Visa Types

The Startup Visa Program is designed for immigrant entrepreneurs with the skills and potential to build innovative businesses in Canada that can create jobs for Canadians and compete on a global scale.

The ICT program allows international companies to temporarily transfer qualified employees to Canada for the purpose of improving management effectiveness, expanding Canadian exports, and enhancing competitiveness in overseas markets.

The IMP allows employers to hire or transfer foreign workers without the need for a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). Under this program, workers can be hired under a variety of circumstances, including under international agreements like NAFTA or due to the significant benefit that the worker's skills will bring to Canada.

The Student Visa program allows foreign nationals to study at designated learning institutions in Canada. While studying, students may also be able to work part-time and gain valuable Canadian work experience.

The Express Entry system is an online application management system used by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to manage and process applications received through several of Canada's key economic immigration programs.

The Federal Skilled Worker Program is one of the three programs managed under Canada's Express Entry system. It's designed for individuals who are selected to immigrate to Canada because of their work experience and skills.

This is a fast-track immigration program that allows employers in Canada's four Atlantic provinces — New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island — to hire foreign nationals for jobs they haven’t been able to fill locally.

This program allows caregivers to come to Canada. Caregivers are individuals who are qualified to work without supervision in a private household providing care for children, elderly persons, or people who have disabilities. The caregiver must live in the private household where they work in Canada.

If you are 18 years of age or older, you can sponsor certain relatives to come to Canada under the Family Class. These can be your spouse, conjugal or common-law partner, dependent child (includes adopted child), parents, grandparents, and others.

This program is for people outside their home country, or the country where they normally live, and who are seriously affected by civil war, armed conflict, or gross and systematic human rights violations.

This pilot aims to attract experienced, non-seasonal workers who can economically establish themselves in Canada's agri-food sector, particularly in meat processing and mushroom production.

This is a community-driven program designed to spread the benefits of economic immigration to smaller communities by creating a path to permanent residence for skilled foreign workers who want to work and live in one of the participating communities.