{"id":564,"date":"2021-09-13T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T00:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.greentreeimmigration.com\/?p=564"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:50:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T10:50:41","slug":"permanent-residence-in-canada-for-international-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/permanent-residence-in-canada-for-international-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Permanent residence in Canada for International students and graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The number of students who choose to pursue Higher Education in Canada increases every year with three in ten international students who entered Canada after the 2000s remaining in the country and becoming permanent residents. Permanent residence in Canada for international students is achievable through a variety of Canadian immigration programs this blog will help you how to obtain Canadian permanent residence after post-graduation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The student&#8217;s options available for\u00a0 applying for a Permanent Resident visa<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Express Entry<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Post-Graduation Work Permit Program [PGWPP]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Provincial Nominee Program [PNP]<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Quebec immigration<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Atlantic Immigration Pilot [AIP]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Express Entry<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Canada\u2019s main economic immigration program is the Express Entry. Through the express entry program, it gives some advantages to international students who completed studies in Canada. While applying through the Express program provides 30 points in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/canada-crs-points-calculator.php\">CRS score<\/a> for those who have completed a Canadian post-secondary educational credential.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Three immigration programs that come under the IRCC Express Entry system \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Federal Skilled Worker Program [FSWP]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you don&#8217;t have any work experience in Canada you can apply for the federal skilled worker program for this you should get at least 67 points based on the factors such as age, language ability, work experience, and Adaptability factors adaptability factor is based on the study experience<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">Calculate Your FSWP points free with our calculator : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/canada-pr-points-calculator.php\">PR Points calculaotor<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Federal Skilled Trades Program [FSTP]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This program is eligible for qualified tradespeople. If you are a qualified tradesperson you can apply to this program<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Canadian Experience Class [CEC]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The immigration program allows individuals who have worked in Canada for at least one year to immigrate permanently.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">As an international student, you might be eligible for FSTP and CEC once you created your online profile<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Also read :<a style=\"color: #993300; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.greentreeimmigration.com\/steps-to-apply-for-express-entry-program\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Steps to apply for the Express Entry program<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Provincial nominee program<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you are not eligible in the Express entry program You can apply in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/provincial-nominee-program.php\">Provincial Nominee Program<\/a>. The provincial government also welcomes students to live in the province, Each province have a certain set of immigration rules there are more than 80 provisional programs available(Expect Quebec and Nunavut territories)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Atlantic Immigration Pilot [AIP]<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">AIP of Canada allows employers in Atlantic Canada to hire \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">foreign skilled workers that intend to immigrate to Atlantic Canada, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">international graduates that want to stay in Atlantic Canada after graduating.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">It includes the following four provinces Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, New Brunswick, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">and Nova Scotia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PNP streams for international students \u2013<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; height: 719px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 45px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 45px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Category\/Stream<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 45px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>PNP Program<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 45px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Province<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">International Post-Graduate Category<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program [BC PNP]<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">British Columbia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">International Education Stream<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program [MPNP]<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Manitoba<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 45px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 45px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Masters Graduate Stream<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 90px;\" rowspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program [OINP]<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 90px;\" rowspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ontario<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 45px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 45px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ph.D. Graduate Stream<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Saskatchewan Experience Category<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program [SINP]<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Saskatchewan<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">New Brunswick Skilled Worker Stream<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program [NB PNP]<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">New Brunswick<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">International Graduate Category<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 146px;\" rowspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program [NL PNP]<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 146px;\" rowspan=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Newfoundland and Labrador<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">International Graduate Entrepreneur Category<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">International Graduate Stream<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program [PEI PNP]<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prince Edward Island<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px;\">\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">International Graduate Entrepreneur Stream<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Nova Scotia Nominee Program [NSNP]<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"height: 73px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Nova Scotia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">Also read :<a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.greentreeimmigration.com\/top-provincial-nominee-program-to-immigrate-to-canada\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Top Provincial Nominee Program to Immigrate to Canada<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program [BC PNP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British Columbia is one of the popular immigration programs which is associated with the Express Entry program, It welcomes graduates across Canada <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as long as the applicant has a job offer in BC. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">You can also immigrate to Canada without a job offer by graduating in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/british-columbia-provincial-nominee-program.php\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">British Columbia<\/span><\/span><\/a> with a\u00a0 Master\u2019s or doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in the natural, applied, or health sciences studied in the last three years in British Columbia can apply for this province<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program [MPNP]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Students and graduates <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the <\/span><b>International Education stream<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of MPNP.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under this initiative, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) graduates do not require a job offer while the other graduates from various professionals required a valid job offer.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b>Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program [OINP]<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Ontario offers students and international graduates to live and work in Ontario with a valid job offer.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">OINP has the following streams:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International student stream<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Master\u2019s stream<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Ph.D. stream<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program [SINP]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Saskatchewan<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helps the students and graduates across Canada to become permanent residents in this province through the <\/span>Saskatchewan Experience stream<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program [NL PNP]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">The <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">International Graduate category<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span>Newfoundland is for the recent graduates who have undergone post-graduation and Ph.D. can apply to this program. Graduates of other provinces are also eligible to apply. One should note it offers a bonus point for those who apply through NL PNP<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Quebec Immigration Program:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Quebec province has its own set of immigration rules those who are willing in this province must be familiar with french \u00a0and work experience should look at the Quebec Experience Program, through which application is prioritized<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #993300;\">Also read : <a style=\"color: #993300;\" href=\"http:\/\/How to apply for Quebec Immigration Programs?\">How to apply for Quebec Immigration Program?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Post-Graduation Work Permit Program [PGWPP]<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">PGWPP is for students who have graduated from any\u00a0 Canadian Designated Learning Institutions [DLIs] to obtain a work permit\u00a0 gaining valuable Canadian work experience\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you are a Canadian student looking to apply for Permanent Resident this blog helps you to obtain your PR Visa. If you have any further queries regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/canada-immigration.php\">Canada PR Visa<\/a> Our immigration consultant will help you to provide perfect solutions Enquire us today to Obtain your PR Visa.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"all: initial !important;\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of students who choose to pursue Higher Education in Canada increases every year with three in ten international students who entered Canada after<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=564"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2669,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/564\/revisions\/2669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greentreeimmigration.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}