Dear All,
Planning to apply for Express Entry in couple of months and have sent questions. I would appreciate if anyone can answer the below questions.
1) In order to keep things ready, can I undergo for medical test and police clearance check before creating a profile in Express Entry? Or both medicals and police checks are to be done only after getting the Invitation To Apply? Kindly respond.
Once you create a profile in EE you would be in a pool. CIC would do draws and once your points are the same or greater than the draw point, you automatically get an ITA (Invitation To Apply). Once you get an ITA, you have 90 days (before it used to be 60 days) to complete the submission.
People do upfront medicals, i.e. you will do medial tests even before CIC asking you, and submit before your ITA submission deadline expires. Ideally people do it closer to the submission date. This is because, once you get an approval, you would have one year time since you did your medicals to land in Canada.
As for Police Clearance, if you have to get PCC from countries other than you are currently residing, maybe you can start the process now. But the PCC of the country you currently reside, it is recommended you start the process only after you get your ITA. So that it stays more current dated.
2) Let's say we (me & spouse) got PR Visa through Express Entry and shifter to Canada. Later on, my spouse delivered a baby outside Canada, does the baby become Canadian Citizen or PR by default since parents have PR Visa? If not, what could be the procedure to bring the baby to Canada?
If the baby is delivered outside Canada, then NO. Baby is neither a citizen or a PR. You would have to apply.
3) Do we need to move to Canada immediately after getting the PR Visa through Express Entry or can we move after six months or one year? I mean, if a person got PR Visa in July 2017, can he move to Canada in July 2018? I am just curious to know how soon we need to move to Canada after getting the PR Visa.
Once you get the approval, you have one year time from your medical date to land in Canada.
CIC states, to maintain your status as a permanent resident, you must live in Canada for at least two years within a five-year period. During this time you must be in Canada physically.
Kindly advise on the above points. Thank you.