- Stay in Canada for up to 6 months at a time or earlier of expiry of your visa
- Use your Canada tourist visa a transit to other countries that you would ordinarily require a visa to visit
- Find work opportunities in Canada during your visit
- Legally work in Canada by leveraging a public policy came into effect on August 24, 2020, and the eligibility criteria were expanded to allow all visitors who are in Canada with valid temporary resident status to apply inland for an employer-specific work permit, regardless of when they arrived in Canada. The public policy has been extended until February 28, 2023.
- Join a short-term study program that is less than 6 months in a non-Canadian designated learning institution (DLI)
- Visit other countries you would ordinarily require a visa. With your Kenyan passport and a Canadian visit visa, you can visit 11 countries for which you would ordinarily require a visa for as a Kenyan national.
- Use your Canada tourist visa to get extra points for your Canada PR application through the Rurual and Northern Immigration Pilot (RINP)
- The Rurual and Northern Immigration Pilot (RINP) is a unique community-driven Canada PR permanent residence pathway for iskilled foreign workers who want to work and live in one of the participating communities. The RNIP is aimed at filling important labour shortages in these rural and northern communities of Canada.
- A candidate’s undertaking of an exploratory visit of North Bay for at least five (5) nights of stay to demonstrate a candidate’s connection to the community and a candidate’s intention to reside in the community.
- At the time of application, an applicant who has lived in Brandon or the geographic boundaries of the Brandon RNIP for at least six consecutive months in the past 3 years get 15 additional points towards their application.
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A candidate who has previously spent one (1) week or more within the boundaries (as defined in the Ministerial Instructions) of the Town of Altona and/or Municipality of Rhineland gets 5 additional points towards their application.
- If you have visited Moose Jaw region for at least 2 nights within the past 3 years, you get 5 additional points towards your application.
- A candidate’s past residence in, and level of familiarity with, Claresholm; to demonstrate a candidate’s connection to the community;
- If you are not currently a resident of Sudbury or have not been in the past, you may obtain additional
points for a previous visit to Sudbury. This visit must have occurred within the past 2 years and must have
been a duration of at least 5 nights. Applicants may be required to provide the following as evidence:
– Flight tickets/Boarding passes
– Hotel receipt
– Receipt/tickets to tourism offerings
– Photos
– Other evidence as required - If a candidate does NOT live in the region and they have previously spent 7 nights or more in the West Kootenay region, they get 8 additional points towards their application.
- This is equivalent to the points that a candidate who resides in the West Kootenay and, at the time of application, has been living here for 30 – 34 months gets.
- The committee may ask for proof of residence and travel (tickets, hotel stays or other documents).
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