sexy wrx69

me and Stealth want to immigrate to Vancouver in the next few years and im looking into it all now so we are really prepared.

has anyone from here immigrated to Canada???

i wanted to know how you got your job out there??

we'd like to have jobs before going there but i have no idea how to go about it.

how do you go about getting sponsorship??

is it easy to get work out there if you are an immigrant??

thanks in advance!!!


oh...we're both in I.T. if this is a crap profession for out there...whats a good profession to be in???

Scooby96

Seal clubbing?

sexy wrx69

LMAO...thanks Scooby96.

TelBoy

Sooz, PM Markus, if you have enough hours in your day for the reply....

Big Daz

Me & Mrs Daz are intending to do this in 2/3 years too, so I will watch this thread with interest also,

Check your suitablility on here -

www.cic.gc.ca

Big Daz

sexy wrx69

cheers Daz.

already done the points thingy and we both have about 10 points over what they want.

just a bit worried about getting jobs!!!


Thanks Tel!! Forgot this thing has PM now....DOH!

bashful

Sexy (may I call you that?),

I moved to Canada, specifically Niagara Falls, about two months ago. I work in IT for a non-IT company, and I transferred within that company to the Canadian subsidiary, so I'm not in quite the same boat.

You'll have seen from the Canadian Commission website on immigration that they strongly recommend that you don't just turn up on spec; I had the strongest possible backing from my company, including personal letters from directors saying that I was essential in Canada, and still had to go through three rounds of documentation before I go the *essential* work permit. If you're serious about emigration, I'd recommend that you have a firm job offer and a work permit before selling up in the UK. Oh, and don't forget that both of you will need work permits; spouses can't do anything but voluntary work without a WP of their own. The sad fact is that it's up to you to prove that there's no way a Canadian could possibly do the job you're doing; if there is, they don't want you in.

However, please try. Canada is a *really* great place to live; I wouldn't have jumped through the hoops I did to get here if it wasn't.

Just a couple of reminders if you do manage to sort something out:

A) You'll lose all UK insurance history; it took me two months to find someone who'll even insure me at all. Ask about driver education courses.
B) You'll lose all credit history - try and buy a mobile over here without it!
C) You need medical cover; if you have a job lined up, triple check how long it is before their health insurance kicks in - I had to buy three month's worth of traveller's insurance to cover the gap, and it cost more than my tickets.
D) Get your UK tax affairs in order; you're in form-filling hell.
E) Don't assume it's easy to pull money across from the UK. You're effectively assumed to be a drug dealer or terrorist.

Like I say, I don't want to be negative, but considering these things will help.

sexy wrx69

THANKYOU BASHFUL!!!!!!
and yes you can call me sexy

thats really helpful!

we know its gonna be hard to get in, but we REALLY want to go, so will try anything.

im thinking about going into a different career here so id be able to get in easier.....healthcare or firebrigade or something!!!!

im a bit worried about the whole...me being better than any canadian...cause im blatantly not!!!

SiPie

Just remember most Canadian employers give 2 weeks maximum annual leave


err... no thanks

weapon69

But you get one year maternity leave paid Thats if you want little sprogs.....

what would scooby do

I know a group of 4 people who left for canada about 3 years ago - packed in their jobs, sold their houses and used the cash to tide them along until they got jobs.. 3 years later only one got a job and all 4 have returned without a bean and with no jobs.. I suggest you check the job situation 'cos it is still tough out there...

sexy wrx69

thanks WWSD.

definitely not intending on just dropping everything and going there.
im WAY too sensible for that malarky...hence looking into it all now....2 years ahead of actually wanting to go!

so weapon69...how long do you have to have worked there to get the years maternity leave???

and i wouldnt mind about the 2 weeks annual leave. not if we can go snowboarding at the weekends in Whistler!!!

bashful

P.S. of course, the money goes a *lot* further than it does in the UK for some things.

weapon69

sexywrx-Not sure about maternity leave. I only know that Canadian nationals get 85% (it varies) full pay for a year when they wanna pop one out

Jerome

More info in this thread that is relevant.

RobJenks

I spent a year in Calgary back in 1975/76 and tried to get immigration status in 1977 .Had a young family , job in Vancouver , money etc , but was refused on the basis that I had to work back in Calgary.So it feel in a heap and I eventually emigrated to Perth Western Australia.
Definitely made the correct move , albeit forced on me.
The weather in Canada is horrendous-the winter just goes on and on and I've never seen so many fat people in my life -well until you visit the states.
Come to Oz - believe me the lifestyle is far better.

MooseRacer

Try emigrating you stand much more chance than immigrating

BeverleyJM

This is worrying - my husbands ex-wife moved back to Canada with her latest husband (she's Canadian, he's a Brit).
Now I'm scared they'll get sent back over here

Dream Weaver

LOL

SiPie

Lol @ Mooseracer..... I was dying to say that yesterday but didn't want to rock the boat

PS Will 2nd the horrendous Canadian winters.... my ex moved there (Toronto) and the novelty of snow for 6months of the year didn't take long to wear off

InvisibleMan

hey wrx69, oooh i was thinking about going to Vancouver about 2years ago now.you lucky things. Ive got afew friends in Vancouver & when i mentioned IT they said it was in a bad state with no jobs about just as bad as it is here atm. Maybe its picked up now.

sexy wrx69

OH


MY


GOD


im a muppet!!!


LMAO!!! i never get immigrating and emigrating right.


cheers for info though guys. have started writing to some IT companies out there to see if they are willing to sponsor me. Failing that....i think i'll start my own business or look into a totally new career. maybe something in health care. you can normally get jobs anywhere in the world with those jobs!!