Invitations to Apply for Permanent Residence (ITAs)
The candidates who secure or get an Invitation to Apply (ITA) will be authorized to submit their cases for permanent residence of Canada. Moreover, candidates who secure ITA will also get an official message from Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) guided the applicants which skilled immigration program they have to apply and how to submit their case for permanent residence of Canada.
It is vital to understand that securing or getting an ITA DOES NOT means that a candidate will automatically be recognized as a permanent resident of Canada. However, when an applicant will get an ITA he will then submit a duly filled and complete application for permanent residence. The decision will be made on this application whether it will reject or accept and whether candidate fulfill the requirement of this category or not. Candidates’ application are thoroughly checked and evaluate the provided information.
Note: Candidates who get an ITA often inquired about the provided information they put in their Express Entry profile whether they are correct or not. In case an applicant or candidate provided wrong or incorrect information then the application will be refused at once. Moreover, applicant may be punished in the following ways.
- Being supposed prohibited to Canada
- Being banded from arriving Canada in any way for next five years
The eligible candidates who get an ITA will contain two months to file an application for permanent residence of Canada. Moreover, during these two months it is necessary for the applicant to complete the following requirements.
- Check or Conform Language Test Results
It is important to know by the applicant that whether his/her language test result is valid on the submission of documents for permanent residence of Canada. However, normally language test is valid for two years after declaration. In case the test result for language is expired prior to application submission for permanent residence the applicant should either.
- Be tested for a second time, or
- Try to file their application earlier the results expire, or
- Stop their invitation to apply
2: Acquire a police clearance certificate
It I vital for the applicant of permanent residence of Canada to get Police clearance certificate by his own and for entire family member whose age is more than 18 years. Moreover, Police certificate is necessary for each family member from each country in which they reside for more than six months while they were more than 18 years of age. So, getting Police clearance certificate is a time taken process that is why this procedure earlier to meet the settle time schedule start.
3: Check program requirements
Initially it is important to decide which skilled immigration program is suitable for you and now you are planning to apply. So, it is also vital to know which the requirements for that particular program are:
- Federal Skilled Worker Program requirements
- Federal Skilled Trade Program requirements
- Canada Experience Class requirements
4: Update or Refresh Personal Information
The candidates whose individual condition has altered after securing an ITA should reframe their
Comprehensive Ranking System scores by applying online tool for this. In case an applicant score less than the minimum score selected in the similar draw. So, in this situation it is suggested that the candidate refute the ITA.
In case a candidate applies for permanent residence and it is observed that the score is no longer great sufficient, and application will be denied. Moreover, the application process fee will not be returned to applicant. The followings are few vital changes or alterations which can reduce an applicant score contain:
- The drop of a job offer
- The drop of provincial nomination for permanent residence
- Perished language test scores
- Fresh language test results that are lower than previous results
Note: It is also important that addition of spouse or common-law partner can enhance or drop the candidates score on the basis of spouse or common-law partner’s: - Language abilities
- Schooling or qualifications
- Probabilities of becoming magnificently established in Canada
The candidates are holding an ITA and fail to submit documents for permanent residence of Canada within two months will be detached from the candidate pool. In case a candidate is excluded from the pool need to create a fresh Express Entry profile and be recognized into pool one again to get a new ITA.
5: Abating an Invitation to Apply
As we have observed that in many cases candidate diminishing his ITA. In such kinds of scenario on declining of ITA will send back the candidate to the pool of candidates, but he is still entitled for the Express Entry System. Whereas in the pool, candidates must refresh their particular information up-to-date. However, applicants in the pool have chances to enhance their Comprehensive Ranking Points Score through following ways:
- Attaining a job offer
- Getting nomination for permanent residence by a provincial government of Canada
- Increasing their language test score
Refusing an ITA does not, leave any kind of drawback on a candidate’s probabilities of securing ITA in forthcoming. However, an applicant who fails to reply to an invitation to apply by whichever accepting or declining the invitation will be detached from the Express Entry pool.