires or is rejected for using an unauthorized immigration representative. And since you used an illegal immigration operator, you have no recourse.
Also, there are some authorized immigration representatives who will submit your application to the express entry program without performing an analysis of your likelihood of success and what you need to do to improve your chances of being selected. The resulting year your application needlessly sits in the express entry program could be fatal to your Canadian future.
Do your homework! Using the right authorized Canadian immigration representative can help you secure a Canadian future for you and your loved ones and save you thousands of dollars in the long run.
A-Canada’s licensed immigration consultants are authorized by the Canadian government to provide Canadian immigration and citizenship advice and representation. A-Canada can help you and your family become Canadian permanent residents in less than a year while you’re working in the U.S.
For more info on how you and your loved ones can have peace of mind, call 1-833-CANADA5 (1-833-226-2325), visit ACANADA.COM, or the A-Canada booth celebrating India’s independence at:
• Novi (Detroit), MI: August 18, 2018
• Overland Park (Kansas City), KS: August 26, 2018
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The next A-Canada article on September 12, 2018, will cover: The Impact of Qualified Canadian Job Offers on your Canadian PR Application
