Giving Up on a US Green Card and Moving to Canada: Permanent Residence in Just Two and a Half Years via the Canadian Experience Class｜Ms. A
Date Posted:September 2, 2025
Last Updated:September 20, 2026
After studying and then working in the United States, Ms. A had struggled to find a route to a green card. She moved to Canada and saw real possibility in its points-based path to permanent residence. There were moments of confusion as the system shifted with a change of government, but with precise advice from Shiraishi VisaJP Canada she obtained permanent residence through the Canadian Experience Class in just two and a half years.
I think obtaining permanent residence would have been difficult on my own. It was Shiraishi VisaJP Canada’s track record and experience that made it possible.
Canadian Experience Class
Early Childhood Educator (ECE)
Study permit → Working holiday visa
Greater Vancouver
2.5 years
Customer Comments and Testimonials
Why did you decide to immigrate to Canada?
After studying in the United States I was working there, but I could not find a path to a green card. Then I learned that Canada has a points system for permanent residence, and thinking I might be able to aim for it on my own, I decided to enrol at a Canadian college.
What made you choose Shiraishi VisaJP Canada?
Shiraishi VisaJP Canada shares a lot of information on social media, and it struck me as useful and very easy to understand. When I signed up for a free consultation, they laid out the shortest route to permanent residence for my particular situation in detail — even though it was free — and in the end I obtained permanent residence through the Canadian Experience Class in a relatively short two and a half years.
What was the most memorable part of the process?
I had switched from a college study permit to a working holiday visa to stay in Canada, and while preparing to apply for permanent residence there was a period when I was strongly affected by changes to the system, including a change of government in Canada and shifts in immigration policy. There were times when it wore me down mentally. Even so, Shiraishi VisaJP Canada always replied to my emails quickly and gave me useful advice and suggestions.
How was your experience using Shiraishi VisaJP Canada’s services?
Honestly, I think obtaining permanent residence would have been difficult on my own. I feel I was able to get it thanks to Shiraishi VisaJP Canada’s extensive track record and experience, and their precise support with a sharp sense of timing. I am very grateful.
Future outlook and a message for those planning to travel to Canada
From here I want to look at a range of occupations and take on work and activities through which I can contribute to Canada as an immigrant. My advice to those aiming for Canadian permanent residence is this: go to school and get certified in an occupation that Canadians are less keen on, bridge a few years on a work permit or working holiday visa, and work toward permanent residence!
Additional Comments
Thank you so much for looking after me over these two and a half years up to permanent residence. Using your services was absolutely the right decision. I look forward to seeing all that you do in the future.
From our first consultation to permanent residence took about two and a half years — one of the fastest any of our clients has reached their goal!
When she first came to us, she had already done her homework on our social media. In the consultation I asked about her background and her wishes, and laid out a route that matched what she wanted: permanent residence in the shortest possible time. It required a great deal of effort on her part compared with a safer, more certain route, but she followed the route I described steadily and quickly, and that led to this wonderful result.
Our whole team supported her: I acted as her consultant and walked with her to permanent residence, Ms. Gould handled the study permit application, and Ms. Sakurai the permanent residence application. We are all delighted.
We hear she has a big goal of running her own business in Vancouver. We wish her every success ahead.
Immigration Consultant
Born in Japan. After earning a Bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan, she worked for six years in New York as a marketing consultant at a major travel agency, while also studying in an MBA program at the City University of New York. After returning to Japan, she managed the visa center of the same travel company, handling various international visa applications for foreign clients.
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