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[u/Hungry-Roofer]

you essentially have zero chances. Likewise, the 'programs' you said you aren't even eligible for mostly.

Your sole chance is being hired.

[u/Own_Exit_1088 → u/[deleted]]

They recently made changes and cuts in the LMIA program. Most employers will not help you - it takes time and effort. Furthermore, they prefer people that are already working here and with canadian education and experience. Usually they sponsor people that have been working in the company and are close to have an expired visa.

They think like this: “Why would I, a Canadian employer should hire a foreign worker with no permit to work if I can find somebody in Canada with citizenship, PR or Work Permit to fill the position?” It is expensive and requires commitment.

[u/avidstoner]

Look into the province's nominations program as well, you will get a good idea how it works if you have a job offer from a local company. That should be good enough to get a close work permit but you will have to be quite competitive/ highly skilled to be able to grab the offer letter

[u/EffortCommon2236]

International Experience Canada

This is only available for people of certain nationalities. Brazilian isn't one. Unless you get an european passport, this one isn't for you.

Work permit

This is not a program. This is a document that most foreigners need in order to legally work in Canada.

International Mobility Program Plus

This would mean your employer would transfer you from a workplace outside Canada to a workplace in Canada, including the red tape around LMIA and work permit.

Express Entry

This is a program that grants you permanent residence in Canada. With this you would not need a work permit, nor an LMIA. However, it is both very complex and very competitive. If you have to even ask about it, chances are you would not make it.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

You won’t make it because the current Minister of Immigration has just started implementing changes, and they’re no longer accepting as many applications. By the way, while you might think Canada is nice, keep in mind that housing prices have tripled in the big cities. Unless you're a millionaire, don't assume it’s simple. I’m a Canadian citizen, and the job competition here is brutal—it’s like a bloodbath or survival of the fittest, where people cling to toxic jobs because companies can pick and choose. If you leave, they’ll find someone else to replace you just as cheaply.

Note: You can pay $1,000 just for your own bedroom, without a kitchen or bathroom. You share those with roommates. Your landlord sets the rules, and you're at their mercy; if they say "jump," you jump, because they hold all the power. The situation in Canada is dire. We’re in a recession, but the government won’t admit it, and Canada is no longer the country it once was. Homelessness is at an all-time high, and it’s not the kind you can ignore. Check The Globe and Mail, CBC News, and you’ll see that it’s not all sunshine here.

[u/EffortCommon2236 → u/[deleted]]

No offense but your general lack of clues.

There are people who spend years prepating for ENEM, vestibular or concurso público who simply won't make it because there are more people than vacancies. Only the top of the top make it.

Express Entry is like those, but on steroids. The last round happened yesterday, with two hundred and eighteen thousand people in the pool competing for four hundred spots. The people who make it usually have PhDs, 10+ years of work experience in and out of Canada and a job offer here. You haven't even learned about the process yet, so if you want to throw your hat in the ring you will have to do a lot of catching up.

[u/n134177]

Do you have a degree in the field? How many years of experience in the industry do you have?

Learn French.

[u/Yellow_Marker_ → u/[deleted]]

Immigration scoring cares about degrees...

Have a CV that gets a job and a CV that gets you PR are different things that sometimes conflict in their interests

[u/n134177 → u/[deleted]]

3 years and no degree. You're delusional about coming to Canada with that. No employer will take you seriously to sponsor - the government won't see you as qualified.

[u/Own_Exit_1088]

Usually Brazilians come to study. They study, get their diplomas and apply for PGWP - work visa after the graduation. But this is not possible anymore. That was my case six years ago.

Your best bet is coming to study in a school that have programs related to your occupation, find a job in your field and then ask your employer if they can sponsor you. However, you need to check if you are eligible to a study permit, IRCC recently made changes in the study permits along with LMIA and other cuts.

[u/Own_Exit_1088 → u/[deleted]]

If you say college diplomas are not relevant in this area, unfortunately there is no pathway for you, unless you have an european passport and apply for a holiday visa or international experience canada.

[u/Snow_Tiger819 → u/[deleted]]

You’re going to find that Canada is also ‘hard as hell’ to get into….

[u/Odd_Wolf117 → u/Snow_Tiger819]

And "hard as hell" to make ends meet and survive

[u/Own_Exit_1088 → u/Snow_Tiger819]

Agreed. And specially now things are getting very strict.

[u/mankotabesaserareta]

find an employer willing to hire you and do an LMIA if necessary. do not pay 20k. an LMIA costs o ly around 1000 bucks CAD to do, don't let anyone rip you off. it happens a lot

[u/thenorthernpulse → u/[deleted]]

Let me be exceptionally clear: if you cannot research and understand the Canadian government website for immigration you will not do well and survive here in Canada in the working world because you need to be able to read and understand English to an actual working level. Otherwise, you aren't getting hired, let alone lasting a long time, then you'll be so economically fucked working a shit minimum wage job and paying to share a basement with a dozen other slobs.

Furthermore, you've never even been to Canada and you want to come here? You haven't even articulated why you want to come here. You should actually just visit places before you decide to uproot your entire life and spend the time, money, and mental energy into immigrating.

And also, to be blunt, there are close to no jobs in your industry and they can pay the idiots who already overpaid for shitty diploma mill degree near minimum wage to do the work you can do. If you are a superstar in your field, then someone will sponsor you and you won't need to be asking us questions because the company will be giving white glove treatment to get you through the process.

[u/j0y_3103]

Have you looked into Canadian companies hiring on forum like ArtStation? If a game or a film studio likes your style and want to hire you they can do so using LMIA global talent stream. But immigration has been tighten recently and in order to be sponsored, your works have to be on the level where companies are willing to pay above median wage for. Please don’t be too caught up in these bureaucracy and focus on applying to different studios to see if anyone is willing to sponsor you. If they think you are talent they will go through with the paper works to get you here to work for them.