Questions about which category to apply in?

[Grany12]

I have recently received my approval for my PR via spousal sponsorship.

I am hoping to get my younger sister up to Canada from the US as well, however I'm not sure how to go about applying for her PR/if I should advise her to just apply for an open work permit.

I have done some research, but I think our situation could fit many categories. My husband is a natural born citizen and my sister will be graduating with her university degree, plus she has work experience in her field of environmental journalism.

Any help or advice is appreciated! Thanks!

 

[scylla]

I have recently received my approval for my PR via spousal sponsorship.

I am hoping to get my younger sister up to Canada from the US as well, however I'm not sure how to go about applying for her PR/if I should advise her to just apply for an open work permit.

I have done some research, but I think our situation could fit many categories. My husband is a natural born citizen and my sister will be graduating with her university degree, plus she has work experience in her field of environmental journalism.

Any help or advice is appreciated! Thanks!

How old is your sister?

 

[Grany12]

How old is your sister?

She will be 20 turning 21 when she lands.

 

[scylla]

She will be 20 turning 21 when she lands.

You cannot sponsor your sister for PR directly. The only way you can sponsor her for PR would be to sponsor your parents and include her as a dependent in the application. This will only be possible before she turns 22. So you are very short on time given parent sponsorship is a lottery.

By open work permit - are you referring to the SWAP program or something else? I believe this program is closed for 2018. So she would have to wait for the 2019 program to reopen.

 

[Grany12]

I just looked into the SWAP program, interesting!

After doing some more research, I guess my question should be since my husband and myself can't sponsor her in any way, can she apply under any skilled/express entry positions without a job offer, or is the job offer the first place to start?

I am just trying to make heads or tails of the process as all of my experience comes from the spousal sponsorship application process and hopefully gain some clarity on our options so we can begin moving on it before she graduates in May of 2019.

I have been reading over the official standards and requirements from the IRCC website, but from my experience, you always find the most helpful advice and information from others.

Thanks!

 

[scylla]

I just looked into the SWAP program, interesting!

After doing some more research, I guess my question should be since my husband and myself can't sponsor her in any way, can she apply under any skilled/express entry positions without a job offer, or is the job offer the first place to start?

I am just trying to make heads or tails of the process as all of my experience comes from the spousal sponsorship application process and hopefully gain some clarity on our options so we can begin moving on it before she graduates in May of 2019.

I have been reading over the official standards and requirements from the IRCC website, but from my experience, you always find the most helpful advice and information from others.

Thanks!

If you are really serious about having her immigrate to Canada, there's really no short cut to researching Canada's immigration programs in detail to understand what it takes to apply. The questions you are asking are extremely basic. People here will absolutely help you - but you need to start by doing some of the basic research on your own. If you're not comfortable with doing even the basic research yourself, then your best option is to hire an immigration lawyer to assist you.

The short answer to your question is that some immigration streams require job offers and some don't (again, that's why you need to spend time researching). Generally speaking it's extremely difficult to secure a job offer. You generally also need to have at least one year of full time paid work experience in a skilled profession to apply for PR. Recommend you start by researching the Express Entry immigration program. It's a points-based program and those with the most points are selected. Right now you must have 440+ points to be picked out of the pool.