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I was in same situation as you when I got my canada PR I had 7+ years of experience in IT. My wife also had same experience.I moved to canada in 2016 after winding up everything in India. Left my decent paying job in Pune. My wife went 6 months before i went as she had parents in Canada. I continued my job in India and she was trying to find a job. She found a job in 3 months.From my personal experience I would say initial 6–8 months would be really tough if you don't have any relatives to support. Trying to find a job and getting all things necessary for settling like driving license, bank accounts, health cards, finding place to stay etc.There are lot of jobs in software development in almost any technology. You just have to be little flexible. I would suggest either of the you should do contracting as that pays a lot of money and you can account some expenses and save on taxes. Also one can take advantage of other partners benefits from permanent job.The biggest problem people who come here is to come with lot of expectations and no preparation at all. One should have a concrete plan of settlement before landing with atleast 1000 cad per month per person for 6–8 months . Be in touch with Recruiter in the specific area where you will be moving. Network with people and recruiter community on linkedin and find about career opportunities in your specific skillset. Don't be stuck with specific role or teechnology , you have to be flexible with any kind of job.To give you perspective , I had virtual phone number of canada before even landing here. I updated my LinkedIn with number and changed my location on linkedin, soon I started getting calls from Recruiters and HR. I gave few skype interviews and they were ready for next round of discussion but they didn't wanted to wait for too long till I land there. I was constantly in touch with recruiters and had arranged few interviews when I landed there. I had 6 months contract job in 3 days after landing here.I got myself Incorporated in 30 minutes and opened a small business account and started working as IT consultant and in 1 year I had 2 clients and consultee them in their IT business. We got our own house in 3 months after I landed here. Compared to india my salary is like 10 times what I used to earn in India. Ofcourse expenses are also a lot but then you save a lot too.Coming to universal healthcare and education, it is good but it has wait times if you need to see a specialist, but thats with any country which has social benifits. Education is free till high school and is rated at par with most developed countries. Overall its good if you prepare yourself well before landing here.Edit :1 Many people have asked my email address, added me on FB and Linked In to know more about immigration to Canada. I cannot individually address all your concerns or questions as that is not my profession. Applying for immigration to Canada under express entry program is very simple and very well documented on cic website www.cic.gc.ca.I can rundown the overall process but you can always go to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada and find out more about the process.Find out of if you are eligible to apply under express entry program as skilled worker. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who.aspYou should find out in which skilled category you fall based on your education or work experience. You should have minimum 1yr of experience in your specified category to be eligible to apply under express entry. To find your your category code use below link. For express entry skill type 0, A&B are applicable. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/apply-who.asp3. To apply under express entry program you should have language skills which you can prove by giving IELTS or CELPIP exam for english or TEF for french. You should have minimum CLB 7 for english or NCLC 7 for french as your first official language, or CLB 5 or NCLC 5 as second official language.Note : Both English and french are not mandatory, but English is mandatory, you won’t score additional points for french if you don’t give french Exam. Starting june 6 if you have french score of above NCLC 5 then you get additional 30 points in your CRS score.4. You should also get your education assessed to prove that your education is equivalent to education in Canada, you can get it done from WES(www.wes.org). It takes around 1–2 months to get education assessed. http://www.wes.org/ca/fswp/requireddocuments/5. You would also need to arrange letter of references from all your employers stating your duties and responsibilities, dates of employment and number of hours per week(Note it should state you were employed full time and not part time). This letter should be on letter head of the organization signed by your supervisor or HR .6. Once you have IELTS test results, Education assessment certificate, you need to calculate your score using below link. Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) tool - Skilled immigrants (Express Entry).7. Create your express entry profile by filling in all your details about personal, education, work experience, language test results, travel history, sibilings or relatives in canada etc. Please fill in all your details carefully as online application will assign you a score based on details your enter. http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/e-services/mycic.asp8. Every bi-weekly there is a draw conducted by CIC and high ranking candidates are invited to apply for immigration. Please note that you will get an invite only if you Express entry profile is created and active and your score is high enough to get an invite( typically 420+ out of 1200).Take a look at history of invitation based on CRS score from past 2 years. Express Entry results: Previous rounds of invitationsyou can also look at number of candidates under each CRS score ranges, this will give you some idea if at all you can expect an invite. Express Entry rounds of invitations9. Once you get an invite , you have 90 days to submit full application with forms filled in and documents scanned and uploaded. Determine your eligibility - Federal skilled workers10. You should proof of funds which depends on number of applicants in an application. Proof of funds - Skilled immigrants (Express Entry). These funds can be in form of bank balance, investments or savings in form of ppf or epf which can be liquidated before you immigrate . Assets like car, house and land are not considered. Typically 6 months of statement is required to be submitted , so if you are taking money from parents or friends make sure you take a gift authorization from them .11. You need to arrange Police clearance certificate from your home country & all the countries where you have stayed for more than 6 months.12. You also need to undergo medical clearance before you immigrate, generally this can be done once you are requested to undergo medical exam.13 Once your application is processed(at least 80% of applications are processed in 6 months after applying), you will be asked to send your passport to local embassy to stamp a temporary visa so that you can land in Canada. You will also recieve CoPR(Confirmation of Permanent residence) which is valid for 1 year from the date of your medical exam. You need to land and claim your PR before its validity.Below are some of the things that you have to do after landing into Canada as Permanent residentWhen you land, you will be asked to go to special counter for first time immigrants and they will ask you general questions.Next you will go for security, here they might ask you to show proof of funds , if you don’t have sufficient funds as per your family size, you might be asked to go back and your PR will be cancelled. Funds can be in form of cash or travellers cheque or Balance Statement from Canadian/US bank. If you are carrying more than 10k CAD in cash or travellers cheques you have to report it at the security else you will be put in jail.Get a list of things that you are carrying at the time of landing and also things that you will bring later into the country. Specially get all your jwellery and expensive items attested so that you don’t need to pay any duties when you bring them when you enter Canada.You need to apply for SIN number after you land, you can get it from Service Canada office in your area. Its just a number and not a card.You can open a bank account once you have a SIN number, and get a credit card to staring building your credit history.You are not covered by health insurance till 90 days after you land, you need to get a private insurance upto 90 days , in this time you should apply for your health card which you will get in 6–8 weeks time, but the coverage starts only after 90 days. Health card gives you privilege to get health checkups and visit to physician or specialist free of charge, you don’t need to pay anything to Dr. or clinic, not even for medical test.Apply for G1 license, which is an online exam to test your knowledge about driving in province where you are going to drive. Once you have G1 license then you can drive a car with any experienced driver and schedule your drive test G2 which is almost full driving privilege . Once you have G2 then you can drive anywhere alone . Don’t forget to get driving experience extract from RTO in india and no claim certificate from your car insurance provider to get insurance discount here.If you are going to Toronto or GTA , then you would need presto card or TTC depending on where you are going to stay and commute to. This helps to use public transit. You can find more info on Tap On. Ride Easy. or ttc website .Other than IT engineers, finding job in other fields is not easy and can take upto 6 months to find a right job. You need to get Canadian certification for profession in finance, account , insurance etc.Recruiter who ask you to meet personally before representing you to client is very normal, and this is to see your communication skills and overall qualification for the job.

I don’t think you need to ask any sneaky questions at all to assess a renter. In fact, much the opposite, you need to ask very blunt and direct questions on the application and in person. I stem most of the waste-of-time applications by asking these questions before even providing the application:What date are you wanting to move in?Security deposit is required by money order when the lease is executed. Do you understand?First month’s rent is required by money order before the keys are turned over. Do you understand?How many people would be living in the unit?Do you have any pets or service animals?Is your current landlord willing to speak to me and provide a reference?Is your employer willing to verify your income?Are you willing to submit to a credit and background investigation?Is there anything that will surprise me when I receive your credit and background investigations?The credit and background investigation is paid by you and is not refundable, do you agree to those terms?Do you have a bankruptcy in the last 7 years?Have you ever been convicted of a felony?This eliminates 90% of the trouble during the application process. Anyone who asks can apply as we do not discriminate, but most applicants get the point about our requirements to get a lease. All of this and more is laid out in the written application, but it is amazing how many don’t read it even as they are turning over their life’s story to me.I have had only one time where I had people really just bone it up. They applied for one of our units in the 2nd week of a month for move-in on the 1st of the next month. They paid for and passed the background checks, provided the security deposit via money order, and executed the lease. When I went to meet them on the 1st so they could move in, they didn’t have 1st month’s rent. The excuses went on about how they didn’t get their deposit back yet and didn’t have the cash. With the moving truck backed up in the driveway I had to tell them no, they couldn’t move in. Then they demanded their deposit back and shredded their copy of the lease in front of me. I told them that they signed the application and the lease that stipulated that they couldn’t take possession until the payment was made. The lease was still in force and the rent was due, so they could either make the payment within 3 days and gain possession or we could terminate the lease, but in either case they were not getting the deposit back. They drove off promising that I’d hear from their attorney. I picked up the pieces of their copy of the lease and went home. The next morning I did get a call from an attorney, their parent’s attorney, and we discussed the situation. The attorney was, of course, at a disadvantage because he didn’t have a copy of the lease or the application since they had torn up their only copy. He asked to get a copy of the executed documents and I said I’d have to refer him to my attorney. By the end of the day, the attorneys had talked and shared the documents. The end result was we executed a termination of lease and I kept the deposit. I never heard from the renters again.

After having lived through the horror of my own immigration process, and seeing countless other people making the same mistake, I thought it’s better to lay out the most effective, easy to understand and follow, approach to Canadian immigration.Ended up making a youtube video on this. ;)Some basic info on Canadian ImmigrationFor all immigration purposes, the Canadian Govt. has developed a really good website that you’ll need at every step of the application here on - Immigrate to Canada. Thanks to this website, you don’t need an attorney or consultant.Canada offers multiple channels for immigration, that you can make use of:Express Entry: Most popular and fastest immigration route, run by the Federal govt.. Meant for skilled people. Manages three economic immigration programs:Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSW) - Skilled workers with foreign experience. All professionals in sales, marketing, IT, finance, legal, medicine, etc. fall under this category.Federal Skilled Trades Program (FST) - People qualified in a skilled trade with foreign experience. Chefs, bakers, equipment operators, etc. fall under this category.Canadian Experience Class (CEC) - Skilled workers who have Canadian work experience.Provincial Nominee: Second most popular channel. Meant for people who do not have sufficient score to clear Express Entry. Run by each individual province. Program opens on ad-hoc basis. If you get nominated, then you must spend 2 years in the province, before you can move to any other province.Family Sponsorship: Existing permanent residents can sponsor their relatives, including their spouse, partner, children, parents, grandparents, and others to immigrateQuebec-selected skilled worker: Immigration program run separately by the province of Quebec. Meant for people who want to live in Quebec specifically.Start-up Visa: Have a start-up idea and can bring in local jobs? Canada will give you a PR, if your idea is accepted by a designated organization and implemented.Self-Employed: Can contribute culturally or in athletics to Canada.Atlantic Immigration Pilot: Immigrate by graduating from a school or working in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, or Newfoundland and Labrador. This program is meant to boost the economies of Atlantic provinces that usually don’t see much immigration influx.RefugeesMajority of the applicants apply via Express Entry, Provincial Nomination or Family Sponsorship. For this answer, I’ll focus exclusively on Federal Skilled Worker Program.Canadian immigration is entirely points based. Every applicant is awarded fixed points for their education, age, language abilities, marital status, spouse’s qualifications, etc. The system that awards these points is called the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS).Every month, the Canadian Immigration Agency - IRCC, announces a cut-off score. All applicants with CRS score above this cut-off receive an invitation to apply for permanent residence. The ones that don’t qualify remain in the pool.STEP-BY-STEP PROCEDURE TO APPLY FOR CANADIAN PRSTEP 1: Check your eligibility (Cost: Free, Time: 10 mins)Use this quick online tool from the Canadian Govt. to check if you are eligible to apply. Do you want to come to Canada, or extend your stay? Scoring Criteria >> Eligibility to apply as a Federal Skilled Worker (Express Entry).STEP 2: Gauge your chances early (Cost: Free, Time: 15 mins - 2 hours)If you are eligible to apply, then I strongly recommend you to check your CRS score with your info and hypothetical scores for IELTS >> Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) tool: skilled immigrants (Express Entry). At this stage, there are some important factors that will adversely affect your application:IELTS score: You need to score at least 8–7–7–7 (Listening, reading, writing, speaking respectively), to sufficient points to compete in the pool. Anything less than this, will cost you tonnes of points.Education: If you have a Bachelor/Masters, do some background research to check if World Education Services (WES), the authority that will assess your educational qualifications, will consider your university degree equivalent to a Canadian Bachelors/Masters. Reason why I say this is because if you have a Masters from a tier 3 college, and if WES does not find it equivalent to a Canadian degree, then you will end up being recognized as an applicant with only a Bachelors degree, losing crucial points in the process. Doing this check at this stage will save you a lot of money and trouble.Age: Every year beyond the age of 30, applicants will lose 5 points. So if you are planning to apply at a later date, then be sure to keep this mind.Work Experience: While claiming for work experience, note that Canada assumes that you have always worked in the same job classification, as denoted by your NOC code. If you were a Marketer for 3 years, and an Interior Designer for 2 years, then you cannot claim a combined work experience of 5 years. Choose whichever experience you want to claim, and stick with that corresponding NOC throughout your application.Spouse: It is not mandatory to have your spouse take the IELTS and verify their educational credentials. But if your CRS calculator shows you with points in the range of 400–430, then consider entering hypothetical IELTS scores for your spouse, and also entering their educational credentials.Try multiple permutations and combinations of the above factors in the CRS tool before you even begin your PR journey. Now, go through the CRS draws announced in the past few months with this link >> Express Entry rounds of invitations. This will help you get an idea about where you currently stand.For e.g., for this entire year, the draws have always been around 440–445. So look for a hypothetical CRS configuration that will help you score more than this cut-off.Everyone with a CRS score of 400+ should proceed to the next step. Others who aren’t scoring as much, should do a little bit more research and consider alternative immigration methods.Protip: I suggest taking a free mock IELTS test to actually check how much you score. Your entire application may rest on the laurels of your language abilities, so I would give particular attention to this.Another ProTip: If your spouse is younger than you, or has higher educational credentials, then please let them be the primary applicant instead.STEP 3: Educational Credentials Assessment [ECA] (Cost: INR 13,400 per person, Time: 30–45 days)Follow this detailed step by step process to complete your ECA through WES >>> WES Canada ECA Process, Processing Time, Validity, Documents - AM22 Tech This assessment will take you approximately one month, so get started at the earliest. You don’t have to evaluate your 10th or 12th results.Edit 2019: From December 1, 2018, the applicants’ college or university has to directly courier the attested documents to WES. Please do not courier yourself. It has to come from your college/universitySTEP 4: Take the “IELTS General Training” test (Cost: INR 13,500 pp, Time: depends on test date availability)While you initiate the WES ECA process, also start looking for available IELTS test dates in your city. Considering the heavy demand for IELTS for both immigration and education, test dates are at least 20 days away in many cities around the world. Having said that, I strongly suggest that you take a test date that’s at least 30 days away to give you ample time to prepare for the test.ProTip: Some tips to score well on your IELTS examRead more on registering for the IELTS test, cost and time involved.STEP 5: Start saving money in your bank account as Proof of FundsAs part of the PR process, Canadian immigration rules require you to have sufficient funds to manage your living expenses when you first arrive. Through the PR process, applicants need to prove that they have the necessary funds in their bank account. For more details on the amount, type of funds, etc >> Proof of funds - Skilled immigrants (Express Entry)In case you don’t have the sufficient funds, consider saving the required funds in your bank account at the same time you decide to apply for PR. Its best to show a gradual accumulation of funds in your account, rather than sudden, bulk transfers.ProTip: If you have a salary account, maintain the account balance with every monthly salary credit. Use your spouse’s income for other expenses.STEP 6: Create your Express Entry profile (Cost: Free, Time: 1 hour)After you have received your ECA and IELTS reports, go ahead and create an express entry profile. Here is a step by step process for creating your express entry profile online.From here on, keep a close eye on the draws announced by IRCC. If your CRS score clears the cut-off, then you will receive an Invitation to Apply within 24–48 hours, via email.In case the cut-off appears to be far beyond your reach, and if you feel there is nothing more you can do to add more points to your profile, then consider applying for Provincial Nomination Programs instead. Here is everything you need to know about PNPs - process, cost, timelines.STEP 7: Post-ITA Documentation (Cost: INR 10,000 pp, Time: 60 days)Congratulations on receiving your ITA! You have now successfully completed the major hurdle of your immigration journey. All that is left now is to provide the documentation expected of you within the time limit, and if everything is in order, you’ll receive your PR confirmation.The documents you will need to prepare at this stage are:Medical Exam at a IRCC authorized center. (INR 8500 per person in metros)Police Clearance Certificate from Passport Seva Kendra (INR 500 per person) >> (How to get a PCC)If you have lived in a foreign country for more than 5 months cumulatively, then you will have to procure a police clearance from those authorities. This can take a while, so get started on this first. (Note: IRCC says 6 months, but I have seen people with 5 months of stay also being asked for PCC)Reference letter from employer. (Here’s how to get a reference from your employer if they refuse to give you one)Bank Statement & Digital PhotosSTEP 8: Application Submission and PPR (Cost: INR 55,000 pp, Time: None)After having prepared the documents, you need to submit these in the system and make the final payments.INR 26,250 - Application Processing fee: CAD 550 per personINR 23,400 - Right of Permanent Residence Fee (RPRF): CAD 490 per person ~ (Note: this can also be paid when you are landing in Canada)INR 7160 - Dependent Child: CAD 150 per childINR 4500 - per person biometrics fee or INR 9200 for entire familyIf you have successfully paid your fees and submitted the application, you’ll receive an Acknowledgment of Receipt (AoR) via email and within the application inbox.Shortly after your application submission, CIC will contact you for biometrics and give you 30 days to submit your biometrics. Only after you have done this, they will start processing the application. Everyone between 14–79 years of age, will be required to submit their biometrics. You’ll receive all instructions in the mail.From here on, all you need to do is wait for an email from IRCC requesting your passport. Among the immigration community, this is called PPR - passport request. At this stage, you can be 99% sure that your PR has been confirmed. Once you receive this email, you visit the nearest VFS Global center, submit your passport and photos, and await for the final visa stamping.ProTip: Paying your RPRF will reduce the processing time by 4–7 days.STEP 9: Pre-arrival and landingAlthough you have received the PR confirmation in Step 8, the process is not yet officially concluded. One year from the date of your medicals, your immigration visa will expire. Within this time, you and your dependents must enter Canada by Flight or car at the border crossing, and complete the formalities. >> Things to do after landing in CanadaProTip: Signup with settlement agencies like SOPA or PlanningForCanada that will help you with orientation and other useful information. Also plan to land 3 months after receiving your PR.This concludes the step-by-step process for obtaining a Canadian PR. All the best, folks!P.S. Veteran immigrants, please feel free to correct or enrich this answer based on your experience.>> Follow our story on YouTube | Blog | Facebook | Instagram>> Contact us on Facebook Group