I have been considering a relocation to Canada but really didnt know the procedures or law. I stumbled onto this website today and am finding it a GREAT source of information. You guys are very knowledgeable! I have visited the www.cic.gc.ca website and find it very informative. I would consider myself as a skilled worker being as that I am a manufacturing engineer of 12 yrs. I have sent several resumes to Canadian employers thru a job seekers website www.careerbuilders.com but have not gotten any responses. I think it unlikely to hear anything because I am currently a citizen of the US. I have studied the "points chart" and should score the minimum 67 points thats needed. With all that said, I wonder if there is someone that could direct in the best direction, and least timely, to process the desire to relocate to Canada. Sorry for the lengthy post - Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanx!
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Hi
1. You can apply as a skilled worker, but be prepared to wait for years for a visa, unless you are able to find an employer in Canada, that is willing to get a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from Service Canada, which states that there are no Canadians /Pr available in Canada for the job and they have advertised extensively.
2. If you are a fully qualified engineer, you can an work permit without the employer having to obtain an LMO under the provision of NAFTA.
3. If you are able to obtain a job in Canada, and the employer agrees to keep you on after obtaining PR, your application will be fast-tracked in Buffalo, and you should obtain your PR status quite a bit sooner.
4. You may wish to look at the PNP programs in the various provinces, which also speed up applications.
PMM
Chance2 said:
1. You can apply as a skilled worker, but be prepared to wait for years for a visa, unless you are able to find an employer in Canada, that is willing to get a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from Service Canada, which states that there are no Canadians /Pr available in Canada for the job and they have advertised extensively.
2. If you are a fully qualified engineer, you can an work permit without the employer having to obtain an LMO under the provision of NAFTA.
3. If you are able to obtain a job in Canada, and the employer agrees to keep you on after obtaining PR, your application will be fast-tracked in Buffalo, and you should obtain your PR status quite a bit sooner.
4. You may wish to look at the PNP programs in the various provinces, which also speed up applications.
PMM
Chance2 said:
Hi Chance,
It is not easy to apply abroad Canada (but not impossible), the employers will not respond back unless the curriculum are so impresive.
I sent a lot of resumes while I was applying from my home country and I did not receive any response, now I have started receiving interview requests when I started sending my resumes from here, in Canada (with Canadian address & phone # of course)
So, it seems like you have enough work experience in order to grab good points, tray the self assessment and go ahead with your application, it could be done either by yourself or using a Lawyer.
www.cic.gc.ca
www.canadavisa.com
Good luck
Eduardo
Thanx PMM & Eduardo. In your post Eduardo, you wrote that you didnt have any success either with Canadian employers considering you for employment until you got a Canadian address. Im assuming that you moved there without employment? What is that process? Did you just obtain a VISA and under a temporary status live there? I think i understand that it takes longer to process citizenship if your already in country, but at least your there, right?
Chance
Chance
Chance2 said:
Hi Chance
Not exactly my friend, I did apply as Skilled worker almost 3 years ago and I am now Canadian Resident, so in the meantime I was waiting for my Visa, I tried to get job through the net, I sent a lot of resumes but no one was responded (maybe because my resume was not good enough for the employers... but now it seems like it is...) and yes, I moved here without a job
We did our landing at Calgary by middle of last August, and I started sending resumes to everywhere and applying on as many positions as I could manage, so far I had some interviews and some still on queue, today I got an email back from one of the companies I applied for and it seems like I will have job by next week. (there are a lot of job opportunities in Calgary by the way)
So bottom line I could say that I did a lot in only one month, I got the SIN and health cards within the first two weeks upon my arrival, I have already rented a nice apartment, I got help from very nice people down here so I did not pay for the forniture, everything was for free!! yes, and very nice stuff by the way. you would surprise to see the things the people throw away to the trash if nobody want them.
so if you have no problems using used stuff, you will have almost all for free, or at least extremely cheap on a "second hand" stores.
Note, I love the people of Calgary, very friendly people
Cheers
Eduardo
