Hello, first time posting here but I'd really appreciate some advice as I'm making some very big life decisions right now!
First of all, here's a brief summary of my situation:
I'm a 26 year old male, have lived in the UK all my life except for one year which I spent living and working in Toronto under the working holiday visa programme in 2010-11. I'm educated to degree level (equivalent is Bachelors) in English Lit & History and received my qualification a very good University.
I have 2 1/2 years' experience working in theatres. I started on the Box Office, then began working in the marketing dep't. A year ago, I moved to a new job with a different employer, working as a Marketing Officer. I'd say I have a good skillset, and should be employable.
The downside? I've been living in a rural part of Britain, and I'm absolutely sick of it. Over the past few years, I've done a lot of soul searching and decided I would really like to move back to Canada with the intention of settling there.
Because my visa was issued in 2010, I am eligible to re-apply for two more visas before I hit 30. As far as I can tell, my best option would be to apply for a new working holiday visa and seek a job that falls under the correct NOC categories. As luck would have it, I am a marketing professional, so I do have experience under one of these categories already.
Having secured a job, I would then look to apply for a second working holiday visa, getting a min 12 months experience under my belt in the process. From here I could apply to extend my stay through CEC or FSW and then once I had enough Canadian work experience, begin the PR process.
I have about £10k saved up (CAD$18k). I would hope to travel over there for summer 2015 and save up another few thousand between now and then (though some of this would be spent on airfares, visas, accommodation, insurance etc).
I understand this would be a bit of a risk and in truth, I'm not much of a gambler. So can anyone provide any advice? Reassurance? Has anyone done anything similar and had success or is this just total pipe dream nonsense? Is there a better way to go about securing PR? Would I find it difficult to find a professional occupation on a working holiday visa (last time I was in Canada, I worked in retail as a sales assistant!)
Thanks!
First of all, here's a brief summary of my situation:
I'm a 26 year old male, have lived in the UK all my life except for one year which I spent living and working in Toronto under the working holiday visa programme in 2010-11. I'm educated to degree level (equivalent is Bachelors) in English Lit & History and received my qualification a very good University.
I have 2 1/2 years' experience working in theatres. I started on the Box Office, then began working in the marketing dep't. A year ago, I moved to a new job with a different employer, working as a Marketing Officer. I'd say I have a good skillset, and should be employable.
The downside? I've been living in a rural part of Britain, and I'm absolutely sick of it. Over the past few years, I've done a lot of soul searching and decided I would really like to move back to Canada with the intention of settling there.
Because my visa was issued in 2010, I am eligible to re-apply for two more visas before I hit 30. As far as I can tell, my best option would be to apply for a new working holiday visa and seek a job that falls under the correct NOC categories. As luck would have it, I am a marketing professional, so I do have experience under one of these categories already.
Having secured a job, I would then look to apply for a second working holiday visa, getting a min 12 months experience under my belt in the process. From here I could apply to extend my stay through CEC or FSW and then once I had enough Canadian work experience, begin the PR process.
I have about £10k saved up (CAD$18k). I would hope to travel over there for summer 2015 and save up another few thousand between now and then (though some of this would be spent on airfares, visas, accommodation, insurance etc).
I understand this would be a bit of a risk and in truth, I'm not much of a gambler. So can anyone provide any advice? Reassurance? Has anyone done anything similar and had success or is this just total pipe dream nonsense? Is there a better way to go about securing PR? Would I find it difficult to find a professional occupation on a working holiday visa (last time I was in Canada, I worked in retail as a sales assistant!)
Thanks!
