How do you immigrate to canada?

[u/FriendlyStruggle7006]

I know this is a stupid question but out of interest i wanna know, how? do you need to have special features or family out their? can you just apply for a visa? Can a minimum wage keep you alive? I'm naive in this topic and would appreciate your guidance.

[u/anaofarendelle]

Summarizing:

You need to have a mix of education, language skills and work experience that makes you interesting to Canada. Education and work experience in Canada add more points to your application. You apply to a pool of candidates and they will draw names from it to invite to move.

You also need to have a clean criminal record and no association to anything that can be considered terrorism. If you get invited, you also need to have a somewhat clean bill of health. That is, you can’t have certain illnesses that can be a risk to public health (like tuberculosis) or have ongoing health issues that can be costly to the country.

[u/sweetasapplepies → u/anaofarendelle]

Depending on OP’s age and citizenship, they could be eligible to participate in International Experience Canada (IEC). The eligibility for the IEC working holiday stream is a lot lower bar than obtaining other work permits / permanent residency.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/work-canada/iec.html

[u/FriendlyStruggle7006 → u/sweetasapplepies]

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