Citizenship and Immigration Canada offers programs and services to help newly arrived immigrants adapt and settle in Canada. Under the Canada-Quebec Accord, Quebec is responsible for settlement and integration services inside its jurisdiction. Also, some of the programs and services have eligibility criteria. Please check with your local Immigration office for details.

Programs and services are a bridge to help newcomers adapt during their first year in Canada. They help new arrivals to become self-reliant, participating members of Canadian society as quickly as possible.

They also help Canadians understand the immigration, settlement and integration process. Local Immigration offices provide interested organizations and agencies with information about immigrants and immigration.

Assistance may be provided abroad through Canadian posts (counselling and orientation materials); through international organizations (basic language training and cultural orientation sessions); upon arrival at a port of entry (referral to temporary housing, onward travel arrangements, emergency clothing); and at the final destination in Canada (full range of settlement services).

IMMIGRATION LOANS PROGRAM

The Immigration Loans Program (ILP) is funded by a $110-million advance from the federal government's Consolidated Revenue Fund and is replenished by repayments on the loans. Loans are approved according to the applicant's needs and ability to repay.

Loans are made to immigrants, about 98 percent of whom come to Canada as Convention refugees or designated class members, as either government-assisted refugees or under the sponsorship of a private group. The loans may be approved to cover the costs of medical examinations abroad, obtain travel documents, transportation to Canada, and the Right of Landing Fee (ROLF). In addition, assistance loans are available to disadvantaged newcomers to cover expenses such as housing rental, telephone deposits or work tools. These loans are made by the Adjustment Assistance Program (AAP) Counsellor but are charged to the Assistance Loans segment of the Transportation, Assistance and Admissibility Loan Program (TAALP) rather than to ILP.

Migration to Canada contains the latest and up-to-date information on Canadian Immigration that is useful for the persons intending to
apply for Immigration to Canada under different categories. Information about Family Members Sponsorships, Live-in Caregivers, Provincial Nominee Program, Visitor Visas, Study Permits, Temporary Work Permits, Permanent Resident Cards and Refugee Claimants and other categories under Canadian Immigration are also available.

Guide to Canadian immigration covers all major issues about Canada immigration and provide Immigration and Naturalization Service. Police Clearance Certificates, Medical Examination instructions, Interview Guidelines are some of the topics covered under Guide to Canada Immigration.

We provide Immigration and Naturalization Service to Migration to Canada also has online assessment forms for Skilled Worker Class, Business Class and Provincial Nominee Programs to let the applicant know their chance before they actually apply for Immigration to Canada. The assessment is free of charge.

Provincial Nominee Programs gives information regarding immigration to British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador and Saskatchewan provinces.

Immigration and Naturalization Service for Migration to Canada
also offers free subscription to
Immigration Today, a newsletter giving information regarding latest developments in Canada Immigration Laws.

Under Immigration and Naturalization Service we are also offering an eBook 'Success Secrets for Migration to Canada' for information on Canadian Immigration.