As the title says, I'm a US citizen working in Canada as a NAFTA professional and want to get PR. Would it be faster for me to get it through family class (my common-law partner) or through the new express entry program? I score about 1000-1100 on the scale.
Both are pretty fast by CIC standards - you'll get it in less than a year. EE should be faster. You'll get ITA immediately with your score and they are supposed to process your application in 6 months.
Either way is good, as purplesnow said, with EE it should be done within 6 months or less, and if you do family-class (processing times vary by visa office), you get an open work permit while your papers are being processed.
I guess it's just a matter of how fast you want it - if your score is that high, then I guess EE (with family sponsorship as your backup plan).
As the title says, I'm a US citizen working in Canada as a NAFTA professional and want to get PR. Would it be faster for me to get it through family class (my common-law partner) or through the new express entry program? I score about 1000-1100 on the scale.
Are you sure about your points? You don't get 600 points for having a job - it has to be a job with a labor market impact assessment (LMIA), and most NAFTA jobs don't require or have that.
If you don't have an LMIA, you will have fewer than 600 points total, and applying through your partner will be faster.
Nope, I got in as NAFTA with a permit until 2018, but needed to get the LMIA to qualify for the 600 bonus pounts. Talk to your employer about getting you one.
oh no sorry, the valid job offer is only one with an LMIA.
probably better going through spousal sponsorship then. It might take longer but you know it'll go through whereas no one knows when/if the people in the pool without an LMIA will get an ITA.
