My husband and I have both been hired by a company in Alberta to be Group Home Operators (Teaching Parents). NOC 4212-B. Our LMO was issued last Friday. Now we are confused! We have been told by some that we can go to the border and apply for our TWP there; others have told us that we have to apply at the visa office in Washington, DC.
We have considered driving from here to Port Erie to apply for the TWP and then return to our current home to pack our animals and belongings. (Port Erie is much closer to our home than Alberta! So we figured we could get the TWP and then make the long trek to Alberta). We are afraid to go up with our animals and a trukload of belongings and be rejected. There is a cost risk, though, so we're not sure what to do.
How can we know if we need a medical exam? If we get to the border and they decide we need a medical, what happens? Do they hold the file and allow us to return with a completed medical when we need to enter Alberta? Or do we have to come home, apply at the visa office, and wait for our section A? (Also. . . one DMP's office told us that they had blank section A forms and we could just send everything in while the TWP is being processed. When I emailed the visa office, though, they said that we had to apply to determine whether or not we ned a medical first. Every other doctor's office said we had to have the Section A form before we could get an appt. ???)
We are simply trying to speed up this process. Our job was ready for us 2 weeks ago, so we want to get there as soon as possible!
We will also need to hire a lawyer once we get our TWPs and settle in Canada because we'd like to apply for Permanent Residency. How long do we have to be on a TWP to apply? We don't want to have to go through the LMO renewal process!
We have considered driving from here to Port Erie to apply for the TWP and then return to our current home to pack our animals and belongings. (Port Erie is much closer to our home than Alberta! So we figured we could get the TWP and then make the long trek to Alberta). We are afraid to go up with our animals and a trukload of belongings and be rejected. There is a cost risk, though, so we're not sure what to do.
How can we know if we need a medical exam? If we get to the border and they decide we need a medical, what happens? Do they hold the file and allow us to return with a completed medical when we need to enter Alberta? Or do we have to come home, apply at the visa office, and wait for our section A? (Also. . . one DMP's office told us that they had blank section A forms and we could just send everything in while the TWP is being processed. When I emailed the visa office, though, they said that we had to apply to determine whether or not we ned a medical first. Every other doctor's office said we had to have the Section A form before we could get an appt. ???)
We are simply trying to speed up this process. Our job was ready for us 2 weeks ago, so we want to get there as soon as possible!
We will also need to hire a lawyer once we get our TWPs and settle in Canada because we'd like to apply for Permanent Residency. How long do we have to be on a TWP to apply? We don't want to have to go through the LMO renewal process!