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Getting Canadian permanent status is fairly tough. The points based system is merit based.

No, it really isn't. If you have your masters you can immediately be granted PR. This is the case for all Indian nationals - however it is still lottery based. The point system you're talking about is for unskilled labour, and that still has the 5 year in the country+ language requirements.

AFAIK, even a master's degree has points which add to your total in the comprehensive ranking system.

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/se...

And those points matter towards getting a Permanent Residence Status.

This is completely wrong. There's no lottery for Canadian PR.

There's no fast track for masters. It's entirely points based.

Source: I work at Google Canada and submitted my PR application last year.

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