The idea of going to Canada goes beyond having enough money for the trip and stay, you may want to spend a few days as a tourist or study and work in the new nation and you are preparing to apply for the visa, but do not forget to include in your plans English and/or French proficiency, These two are the official languages of Canada and speaking one of them will make things easier for you once you arrive in the new country.

To apply for a Canadian visa as a tourist, you are not required to speak these languages, but it is important that you have a basic acceptable level in case you are staying in the beautiful city of Montreal, for example, where the official language is French, and you need help in everyday situations such as shopping in a store, taking public transportation, or even getting to your residence if you get disoriented. 

Now, applying for a visa for permanent or temporary residence does require speaking one of these two languages, and if it is both, much better, especially if you speak French, since for the purposes of migration through Express Entry or provincial nomination programs, French adds points and for studies it opens the doors to the country as much as your own passport, of course, it is not enough to speak a little French, it is necessary to speak it at a minimum oral level of 4 for certain economic mobility programs and as high as possible if you are applying for Express Entry, for example. Let's see why French is so important for your Canadian visa, below.

 French for student visa 

International students have a better chance of success and adaptability if they know how to speak French, especially if they have chosen the province of Quebec, whose population and culture are exciting for their diversity and distinctiveness. 

In Quebec, French is spoken mostly and officially in French, so once you begin to process your student visa, you must have already started an online or classroom course of this language to reach a level of proficiency that allows you to understand the classes, otherwise, how could you start a study program if you do not understand the orality and writing of this language? Moreover, your study permit is going to require this requirement and the provincial government, which is in charge of issuing your CAQ for you to study, the first thing it is going to evaluate is whether you have the linguistic ability of French.

It is true that learning French takes time, but there are quick courses that will help you incorporate the new language progressively over a period of two months while you begin the application process for your temporary student visa. 

Our language academy, Planeta Immiland, offers French courses for an eligible college or university educational program in Quebec that can lead to direct eligible college or university educational program in Quebec that can lead to direct permanent residency, without requiring Canadian work experience under the PEQ program - students. See French courses for students, Débutant, Élémentaire y Pré-Intermédiaire.

French for work visa

Let's say you learned to speak French online or face-to-face and reached a minimum conversational level that allows you to defend yourself in everyday situations and you are interested in Canada to live and work, Express Entry could be your gateway. Express Entry could be your gateway if you qualify and it launches a round of invitations for French-speaking rural foreign workers, this implies that you should get a job offer, with or without the LMIAin order to apply for a work visa. Keep in mind that, in many cases, employers are willing to give you the job offer, but not to initiate the LMIA process; and this is where it is very important to have the skill to persuade the employer to help you get the LMIA, if he speaks French, you must be able to understand him well in the same language. Of course, it is not enough to speak French to emigrate, there are always basic requirements that you must meet, but you could process your work visa with a better chance of success than those who do not have this skill developed. Read this article about the economic mobility program for French speakers, click here.

Another reason why it is important to speak French for your work visa is if you studied in Canada and managed to obtain the famous PGWP or post-graduation open work permit, which gives you the opportunity to gain valuable Canadian work experience in any province and obtain permanent residency. For example, you could choose Quebec, New Brunswick, where French is official.

The work visa in Canada is the great dream that many have achieved by having this plus of the French language. It is not recommended to stay at a minimum level, at Immiland we always encourage our clients and interested people in general to go for excellence, but it is also good to know that being a beginner of the language and handling it in a quite acceptable conversation can be the change of your life. Read this article about the latest score for French, which drew a lot of attention because it was so low, The Express Entry 287 draw: CRS low for French proficiency..

In short, in our academy Planeta Immiland, we are convinced of how potentially viable French makes the processing of your Canadian visa. Whether for study or work, speaking French is more than a simple curiosity of how your voice sounds when pronouncing this language, speaking French in this era is a magic key that opens migratory paths to any French-speaking country and Canada is one of them.

Before we say goodbye, we invite you to discover the secret of the secret of the teaching-learning of teaching-learning of our courses for migratory purposes and if you wish to start a first level with us or improve your intermediate French, write to us here and a certified educational advisor will assist you. Success with your visa!

With love,

Planet Immiland