I need some help.
My wife and I are hoping to relocate to Calgary, we currently live in Scotland and are UK citizens.
I have accepted a job there and my wife has been accepted into college.
We thought we'd wait until my LMO came through before applying for work and study permits but there has been some issues with this (paperwork not being sent on time from the company i'm going to be working for) The LMO process was started in October 2011 and had to be re-applied for on 2nd December, I've still not heard anything, this is now February, we were hioping to be away by the end of this month.
My wife applied for her study permit as the LMO process was taking too long, this was only sent away last week, i understand according to the London site that this can take 8-10 weeks. I'm a fully qualified plumber, this will be my trade in Calgary and the LMO has been applied for within Alberta (i dont know if this makes a difference but I want to include all information)
Does anybody know if we can just leave for Calgary (my wife's course starts on 3rd April so time is running out) and take our acceptance letters and paperwork with us and they can issue us with our permits at the port of entry? My wife has made copies of everything she sent in her study permit so things like proof of funds and police certificates etc would be copies.
Ideally we will have my LMO through sometime between now and mid March and getting our permits at the port of entry would'nt be an issue but it's a lot of money to lose if it doesn't come through on time on flights etc, plus we're taking our dog! So we need to know for sure if this is possible, please someone help us, we're stressed out of our minds!!! My wife has to be there for 3rd April.
Thanks for reading this lengthy post!
Grant
My wife and I are hoping to relocate to Calgary, we currently live in Scotland and are UK citizens.
I have accepted a job there and my wife has been accepted into college.
We thought we'd wait until my LMO came through before applying for work and study permits but there has been some issues with this (paperwork not being sent on time from the company i'm going to be working for) The LMO process was started in October 2011 and had to be re-applied for on 2nd December, I've still not heard anything, this is now February, we were hioping to be away by the end of this month.
My wife applied for her study permit as the LMO process was taking too long, this was only sent away last week, i understand according to the London site that this can take 8-10 weeks. I'm a fully qualified plumber, this will be my trade in Calgary and the LMO has been applied for within Alberta (i dont know if this makes a difference but I want to include all information)
Does anybody know if we can just leave for Calgary (my wife's course starts on 3rd April so time is running out) and take our acceptance letters and paperwork with us and they can issue us with our permits at the port of entry? My wife has made copies of everything she sent in her study permit so things like proof of funds and police certificates etc would be copies.
Ideally we will have my LMO through sometime between now and mid March and getting our permits at the port of entry would'nt be an issue but it's a lot of money to lose if it doesn't come through on time on flights etc, plus we're taking our dog! So we need to know for sure if this is possible, please someone help us, we're stressed out of our minds!!! My wife has to be there for 3rd April.
Thanks for reading this lengthy post!
Grant