Canada’s immigration policy is based upon principles of family reunion, humanitarian concern for refugees, and the promotion of Canada’s social, economic, demographic and cultural goals. Every year, millions of people enter Canada at airports, sea docks, or inland ports and border crossings. Immigration accounts for a significant part of Canada’s size, state of growth, and demographic structure.The three types of applications for landing in Canada that I will be talking about are classified as follows:A)Applications to sponsor family class relativesB)Business immigration programC)Convention RefugeesA)Applications To Sponsor Family Class RelativesPeople who wish to come to Canada under the family class must be sponsored by a close relative, who must be at least nineteen years old and must be living in Canada as a permanent resident or a citizen.Relatives eligible for sponsorship in the family class include the sponsor’s:-wife/husband-fianc(e) -dependant son or dependant daughter who must be:a)under age nineteen and unmarried, b)full time student, if over nineteen years old, studying at a college, university or other educational institution and financially supported by the parents,c)disabled, unable to support him/herself because of the disability.-parents and grandparents, -brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, grandchildren, who are orphans, unmarried, and under nineteen, -children under nineteen the sponsor plans to adopt,-any other relative of the sponsor who does not have any of the above or any family in CanadaApplicants under the family class will not be assessed by the point system, but they will have to prove to the visa officers at the Canadian Embassies abroad, that they meet Canada’s health and character standards.The sponsor must be financially capable of providing assistance to the applicant for a period of ten years. -2-B) Business Immigration ProgramCanada welcomes qualified im...
