what would be best visa for us ????

[dakota]

Hi really really want to move to Alberta we are Uk citizens with 5 children husband is 47 im 42 we have lived in USA for the last 6 years im a qualified chef I own a small bar- eatery in America husband is a transport manager - truck driver he has both uk and usa cdl and is also a truck driver instructor he owns a small trucking company here life was good in USA but now its impossible to make ends meet he has been offered a job in alberta but owner doesnt have a clue about sponsoring etc or even if he can do that im gonna spend a few day trawling thru this site hopefully to find out where i can start

alicia and john

 

[moochops]

The company needs to apply for an LMO (authoruty to hire a foreign worker).

Look on the HRSDC website and there are instructions for companies on how to hire foreign workers.

 

[missmymexi]

I do LMO applications for employee's of my company regulary. It is costly to the employer but this is how it goes and its highly recommended a company uses a lawyer for the process, the total cost is around $3000 cnd.

The employer needs to send the labour market opinion form to CIC, a letter stating why a canadian is unable to fill position and information about the company on company letterhead, they will need to post the position in a local paper or employment source and provide the resumes received to confirm there is no Canadian that can fufill the position.

Generally a request for a work permit is submitted at the sametime as the LMO, however depending this can back fire as it did recently with us, the decision on the LMO took longer than the time limit for the work permit so even the LMO was approved the work permit was denied. We had to re-apply for the work permit, no big deal, just took some extra time.

Its also a good idea to take a look at the NOC number for the kind of employment he is seeking, Once you obtain the number you can see if this is a preffered skill for immigration, if so it will certainly speed up of the process as there are cetain sectors that we as Canadians do not have the qualified citizens for and require to emigrate people for them. I have put the link below for you:

hrsdc.gc.ca/eng/workplaceskills/noc/index.shtml

I hope all this helps

 

[OhCanadiana]

Hi really really want to move to Alberta we are Uk citizens with 5 children husband is 47 im 42 we have lived in USA for the last 6 years im a qualified chef I own a small bar- eatery in America husband is a transport manager - truck driver he has both uk and usa cdl and is also a truck driver instructor he owns a small trucking company here life was good in USA but now its impossible to make ends meet he has been offered a job in alberta but owner doesnt have a clue about sponsoring etc or even if he can do that im gonna spend a few day trawling thru this site hopefully to find out where i can start

alicia and john

You may also be able to start the process yourself as a chef, Alicia, as a skilled worker. Take a look at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/index.asp for details on both paths.