Work permit follow-up for PR?

[jvid23]

I am currently working on getting a Young professional visa for a company I have not worked for before, to replace my visitor visa.
I have already spent 2 years in Canada (1 year Working holiday, the past year in an out on visitor visas) and am 100% sure I want to
continue living here in the future.
Wondering how to go about it to work towards PR asap?
The work I will be doing is in Food and beverage and I do not have any qualifications as I have only finished high school and then worked in hospitality. I know I had a co worker when I was working at Starbucks who used the hours she had worked there towards a PR application, does anyone know what that could have been? I know the different options there are just not sure which one she would have used, as they didnt sponsor her or give her a work invitation, and its not a job she continued to work at.

Any ideas appreciated!
Thanks

 

[scylla]

Provided your job falls under NOC A, B or 0 skill level, you can apply under the Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker stream provided you have at least one year of full time experience - or the Canadian Experience Class stream once you have at least one year of Canadian work experience. Both of these programs are points based - meaning you receive points for your education, experience, language test results, etc. and those with the most points are selected. The fact you do not have post-secondary education is a significant disadvantage and will unfortunately mean you'll lose significant points in the education section - resulting in overall lower points. There are also some programs you won't qualify for at all (e.g. Ontario Provincial Nominee) since you have no post-secondary education. As a next step, I would recommend you use the online tool to calculate how many points you think you have. This will give you an idea of how realistic immigrating will be. You can find the calculator here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

There's also no substitute to research (apart from hiring an immigration consultant or lawyer). You're going to have to spend lots of time on the CIC web site researching Canada's immigration programs and what it takes to apply. Info here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/apply.asp

 

[jvid23]

Provided your job falls under NOC A, B or 0 skill level, you can apply under the Express Entry Federal Skilled Worker stream provided you have at least one year of full time experience - or the Canadian Experience Class stream once you have at least one year of Canadian work experience. Both of these programs are points based - meaning you receive points for your education, experience, language test results, etc. and those with the most points are selected. The fact you do not have post-secondary education is a significant disadvantage and will unfortunately mean you'll lose significant points in the education section - resulting in overall lower points. There are also some programs you won't qualify for at all (e.g. Ontario Provincial Nominee) since you have no post-secondary education. As a next step, I would recommend you use the online tool to calculate how many points you think you have. This will give you an idea of how realistic immigrating will be. You can find the calculator here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/crs-tool.asp

There's also no substitute to research (apart from hiring an immigration consultant or lawyer). You're going to have to spend lots of time on the CIC web site researching Canada's immigration programs and what it takes to apply. Info here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/apply.asp

Thanks a lot! Im sure thats not what she did tho as I dont think she would have had enough points for that either... (I just checked what my points would probably be and it doesnt look like enough hah..) Any ideas of other ways for PR work hours..?

 

[scylla]

Thanks a lot! Im sure thats not what she did tho as I dont think she would have had enough points for that either... (I just checked what my points would probably be and it doesnt look like enough hah..) Any ideas of other ways for PR work hours..?

It's very difficult to say since that kind of work experience doesn't usually qualify you for much in terms of applying for PR. Also keep in mind that rules change from year to year. So the rules she qualified under may no longer exist.

Again, links to all of Canada's immigration programs are in the URL I provided above. No short cut to researching - apart from hiring an immigration lawyer or consultant to assist you.