When it comes to better job opportunities, the Canadian market is a good possibility. It provides multiple new and exciting options for foreign nationals in different niches ranging from health care to information technology. So if you are unable to find the job for your profile in your home country, then there is nothing wrong in moving to Canada, and to jump-start your professional life there.

The Canadian government operates many programs to ease the entry of eligible internationals to meet the demands of its labor market without any job offer from a Canadian employer. Below is the list of the popular immigration programs which grant the status of Permanent residence to live, study or work without any job offer.

Federal Express Entry Program:

Federal Express entry program manages applications from foreign prospects that possess required expertise and experience in any of the niche related to the Canadian labor market. It encompasses three sub-categories –

Federal Skilled Worker Class (FSWC)

Federal Skilled Trades Class (FSTC)

Canadian Experience Class (CEC)

Except for FSTC, other two categories take job offer only as an asset; however, it is not mandatory for an individual to have it to become eligible for these two programs. Once you have received the PR, you can hunt the job for your profile there.  Interested applicants can apply for the Express entry program online.

Based on selection factors like age, level of education, language skills, previous work experience, arranged employment and adaptability profiles in the pool get Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score and ranks. Only higher-scoring profiles succeed to Invitation rounds for PR through regular Express Entry Draws.

Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP):

Quebec is a Canadian province; however, its immigration program is not a part of Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). QSWP allows skilled and experienced immigrants to work in the province without any job offer. It only demands the Certificat de sélection du Québec from the provincial government as a proof of selection. There are total nine factors which determine the eligibility of candidates for QSWP and a minimum score without a spouse is 50 and with a spouse is 59.

Provincial Nominee program (PNPs):

In total, there are 11 provincial nominee programs to nominate candidates for the Canadian PR visa. Few of them like the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP), Nova Scotia Provincial Nominee Program (NSPNP), and Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) which offer PR without a job offer. So if an applicant has any of these provinces in his/her mind for settlement or has family in these provinces, then PNP is a good possibility.

Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP):

SINP’s Occupations in-Demand and SINP’s Express Entry are two sub-categories which don’t demand any job offer from an applicant. As per the name, SINP’s Occupations in-Demand brings applications from those aspirants who have skills and work experience in occupations which are in high demand in the province’s market.

Eligibility requirements for SINP’s Occupations in-Demand include

• Minimum one-year work experience in NOC skilled type0, A or B
• Minimum CLB level of 4 in Language proficiency test
• A minimum score of 60 in point assessment grid
• Proof of funds and settlement plan

SINP’s Express Entry is an express entry-linked stream which nominates candidates from express entry pool only.

Nova Scotia Provincial Nominee Program (NS PNP):

NS PNP’s Entrepreneur stream allows the entry of individuals to work in Nova Scotia without any job offer.

Eligibility for interested applicants for NS PNP’s Entrepreneur stream includes

• Minimum of 21 years of age,
• Minimum of CLB level 5,
• Minimum of funding of around CAD $150, 000 as an investment,
• Minimum three-years of work experience in managing and operating the business to apply for this program.

Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP):

OINP’s Master graduate stream, PhD Graduate stream and Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Streams don’t require a job offer from internationals to work in Ontario.

For OINP’s Master graduate stream, a candidate must:

• Have applied before completing his/her masters in Ontario
• Be living there for at least one year
• Score language benchmark of 7 in the language proficiency test
• Have sufficient funds of around CAD $ 12,475 to support him/her in the province after immigration

For OINP’s PhD Graduate stream, a candidate must:

• Have completed his/her PhD n Canada
• Be living there for at least one year
• Score language benchmark of 7 in the language proficiency test
• Have sufficient funds to support him/her in the province after immigration

For Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream,

A candidate must have a profile in Express entry pool and received Notification of Interest from the province.

You can choose any of the above programs after qualifying the eligibility criteria for them. For further information, feel free to contact experts of countrywide visas.  Countrywide visas is one of the fastest growing Immigration consultancies with a large, devoted team of Immigration experts offers hassle-free and professional services to its clients for filing their applications for various immigration programs.

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