Immigration (Legal / Illegal)

How to enter Canada LegallyWho is Canada looking for????

Why do some feel they have to cross the border illegally?

Why do so many want to immigrate to Canada?

Video http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/multimedia/video/immcan/immcan.asp

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Happiness Rankinghttp://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/04/03/canada-happy-survey-says.html

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20120403/INPROGRESS-worldhappinessreport/

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World Net Migration Rates

• Illegal migration -->the movement of people into a country without following its immigration laws and procedures

How to enter Canada Legally1. Skilled worker & professionals (outside of

Quebec) – selected based on education, work experience, knowledge of English/French

- must have arranged employment (employer must complete Labour Market Opinion) or skilled worker must have at least 1 year experience in one of the occupation Approved occupations

- International student enrolled in PhD program in Canada can apply

How to enter Canada Legally Take the Test:The test requires you to acquire 67 points on 6 selection factor point system.- Take the test - Proof of Funds

How to enter Canada Legally2. Quebec-selected skilled worker - Under

Canada-Quebec Accord – Quebec establishes its own immigration requirements and selects immigrants who will adapt well to living in Quebec - Immigrate to Quebec

- Quebec selected skilled workers are not assessed on the 6 selection factors of the Federal Skilled Workers Program.

How to enter Canada Legally

3. Canadian Experience Class - temporary foreign worker with at least 2 years of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience in Canada or foreign graduate from a Canadian post-secondary institution with at least 1 year of full-time (or equivalent) skilled work experience in Canada. Applicant must plan to live outside of Quebec.

How to enter Canada Legally4. Investors, entrepreneurs and

self‑employed persons - all must show 2 years experience

Investor net worth of at least $1.6 million (obtained legally) and willing to invest at least $800,000 in Cdn economy (must make investment before visa granted). - cap reached

Entrepreneurs - worth at least $300,000 and willing and able to contribute to Cdn. economy (create jobs) program stopped

How to enter Canada LegallySelf-employed – Intentions must beevident and must be able to

becomeself-employed in Canada• Relevant experience to contribute

to cultural and athletic life of Canada or purchase and manage a farm

Investor, Entrpreneur, and self employed are only required to score 35 out of 100 (5 factor selection process -Business Class

How to enter Canada Legally5. Provincial Nominee – Most provinces in

Canada have an agreement with the gov’t of Canada - allows them to nominate immigrants who wish to settle in that province

- Must show they have skills, education and work experience needed to make an immediate economic contribution to the province/territory that nominates them.

How to enter Canada Legally5. Provincial Nominee –provincial nominee

must first apply to the province where he/she wishes to settle and complete its provincial nomination process Province

The province will consider your application based on its immigration needs and your genuine intention to settle there

How to enter Canada Legally6. Family Sponsor - who can be sponsored can sponsor spouse, common-law partner, conjugal partner, dependent child (including adopted child) or other eligible relative (such as a parent or grandparent) to become a permanent resident• super visas

Financial responsibility - spouse and dependents over 22 years old requires 3 years Any other relative and dependents under 22 years (until 25) old or 10 years

How to enter Canada Legally7. Refugee - show gov’t of Canada a

person fears persecution or whose removal from Canada would subject them to a danger of torture, a risk to their life or a risk of cruel and unusual treatment or punishment due to race, religion, political opinion, nationality or membership in a particular social group, such as women or people of a particular sexual orientation

How to enter Canada LegallyTherefore --> Canada is looking for????

Why do some feel they have to cross theborder illegally?

Why do so many want to immigrate toCanada?

How to enter U.S. Legally• US grants both permanent

(immigrant) and temporary (non-immigrant) visas

• 3 ways to obtain visa – family, work or diversity lottery

How to enter U.S. LegallyIllegal immigration Green card holder (also called an immigrant and

a "lawful permanent resident") - foreign national who has been granted the privilege of living and working permanently in the U.S.

Not a citizen but can work, live in US (travel) & can become a citizen after living in US for a period of time (5 years)

Green card - refers to the official card issued by the US government to lawful permanent residents as evidence of their authorization to live and work in the United States

How to enter U.S. LegallyOfficially called Form I-551, the Permanent Resident Card (formerly known as the Alien Registration Receipt Card)

It is called the Green Card because of the original green color of the card(not that colour anymore).

The card represents security to its holder and instantly communicates to law enforcement officials and US employers the right to permanently live and work in the United States

There are five categories of employment-based immigration Green Cards

i) 1st Preference (EB1) - top of field (Prize winners)

• Extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business or athletics

• Outstanding professors and researchers

• Certain multinational executives and managers

ii) 2nd Preference EB-2 - Green card for degrees, sciences, arts, business

• Qualified physicians who will practice medicine in an area of the U.S. that is underserved.

• Members of the professions holding advanced degrees or their equivalent

• Exceptional ability in the sciences, arts or business

iii) 3rd preference EB-3: Green card are for skilled professionals and other workers

• Professionals with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent

• Skilled workers

iv) 4th Preference EB-4 - Green card are for special immigrants• Certain religious workers• Various employees and former employees of the U.S.

government abroad• Other limited and special classes of personsCertain members of the U.S. Armed Forces

v)5th Preference EB-5 -Employment creation (investors)• Persons who invest a certain amount of money in a new commercial enterprise that employs 10 U.S. citizens or authorized immigrant workers full-time and who engage in the business through day-to-day management or policy formation –minimum investment $1 million

Green Card Lottery - Each year between, 50,000 & 55,000 immigrant visas (green cards) are made available through a lottery to people who come from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States

None of these visas (Green Cards) are available for people who come from countries that have sent more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States in the past five years

Visa through the Diversity Visa Lottery Program

- The person would obtain a green card and be authorized to live and work permanently in the United States. They would also be allowed to bring their wife or husband and any unmarried children under the age of 21

qualifying countries

Entries for the Diversity Visa Lottery Program

– Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4), and concluded on Saturday, November 5, 2011, at noon, Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (GMT-4).

– Entrants in the Diversity Visa 2013 program may check the status of their entries through the Entrant Status check on the E-DV website beginning on May 1, 2012. Review more about

Entrant Status Check.http://travel.state.gov/pdf/DV_2013_instructions.pdfEligibility Quiz

Family Immigration Green Cards

• can obtain a Green Card and become a lawful permanent resident based on the fact that you have a relative who is a citizen of the United States or a relative who has a Green Card (is a lawful permanent resident) and is willing to sponsor you for a Green Card

Family Immigration Green Cards

• Who Can you sponsor

• relative must prove they can support you by providing proof that their income is at least 125% (PL)> U.S. poverty level for their household size, including you and all other sponsored family members

Refugee• Refugee - located outside of the United States• Is of special humanitarian concern to the United

States• Demonstrates that they were persecuted or fear

persecution due to race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular social group

• Is not firmly resettled in another country• Is admissible to the United States• A refugee does not include anyone who ordered,

incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion

• A refugee must receive a referral to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for consideration

• If referral received, refugee will receive help filling out application and then be interviewed abroad by a USCIS officer who will determine whether eligibility for refugee resettlement. 

• Case may include spouse, child (unmarried and under 21 years of age), and in some limited circumstances, other family members 

• Every year people come to the United States seeking protection because they have suffered persecution or fear that they will suffer persecution due to: Race, Religion, Nationality, Membership in a particular social group, Political opinion

• If eligible for asylum the person may be permitted to remain in the United States - apply for Asylum within one year of arrival to the United States

• no fee to apply

• may include spouse and children who are in the United States on your application at the time you file or at any time until a final decision is made on

• To include child on your application, the child must be under 21 and unmarried

• cannot apply for permission to work in the US at the same time apply for asylum

• may apply for employment authorization if: 150 days have passed since you filed your complete asylum application AND No decision has been made

• If you are granted asylum may work immediately• other

English Speaking Countries

French Speaking Countries