If you want to immigrate to Canada, you need to apply for permanent residence from the Canadian Immigration Agency, because according to the Constitution, the federal government has the final right to decide on immigration. Of course, you can also apply for permanent residence in Canada through provincial nominations, but after you obtain a nomination letter or Quebec selection certificate, you still need to apply for permanent residence with the federal government.
Although Canada has many immigration programs to choose from, applicants may have to pay high application fees and consume more time costs. The provincial nomination program opens the door to Canada for more applicants and can also open up access to permanent residence for workers whose skills match the needs of the regional labor market.
The following will tell you about the application costs of different economic immigration projects, and at the same time weigh the pros and cons of nominating immigration through federal fast track and provincially.
Fee of submitting application to the Canadian Immigration Agency
When you apply for immigration from the Canadian Immigration Agency, you need to pay the application fee for yourself and the families who come to Canada with you, such as spouse and children. At the same time, the applicant is also required to pay a permanent residence fee for himself and his spouse, and the dependent children can be exempted from this fee.
For most economic, family and humanitarian applications, the fees for most Canadian immigration programs are rising this year. In 2020, Immigration Canada conducted its first immigration fee increase in 18 years to cope with inflation . At that time, the Immigration Bureau announced that it would increase costs every two years to adapt to inflation, which means that after the costs increase this year, another cost increase may occur in 2024.
From April 30, 2022, the following immigration projects will increase the fees of about 40 Canadian dollars from 1,325 Canadian dollars, that is, the main applicant and entourage must pay 1,365 Canadian dollars plus the corresponding biometric fee to apply:
- Federal EE
- Provincial nomination project html l9
- Quebec Technical Workers Project
- Atlantic Immigration Program
- Other Economic Pilots (Rural and Northern Immigration Pilots and Agricultural Food Immigration Pilots)
Biometric cost is approximately 85 Canadian dollars per person, and 175 Canadian dollars per person for families with two or more. For example, if a person applies for federal EE, it costs $1,450, a family of two to pay $2,905, and a family of three to pay $3,135.
application fees vary depending on the project, but the application fees for permanent residence remain unchanged. The following is a list of the fees for the 2022 federal immigration program.
fees for applying for provincial nominations and Quebec immigration
In addition to the amount required to apply for immigration from the federal government, immigration applicants in the provincial nomination program and Quebec usually must also pay the corresponding fees to the province they apply for. For example, if you want to immigrate to Ontario , you can apply for Ontario Province nomination. The main applicant needs to pay 2,925 Canadian dollars per application, while only 1,450 Canadian dollars is required to apply through the fast channel.
Currently, there are four provincial nomination projects that do not charge application fees, namely Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Northwest and Yukon. Newfoundland and Labrador have recently cancelled fees to encourage new immigrants to apply for immigration to the province.
In addition, applying for provincial nomination projects in other provinces requires payment of 250-1,500 Canadian dollars.
ordinary province nomination and EE province nomination
The difference between the applicant's general province nomination and EE province nomination lies in whether the applicant has submitted an application to the EE fast channel. The general province nomination is mainly managed by the provincial government, while the EE province nomination is only open to EE applicants.
Since the Canadian Immigration Agency has the right to decide whether to obtain permanent residence, the advantage of entering the EE pool is that it can directly apply for immigration from the IRCC, so applying for a fast track is relatively simpler than applying for a provincial nomination plan.Because when applying for PNP, you must first apply for provincial nomination before you can apply for permanent residence.
We know that the fast track is the points system used by the Canadian federal government to invite immigrant applicants. Applicants with the highest score will receive an invitation (ITA) in the screening.
Since the epidemic, the Immigration Bureau has generally invited experience immigration and EE provincial nomination applicants in the fast track. Since September 2021, only provincial nomination applicants have been invited. Since December 2020, FSWP invitation has been suspended. Recently, the Immigration Bureau announced that it will resume screening in July 2022.
Previously high scored EE applicants will definitely apply for provincial nominations, just waiting for an invitation to obtain an EE, so they only have to pay a fee. However, as the uncertainty of fast-track screening increases, applying for provincial nominations in EE becomes more attractive - applicants who receive provincial nominations will receive an additional 600 points in the comprehensive ranking system, which ensures that the applicant is invited and can apply for permanent residence.
Processing time vs.
According to the processing time estimate on April 19, it takes 28 months for the Canadian Immigration Bureau to process the application for ordinary province nomination, 22 months for the processing of EE province nomination, and about 31 months for the Quebec technical workers project. The standard for applying for fast track directly for
is six months, but the trial backlog since the epidemic has been overcrowded, and the processing time of fast track has also increased. Currently, it takes 27 months to apply for FSWP, and it takes 8 months to deal with CEC economic immigration. The waiting time for FSTP applicants is 37 months.
Which method you choose in the end is mainly considered two aspects: one is which method you meet the application conditions, and the other is which method you can use to make it easier for you to obtain permanent residence.
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