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Documentation, Application and Fees, Medical and Criminal Clearance

Compiled by David Aujla, Immigration Lawyer © 2004

(A) Documentation Requirements

All intending skilled worker and business class immigrants must be able to present to a Canadian Consular office proof of the following:

· employment or business background - by way of letters of reference from employers or business associates.
· educational credentials - must be proved by degrees, diplomas, certificates.
· financial net worth - must be proved by bank references attesting to funds on deposit, share and stock certificates, official valuations on property, etc.

All applicants will be required to submit certified (notarized) copies of all of the following:

· birth certificates issued by an official government body or institution
· marriage and/or death certificates, if applicable
· divorce decrees and custody orders, if applicable

Every applicant for permanent residence must hold a valid passport.

(B) Applications and Fees

Every intending immigrant must submit an application for permanent residence and supplementary application forms for his/her spouse and dependent children along with the requisite processing fees.

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Processing fees are as follows (amounts are quoted in Canadian dollars):

Principal Applicants:

Skilled Worker applications $550.00
Business Class applications $1,050.00
Family Class applications $550.00
Dependent family member (all immigration categories): Spouse or common-law partner $550.00
Each dependent child 22 years of age and older $550.00
Each dependent child under 22 years of age $150.00
Right of Permanent Residence Fee (not applicable to dependent children) $975.00

The Canadian Consular office will make an initial assessment of the application and will either refuse the application, schedule the applicant and his/her spouse and dependent children over 18 for a determination interview or waive the interview and finalize the application.

(C) Medical and Criminal Clearance

All immigration applicants and their dependent family members must undergo an immigration medical examination to ensure that no member of the family is likely to be a danger to public health or public safety or cause excessive demands on the health or social services in Canada. If any member of the family is found to be medically inadmissible to Canada, the entire family will be refused on medical grounds.

All immigration applicants and their dependent family members over the age of 18 (in some cases over 16, depending on their country of citizenship/residence) must submit police certificates attesting to no criminal convictions. An intending immigrant with a police conviction record will be determined criminally inadmissible to Canada and the entire family will be refused.

The above materials have been compiled by the Law Firm of Morahan & Aujla, at 4th Floor - 777 Fort Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Last updated September 19, 2003.