Permanent Residence Services in Canada
Permanent residence services in Canada cover the pathways that let you live and work here with no time limit, plus the licensed help that gets each one filed correctly. This page does two things. It helps you find the pathway that fits your profile, and it points you to a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who handles that exact application. Mirzoyan Immigration prepares permanent residence files for clients across Canada, in person, online, or by phone. Every file is built and submitted by Narek Mirzoyan, RCIC # R1005184, or Vahe Mirzoyan, RCIC # R514223. Under our One on One Advisory standard, your questions go to the licensed consultant who builds your file, not to an intake coordinator or a call center. Service runs in English, Russian, and Armenian, on a flat fee agreed before any work starts.
Last reviewed by Narek Mirzoyan, RCIC # R1005184, on May 30, 2026.
Which Permanent Residence Path Fits Your Situation?
Permanent residence is not one application. It is a set of separate pathways, and the right one turns on your work history, your family ties, and where you want to settle. Read the line below that matches your facts, then follow it to the service that handles it.
Express Entry
Is the federal system that ranks skilled workers and invites the top profiles. It runs the Canadian Experience Class, the Federal Skilled Worker Program, and the Federal Skilled Trades Program in one pool.
Spousal Sponsorship
Needs no points and no job offer. It turns on whether the relationship is genuine. Our spousal sponsorship program comparison sets the routes side by side, so you can make an informed choice before you commit.
Provincial Nominee
A Provincial Nominee Program can nominate you and add a decisive block of points to a federal profile.
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Federal vs Provincial: How the Two Systems Connect
Federal Programs are run by IRCC and admit you to live anywhere in Canada outside Quebec. Express Entry is the main federal system. It manages the Canadian Experience Class, the Federal Skilled Worker Program, and the Federal Skilled Trades Program in a single ranked pool, and it invites the highest-scoring profiles to apply.
Provincial Nominee Programs are run by individual provinces to fill their own labour gaps. A provincial nomination ties you to that province. It also adds a large block of points to your federal Express Entry profile, which often turns a borderline score into an Invitation to Apply. Ontario's program, the OINP, is the most relevant for the Greater Toronto Area.
Express Entry
Express Entry is the federal system that ranks skilled workers in one pool and invites the highest-scoring profiles to apply for permanent residence. Your rank comes from the Comprehensive Ranking System, which scores age, education, language, and work experience.
The misread that costs people is treating the pool as a queue. It is a ranking, not a line. A profile sitting below the cut-off is not waiting its turn. It needs more points, through a language retest, a provincial nomination, or a stronger credential assessment. In 2026, that point gap can also close through a category-based draw, which clears at a lower cut-off for targeted occupations.
The Canadian Experience Class, the Federal Skilled Worker Program, and the Federal Skilled Trades Program all run inside Express Entry, and the Express Entry Service Pillar carries a section explaining which one fits your work history. To hire a consultant for the profile and the post-ITA filing, start there. For the full national reference, read our complete guide to Express Entry in Canada.
Spousal Sponsorship
Spousal sponsorship lets a Canadian citizen or permanent resident sponsor a spouse, common-law partner, or conjugal partner for permanent residence. It needs no points and no job offer. It turns on one question: is the relationship genuine.
Officers read the file for consistency. Dates, addresses, and timelines that do not match across forms are the most common reason a genuine couple receives a Procedural Fairness Letter. A cohabitation-start date on IMM 5532 that drifts from the sponsor's entries on IMM 1344 is a routine trigger, and it is avoidable with a careful cross-check before submission.
For the full reference, read our complete guide to spousal sponsorship in Canada. To hire a consultant for the file, see our spousal sponsorship consultant page. If you are still choosing between a sponsorship, a spouse open work permit, and a visitor visa for your partner, our compare Canada's spousal programs page sets the three routes side by side.
Other Permanent Residence Pathways
Several more pathways sit under permanent residence, and most of them connect back to the two systems above. Provincial Nominee Programs, including the OINP, nominate workers tied to a province and feed points into a federal Express Entry profile. Family sponsorship reaches beyond spouses to who can sponsor a family member in Canada, including parents, grandparents, and dependent children. Citizenship is the step after permanent residence, not a PR pathway itself, though most clients plan for it early.
If your goal is to keep or renew status you already hold rather than win it, see our guide to PR card renewal in Canada and the residency obligation behind it.
Permanent Residence Help in Your Area
Mirzoyan Immigration serves clients across Canada, in person, online, or by phone. For readers who want a local page, each city below carries the detail for its market.
Express Entry:
Why Work With a Licensed RCIC
A Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant is one of the few non-lawyer professionals IRCC authorizes to represent you. The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants licenses each RCIC, sets the conduct code, and runs a public complaints process. An unlicensed "consultant" sits outside that framework, and if your file is mishandled you have no recourse through the CICC. Verify any practitioner on the CICC register before you sign.
When you hire Mirzoyan Immigration, your questions go directly to a licensed RCIC. Not an intake coordinator. Not a call center. The consultant who builds your file is the consultant who answers your messages. That is the One on One Advisory standard, and it holds from the first call through to the decision.
Narek Mirzoyan is RCIC # R1005184. Vahe Mirzoyan is RCIC # R514223. Both are Paralegals of the Law Society of Ontario, and both are listed on the CICC public register.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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There is no single easiest path. The right one depends on your work experience, education, language scores, and whether you have a partner or an employer in Canada. Express Entry suits skilled workers. Spousal sponsorship suits partners of Canadians and permanent residents. Provincial programs suit people with a genuine tie to one province. A licensed RCIC reads your profile against each route before you file.
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Federal programs like Express Entry are run by IRCC and admit you to live anywhere in Canada outside Quebec. Provincial Nominee Programs are run by a single province to meet its own labour needs. A nomination ties you to that province, and it also adds a large block of points to your federal Express Entry profile. Most applicants in the Toronto area touch both levels.
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Not always. Express Entry can select skilled workers without a job offer, on points alone. Some provincial streams require an offer, and a valid offer can raise your ranking. Spousal sponsorship needs no job offer at all. Whether an offer helps your specific file depends on the route, so confirm it before you build the profile.
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IRCC charges its own government fees, including a processing fee and the Right of Permanent Residence Fee, and those change over time. Confirm the current figures on the IRCC fee schedule before you budget. Mirzoyan Immigration charges a separate flat professional fee, agreed upfront, never billed by the hour. Book a consultation for a quote on your file.
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Yes, for several pathways. Inland spousal sponsorship and the Canadian Experience Class are built for people already living in Canada. An inland spousal applicant can also apply for a spouse open work permit during processing. Mirzoyan Immigration serves clients across Canada, in person, online, or by phone, in English, Russian, and Armenian.
Find Your Permanent Residence Path
The wrong pathway at the start costs months you do not get back, because IRCC's clock runs from a complete file, not from the day you decide to apply. The fastest way to protect the file is to match your profile to the right route before you pay a single government fee.
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This page is general information about Canadian permanent residence and is not legal or immigration advice. Individual circumstances vary. For advice on your situation, book a consultation with a licensed Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant.