Is IELTS required for Canada dependent visa?

Are you missing your family in Canada?

If yes, then Canada dependent visa can benefit you in calling your family members like spouse/partner or dependent children to Canada. The dependent visa allows the entry of spouse/partner, dependent children and other family members of Canadian immigrants having a work permit, study permit or post-study work permit in Canada. Moreover, this visa also grants them the freedom of work and study anywhere in Canada except Quebec after getting a relevant work permit.

So if you are interested in sponsoring your spouse, children or parents to reunite your family in Canada, then you need to fulfill all the requirements of Canada dependent visa.

Pre-requisites for Canada Dependent Visa:

For sponsor:

• Proof of relationship with the sponsored person 

Spouse: Marriage certificate along with some photographs of marriage is enough for verification and evaluation of applications

Common-law partner: A salutatory declaration signed from both partners and stating that the relationship between them is true and genuine along with joint bank account statement, or credit card statement involving the activity of both partners.  

Conjugal partner: Proof of circumstances for which they are not able to live together like immigration barrier, marital status, and more which are beyond the control of both partners

Dependent biological child: a copy of birth certificate or documents entitling the name of the sponsor as father or mother

Dependent adopted child: a copy of adoption papers

• Proof of funds or financial status

A sponsor needs to be financially strong to support the daily expenses of bread-butter and living of his/her dependents after immigration to Canada. For that, required documents include

Copy of salary slips

Banking documents related to transactions within six months

• Proof of employment in Canada:

If a sponsor has a work permit or post-study work permit, then he/she needs to provide a copy of employment offer from a Canadian an employer in an occupation listed as NOC skilled type 0, A or B

For sponsored person:

• Police clearance certificate (PCC) to ensure no previous criminal record of an applicant
• Medical certificate approved by the Canadian government to ensure that an applicant is not suffering from any a communicable or hazardous disease which can affect the health of the Canadian population

So, before applying for Canada Dependent visa, get ready with the required documents to avoid delays in the process. Interestingly, on getting Canada Dependent visa, spouse/common-law partner can also work in Canada on an open work permit.

Requirements of IELTS for Spouse/common-law partner:

Keeping in line of requirements, it is worth noting here that the scorecard of IELTS is not required for the spouse/common-law partner in the case of Canada dependent visa. As when it comes to staying or working in Canada, IELTS generally play an important role in determining the eligibility of the candidate for Canada’s permits or visas so, applicants of dependent often get confused with the requirements of IELTS.

However, if the primary applicant is applying for Permanent Residency visa in Canada along with dependents, then Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 6 or above in IELTS helps in enhancing the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of PR visa.

For further information, feel free to contact experts of countrywide visas. Countrywide visas is one of the fastest-growing Immigration consultancies with a large, devoted team of Immigration experts offers hassle-free and professional services to its clients for filing their applications for various immigration programs.

You are welcome to call us or send us an email with your immigration questions and inquiries. You may contact us on 011-41075840 / 011-41045840  or leave a mail at info@countrywidevisas.com. You may also fill the Technical Assessment Form for free to get a call back from our Immigration Specialists. All you need to do is fill an assessment form and let our immigration experts assist you over the phone call or by meeting you in person and give you the best available options to fulfill your dreams of settling abroad.

Canadian Green Card seems trouble-free!

If you’re wondering about the settlement in any foreign land, then Canada is the best country to choose. The Canadian government wholeheartedly welcomes immigrants across the globe and offers them Canada PR visa status so that they could work and live in the country freely.  Among other foreign nationals, the number of Indians is significantly higher.

According to sources, in 2018, India was at the top with a total number of 39,677 migrants to Canada, then comes Nigeria with 6653 people and China secured the third position with 5885 migrants, which makes a total of 92,231.

Within a year, there’s around 51% of the rise in the number of Indians acquiring a permanent residency in Canada. The number of Indian citizens immigrating to Canada is increasing yearly. In 2017 the numbers increased by 41%, while, in 2018, the percentage of inflation reached 51.

The main reason behind this could be that the immigration a process under Canada Express Entry system is understandable and easy to qualify. Express entry is an electronic application management program issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for skilled worker immigrants who want Canada permanent residency visa. There are certain types of Express Entry Program Systems, such as Federal Skilled Worker Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, and Canadian Experience Class.

This program offers several benefits to applicants including, complete freedom for settlement, point-based hierarchy and faster processing time. Moreover, it also makes easier for candidates to secure a job before they arrive by facilitating matches with Canadian employers.

The program is open for all immigrants. However, in this system, a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score has fixed for qualifying Express entry eligibility criteria. It is mandatory to score a minimum of 67 points out of 100 in the point-assessment table. The point table includes six selection factors, age, work experience, language proficiency, education, adaptability and arranged employment. 

So if your CRS is equal to or more than that fixed minimum score, only then you can qualify for further steps.  All the qualified profiles enter into the pool and based on the CRS score; each profile gets rank in the pool. Only higher-scoring candidates receive Invitation to Apply (ITA) through the Express Entry draw for Canadian permanent residency

Many people are migrating to Canada in search of a better life, so what are you waiting for?

How much IELTS score required for PNP Canada?

Canada is a land of immigrants so; a wide array of languages is popular over there. However, under the act of official languages 1969, it is a bilingual country with only two official languages, English and French. Around 85 % of the population of Canada has a working knowledge of English, and around 30% have a working knowledge of French.

So if a foreign national is interested in immigrating to Canada for any reason, study or work, he/she must have linguistic knowledge in any of its official languages. For that, scorecard of language proficiency tests like IELTS, CELPIP, and TEF is mandatory.

The International English language testing system (IELTS) is one of the most popular and trusted English proficiency tests across the globe. It is widely used in the immigration process of many countries like Canada and Australia. Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL), British Council and IDP jointly manage the execution of IELTS in different corners of the world.

General structure of IELTS:         

There are two categories of IELTS including, General training module and Academic module.

• If an individual is interested in moving to a foreign English speaking country for higher or advanced studies, then the academic module is preferable.
• If an individual is interested in moving to a foreign English speaking country for settlement or working, then General training module is preferable. 

Both have four components including, listening, speaking, writing and reading to test overall proficiency of an individual in the language. 

Test components	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
Pattern	40 questions	40 questions	2 tasks	3 parts
Time duration (in minutes)	30	60	60	15

IELTS score for different PNPs:

PNPs stand for Provincial Nominee Programs which are under the control of province’s government to nominate internationals having expertise and experience to meet the demands or gaps of the labor market of Canadian provinces. In the present, an applicant can submit Expression of Interest (EOI) for 11 immigration programs under PNP which get further divided into Enhanced PNP streams and Base PNP streams.

Enhanced PNP streams

Enhanced PNP streams are directly linked to the Federal Express entry program. So, in general, interested candidates need to first create profiles in express entry pool for express entry-linked PNP stream. Examples: SINP’s Express entry, Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry, Ontario Express entry including, Ontario Human capital Priorities, Ontario French-Speaking Skilled Worker and Ontario Skilled Trades.

Base PNP streams:

Base PNP streams are regular programs which make nominations outside the express entry pool. So, interested applicants first need to select a Canadian province and satisfy the eligibility of its respective PNP.

To become eligible for Enhanced PNP streams, an applicant must score a minimum of CLB level 7 in language proficiency test.

IELTS components	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
CLB level	6	6	6	6

To become eligible for Base PNP streams, minimum CLB level varies from one program to another. For instance, Saskatchewan International Skilled Worker Class requires a minimum of Canadian language benchmark (CLB) level 4 in language proficiency test like IELTS.

British Columbia International Graduate requires no minimum CLB level for NOC A and B; however, a minimum of CLB level 4 for NOC C.

IELTS components	Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking
CLB level	4.5	3.5	4.0	4.0

Comparison between CLB and IELTS level:

CLB level	IELTS level in listening	IELTS level in reading	IELTS level in writing	IELTS level in speaking
12	9.0	9.0	9.0	9.0
11	9.0	8.5	8.0	8.0
10	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.5
9	8.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
8	7.5	6.5	6.5	6.5
7	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
6	5.5	5.0	5.5	5.5
5	5.0	4.0	5.0	5.0
4	4.5	3.5	4.0	4.0

So if you are an interested applicant for Canada PNP, then you need to qualify the minimum CLB level in the language proficiency test. For further information or query, feel free to contact experts of countrywide visas. Countrywide visas is one of the fastest growing Immigration consultancies in Delhi for Canada with a large, devoted team of Immigration experts offer hassle-free and professional services to its clients. They help aspiring immigrants in filing their applications for various immigration programs. 

You are welcome to call us or send us an email with your immigration questions and inquiries. You may contact us on 011-41075840 / 011-41045840  or leave a mail at info@countrywidevisas.com. You may also fill the Technical Assessment Form for free to get a call back from our Immigration Specialists. All you need to do is fill an assessment form and let our immigration experts assist you over the phone call or by meeting you in person and give you the best available options to fulfill your dreams of settling abroad.