completely confused on the skilled workers visa ?

[missninetyukuk]

Hi ,
sorry if this is posted in the wrong place ,but u could say im an immigration forum virgin.

i was born in canada(1984) to scottish parents ,who in all there wisdom decided to get a divorce and move back to scotland when i was around one .i have now decided to move to canada with my partner (who is irish ,30yrs old ,have been living with for 5 1/2 yrs) although he is a qualified printing press operator ,and worked as one for almost five years ,when he moved to scotland he was unable to get a job doing this abd has since being doing retail work (although given the oportunity to go back to printing he would bute ur hand off lol) As i understand it all i need to do is apply for a passport ,but im unsure as to how my partner goes about getting a visa ??????? also i still have some family in canada (an aunt and few cousins) .i am currently finishing my honours degree ,due to be finished in may ,would this be sufficeint time to work these problems out ,or would we be looking at years before we could move ????
again sorry if ive posted this in the wrong place

thanks for any advice

 

[mlea]

i have a german friend who is applying for a skilled workers visa and this is what i know. he came to canada for an interview, got the job, the employer had to post the job on the government site for 3 weeks and then sent an LMO (Labour market opinion) to the government "sponsoring" my friend for that position, its just to prove they advertised the job in canada first and couldnt find a suitable candidate. after the 3 weeks the goverment processes the LMO which takes 28 days and then sent it to my friend who then takes all the paperwork and the LMO to the embassy and applies for his workers visa. alll in all it takes around 3 months, granted its not from Ireland so im not 100% certain of the time but it shouldnt be much longer or shorter than that... my friend has been living in south africa for the past 5 years but still carries a german passport... believe me south africa is very slow...so you might have better timing from ireland.
this is for the workers visa but he might come over with you as your sponsor, better if you were married but he could be your fiance etc.
hope it helps and something to investigate.

 

[PMM]

Hi

Hi ,
sorry if this is posted in the wrong place ,but u could say im an immigration forum virgin.

i was born in canada(1984) to scottish parents ,who in all there wisdom decided to get a divorce and move back to scotland when i was around one .i have now decided to move to canada with my partner (who is irish ,30yrs old ,have been living with for 5 1/2 yrs) although he is a qualified printing press operator ,and worked as one for almost five years ,when he moved to scotland he was unable to get a job doing this abd has since being doing retail work (although given the oportunity to go back to printing he would bute ur hand off lol) As i understand it all i need to do is apply for a passport ,but im unsure as to how my partner goes about getting a visa ??????? also i still have some family in canada (an aunt and few cousins) .i am currently finishing my honours degree ,due to be finished in may ,would this be sufficeint time to work these problems out ,or would we be looking at years before we could move ????
again sorry if ive posted this in the wrong place

thanks for any advice

1. You are a Canadian citizen by birth, therefor you can sponsor himas a common/law spouse. Therefor his occupation doesn't matter. Spousal applications through London 2-8 months for 80% of applications.
See: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/fc.asp for the application forms and instructions.

PMM