Moving from

Moving from your country

The immigration rules for Canada and the UK are the same for everyone. What changes with your nationality is the paperwork around them: which police certificate you need and whether you can get it from abroad, whether you must take a tuberculosis test and where the approved clinics are, which cities have a visa application centre, and whether you are exempt from an English test. These pages give that country-specific layer, sourced to the government page that sets it. ## Why nationality matters more than location Both Canada and the UK count applicants by **nationality, not residence**. A Pakistani engineer in Dubai is a Pakistani applicant. That is why every page here is written for a passport rather than a place, and why the UAE page is written for the expatriates who make up most of its population rather than for Emirati citizens. Two examples of what differs. Uganda has exactly one approved tuberculosis clinic for a UK visa, in Kampala. India is not on the UK's list of majority-English-speaking countries, so Indian applicants sit an English test despite an English-medium education. Details like these are where applications are delayed, and where an agent's fee is usually being charged for information that is free. **Our assessment checks you against every open UK and Canadian route in about three minutes** and shows your score, where you stand and the first thing that would raise it. No card needed for that. Seeing every route in full needs a plan.

Africa

NigeriaThe largest African source country for Canadian economic immigration. See the routes, the naira costs and the NIN requirement.Open guide GhanaRoutes to Canada and the UK from Ghana, with costs in cedis, and the police certificate step that has no postal route.Open guide KenyaEverything routes through Nairobi: one visa centre, one police records office, one approved TB clinic. Plan for the travel.Open guide UgandaYou can apply for either visa from inside Uganda.Open guide South AfricaYou can apply for a UK or Canadian visa from inside South Africa.Open guide SenegalFrench is your advantage for Canada outside Quebec. See the routes, the Bulletin n°3 from your regional tribunal and the single TB clinic in Dakar.Open guide CameroonBilingual applicants can score on both languages for Canada. See the routes, the two-step police clearance and why English speakers still need a UK test.Open guide Côte d’IvoireFrench opens two Canadian routes outside Quebec. See the routes, the online Bulletin n°3 and the single UK TB clinic in Abidjan.Open guide

Middle East and North Africa

MoroccoFrench is an asset for Canada, from Express Entry points to Francophone Mobility. See the routes, the costs and the fiche anthropométrique step.Open guide AlgeriaFrench opens extra doors to Canada, from Express Entry points to Francophone Mobility. See the routes, the costs and the Bulletin n° 3 step.Open guide EgyptExpress Entry or a sponsored UK job: see the routes, the official fees, and the in-person police certificate step for Egypt.Open guide JordanTwo police certificates, not one: see the routes, the official fees and the Jordan-specific steps for Canada and the UK.Open guide

Asia

IndiaYou can apply for a UK or Canadian visa from India without leaving the country.Open guide PakistanThe UK's second-largest Skilled Worker group. Provincial police certificates and HEC attestation: two steps that work differently here.Open guide PhilippinesFilipinos can apply for Canadian permanent residence or a UK work visa from home, with biometrics in Manila or Cebu.Open guide

Gulf

United Arab EmiratesApplying to Canada while living in Dubai or Abu Dhabi: you apply from where you live, not where you hold a passport.Open guide

Latin America

MexicoCanada's largest source of temporary foreign workers, with its own eTA rule since 2024: see the routes, the costs and the FGR police certificate.Open guide ColombiaA UK visa national since November 2024 and a visa country for Canada: see the routes, the costs and how Canada's police check for Colombia works.Open guide VenezuelaBoth countries need a visa even for a visit, but Canada accepts a passport that expired under the 2019 decree: see the routes, the costs and the online police certificate.Open guide PeruA visitor visa for Canada, an ETA for UK visits and one approved TB clinic in Lima: the steps that are specific to Peru.Open guide ArgentinaAn eTA shortcut for Canada if you hold a US visa, an ETA for UK visits and no TB test: the steps that are specific to Argentina.Open guide