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Step by Step PR Process

The 10 step process for Express Entry in Canada includes: 1) Taking IELTS and attaining CLB9 language level, 2) Getting an Education Credential Assessment, 3) Creating an Express Entry profile on the CIC website, 4) Waiting for an Invitation to Apply after being selected in a draw, 5) Submitting documents within 2 months of receiving an ITA, 6) Submitting documents and paying fees while waiting 2-4 months for processing, 7) Receiving a Passport Request and Confirmation of Permanent Residency, 8) Travelling to Canada within the visa timeframe and applying for a PR card, 9) Receiving the

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Step by Step PR Process

The 10 step process for Express Entry in Canada includes: 1) Taking IELTS and attaining CLB9 language level, 2) Getting an Education Credential Assessment, 3) Creating an Express Entry profile on the CIC website, 4) Waiting for an Invitation to Apply after being selected in a draw, 5) Submitting documents within 2 months of receiving an ITA, 6) Submitting documents and paying fees while waiting 2-4 months for processing, 7) Receiving a Passport Request and Confirmation of Permanent Residency, 8) Travelling to Canada within the visa timeframe and applying for a PR card, 9) Receiving the

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The step-by-step application for Express Entry:

Step 1: Take IELTS and attain CLB 9 (viz: band score of 8777 in LRWS)

CLB 9 gives candidates additional language points boost of 50–60 points. If you are able to
reach the score of 440+ without CLB 9, that is fine too.

Cost - Approx 200 CAD every time you take IELTS.

Step 2: Get your ECA done (6–8 weeks)

ECA is Education Credential Assessment. It is done by multiple organisations (WES one of


them) and provides you the Canadian equivalent degree assessment of your native country
education.

Cost - Approx 285 CAD. (200 CAD Fee + 85 CAD International Result Delivery)

Step 3: Create EE profile on CIC website with your attained IELTS score and ECA

Making a profile enters you in the pool of candidates waiting for the ITA (Invitation to
Apply). Make sure all the information mentioned in the profile is accurate as you will be
asked to provide proof of all that information once you are selected.

Cost - 0

Step 4: Wait for the draw to reach your score and receive ITA afterwards

The ROI (Rounds of Invidation) happens every 3–4 weeks. The Canadian govt declares the
min cut off score of the EE profile and all the candidates having that score or score more than
it will get ITA. The score varies and is tweaked to meet the usual 2800–3000 applicants quota
per ROI.

Cost - 0

Step 5: Post ITA, you get 2 months to submit your documents

After candidates receive ITA, they are suppose to provide documents and proofs of all the
information mentioned in their profile along with few others. The documents/information
needed from the candidates are:

Scan of Travel Document (Passport) of all applicants


Digital Photograph of all applicants
Proof of Employment of primary applicant
Proof of Funds of primary applicant
Proof of Medical of all applicants
Proof of Education & IELTS of all applicants
Police Clearance Certificate (From all countries where you have resided for 6 months or
more) of all applicants
Cost varies as Medical cost, PCC fees, Notarization fees etc vary on location. Ideally, all
expenses should be covered within 300–350 CAD per applicant.

Step 6: Submit documents, pay Immigration Fee and wait for the PPR (Passport Request -
For stamping)

After submitting the documents and paying the Immigration fees, the Canadian Immigration
officers verifies the documents and information provided. This generally takes 2–4 months
depending on the application type, countries a person has resided in and most importantly, the
immigration visa office where the application has been sent for processing and how much
application backlog is there.

New Delhi visa office is infamous for taking usually 4 months to process and verify the
submitted documents, sometimes even more!

Cost - 1050 CAD x No. of Applicants in the application

Step 7: PPR received. Submit Passport and get Canada CoPR (Confirmation of PR)

Once the documents are verified, candidates are intimated about the result of their application
via mail. On successful processing, candidates are required to submit the passports of all the
applicants for the Visa Stamping and CoPR. Passport is being sent by VFS Global and would
cost around30 CAD per passport. The stamped passport are returned to the designated
address within 2 weeks along with 2 copies of CoPR.

Cost - Approx 30 CAD x No. of Applicants

Step 8: Reach Canada on CoPR and apply for PR card

Applicants are supposed to travel to Canada within the tenure mentioned on the passport. The
tenure is generally till the time passport is valid or till medical proof is valid, whichever is
earlier. In any case, visa will not be for more than 1 year.

Applicants are supposed to plan their travel, temporary or permanent migration, to Canada
within the Visa timelines and submit one copy of CoPR at the time of landing. The other
copy is stamped and returned.

Submitting CoPR means that Candidates have successfully landed in Canada and this in turn
initiates the PR card application for each applicant.

Cost - Travel Cost of each applicant

Step 9: Receive PR card (2–3 months)


Official PR Card processing time is 62–65 days and the PR card will be couriered to the
address given by the applicants at the time of their landing. The address has to be a Canadian
address.

PR Card will be delivered to the address within 50–80 days. In case you have performed soft
landing (temporary migration) just to fulfill the landing formalities before the Visa expires,
you can request any friend coming to your native country to bring along your PR card.

PR cards are not couriered outside Canada and have to be delivered in person in such
scenarios.

Step 10: You are Canadian PR. Enjoy!

Once you have your PR card, you are officially a Canadian PR. Have fun!

PR card is provided with validity of 5 years. A person is supposed to live in Canada for 730
days in consecutive 5 years to continue his/her PR card for next 5 years after the expiry.

If a person has stayed in Canada for more than 1095 days in consecutive 5 years, he/she is
eligible to apply for Canadian citizenship.

Some Acronyms Frequently Used in this post & during Visa Processing:

CLB - Canadian Language Benchmark


ECA - Education Credential Assessment
EE - Express Entry
ROI - Round of Invitations
ITA - Invitation to Apply
CoPR - Confirmation of Permanent Residency
PPR - Passport Request
PR - Permanent Resident (Residency)

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