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The Canada part is misleading. It takes about two years to get PR (similar to green card) in Canada via Express Entry (well, technically 6 months to 1 year from
by smnrchrds 11y ago
The Canada part is misleading. It takes about two years to get PR (similar to green card) in Canada via Express Entry (well, technically 6 months to 1 year from the time you apply to CIC, but because you virtually need a work visa or provincial nomination to acquire enough points for entry, it takes an extra 1-1.5 years). You need to wait 4 years after getting PR to apply for citizenship. It takes about two years to get granted citizenship after that, but they are trying to reduce it to one. So the whole process takes 6-8 years not 2.
With that said, the immigration laws are indeed saner and merit-based.
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-ec.asp http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm-ec.asp
http://citizenshipcounts.ca/citizenship-act-changes http://citizenshipcounts.ca/citizenship-act-changes
- rglullis 11y agoYou may be right. I do remember looking at the process through Quebec, which seems to be a little different. When I was more seriously looking, though, I read enough about it to make me pretty confident it could be done in 3-5 years. Of course I was starting with the assumption that I could get the job offer while I was living in Boston and enter Canada for job interviews as a visitor.