Top 5 Common Mistakes Made in Canadian Permanent Residency Applications:

The following are the top five most commonly made mistakes when submitting an application for Canadian permanent residency.

1. Miscalculating Points.

2. Incomplete or Inconsistent Forms.

3. Incomplete or Missing documents.

4. Wrong NOC Code.

5. Picking the wrong visa office

Temporary Residents For Canada Biometrics Project:

CIC is making progress towards its goal for 2013 of introducing biometrics into its immigration stream for visitors, students and workers seeking to visit Canada on a temporary basis. Biometrics is the measurement of unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, for the purpose of verifying identity.

Tests now required for language points under Quebec Skilled Worker Program:

As of December 5th, new candidates to the Quebec Skilled Worker program who want to receive points for language for French and/or English, will have to submit test results along with their application. 

For French, only the following tests are valid: 

1. Test d'évaluation de Français (TEF) 
2. Test d'évaluation de Français adapté au Québec (TEFAQ) 
3. Test de connaissance du français (TCF) pour le Québec 
4. Diplôme d'études en langue française (DELF)/Diplôme approfondi de langue française (DALF) 

For English, only the following test is valid: 

• International English Language Testing System (IELTS) 

Only in the case of French can a spouse be awarded points, and in this case he/she must also take a French test from the establishments mentioned above, and submit results along with the principal applicant's results. This change is not retroactive, so applications received at Quebec Immigration visa offices before December 5th (or postmarked before December 5th) do not need to submit language test scores. 

However, the Quebec Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities suggests that all candidates whose applications were received before December 5th also submit test scores to confirm their language skills in French and English; this can help the candidate and accelerate the processing of their application.