Obtaining "permanent residence" or "permanent resident status" in Canada is also known as "immigrating to Canada" or becoming a "landed immigrant." The successful end result of the Immigration process is the issuance of an “immigrant visa” or “confirmation of permanent residence document”. Persons to whom an immigrant visa/confirmation of permanent residence document has been issued must present themselves to an Immigration officer at one of Canada's official ports of entry in order to become landed immigrants.

Canadian permanent residents/landed immigrants and citizens enjoy all of the same rights and privileges (i.e. free health care, free elementary and secondary education, etc.) with three (3) exceptions:

Permanent residents cannot vote;

Permanent residents cannot hold a Canadian passport; and

 Permanent residents can be deported for certain criminal convictions.

Within any five (5) year period, a permanent resident must be:

physically present in Canada for at least 730 days (two (2) years) in that five (5) year period

    OR outside of Canada, accompanying a Canadian citizen, who is his or her spouse or common-law partner or a child accompanying a parent

  OR   outside of Canada, employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business

  OR an accompanying spouse, common-law partner or child of a permanent resident, who is outside Canada and is employed on a full-time basis by a Canadian business.

  To be eligible to immigrate to Canada, one must meet the requirements of one of the many categories of Canadian Immigration:

    Federal Skilled Worker Class

    Federal Skilled Trades Class

    Canadian Experience Class

    Express entry

   PNP programs.

    Business Class

    Family Class

    and apply for Permanent Residence in Canada through a designated Case Processing Centre/Centralized Intake Office.

After having resided in Canada for a total of 1095 days within a consecutive five year period of time as a permanent resident of Canada, one is eligible to apply for Citizenship.

I have questions related to your assessment of my qualifications for Immigration to Canada. I wish to telephone your firm. May I do so?

We would be delighted to speak with you over the telephone and answer any questions that you might have. We can be reached, via telephone, between the hours of 09:00 and 17:00, Eastern Time, Monday to Friday at 905 673 9000

Please note that we do not have branch offices. We effectively represent thousands of individuals on all six (6) continents from our offices here in Toronto, Canada, through the use of e-mail, fax, telephone, mail and courier.