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My understanding is that Canadian residency isn't particularly strict, but Canadian citizenship is very strict. Besides, most of the companies in question (e.g.
by bdamm 6y ago
My understanding is that Canadian residency isn't particularly strict, but Canadian citizenship is very strict. Besides, most of the companies in question (e.g. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc) already have subsidiaries operating in Canada so employment via the Canadian subsidiary is not an issue.
- pstrateman 6y agoThe program that allows anybody to apply for residence is called Express Entry. They offer something like 4200 positions every 2 weeks, or about 100k per year. My understanding is that unless you're at the very top of the list (it's score based) you're likely to be waiting a long time. Edit: For example the last drawing required you have a score of 471 or above. A 28 year old Indian person with a CS degree and 6 years of job experience who has perfect English scores would only have 441 points.
- Izikiel43 6y agoYou also have provincial programs which have different/maybe more lax requirements than express entry. Once you get PR, citizenship is just 3 years away.
- digianarchist 6y ago4 years effectively. It takes almost 12 months to process the citizenship application.