NSF1982

Ok thanks Oompa - perhaps we will start the process quite soon then. I am of the impression there is no major financial commitment until later down the line in the process.

christmasoompa

You'd have the cost of the IELTS, and ECA (I don't know how much the IELTS exam would be in the UAE, but it's about £200 in the UK, then approx $200 for the ECA).

It's free to apply to enter the EE pool, so those are the only things you'd have to pay out for to start with unless you're selected and invited to apply for PR, at which point you'd then have the visa fees plus other costs (medical, police cert etc) to pay for.

HTH.

Novocastrian

Ah, a different QS then. This one emigrated in 1983 and is about 60 now.

After landing he worked for a few years for Trident and then teamed up with an architect also working for the same company.

Both being smart, they figured out that they could do just as well as their employers and raised some venture capital on their own business plan.

They're both multimillionaires now but Ian (the husband of a second cousin of mine) remains a remarkably pleasant and grounded human being.

He even bought his eldest son a Craft Brewery.

Partially discharged

Which one?

I now remember the name of the Scottish QS I dealt with in Milton. First name is Peter and he is now a home builder.

Novocastrian

Lake of Bays Brewing Company | Baysville, ON

Tirytory

My husband quite likes the craft beers around here... Facebook gets subjected to many the picture of a beer on a dock with a lake in the background..

Partially discharged

Mad Tom IPA from Muskoka Brewery is one of my all time favourites. Bring on the hops.

Tirytory

Ah we live 10mins from that brewery.... They have a nice beer festival in the summer with all the craft breweries there from all over and nice foodie stalls too.. I'm not fussed on beer but they had cider makers too and good music too well if you like that sort of folky country thing going on...

rivingtonpike

I Know I've said this before but I'll say it again - I do think the CIC system is misleading for a lot of people. The eligibility to apply through the EE route is taken as meaning they will automatically get PR. So many seem to complete the 5 or 6 question initial enquiry table then assume that means they'll be in Canada as PR's in 6 months time. Thankfully I don't have to go through all that myself. but I do wonder if it could be made clearer for those that do.

Engineer_abroad

Not construction consultancy per se but I am just about to make the move to Van and I work in Engineering Consultancy. Generally the market seems ok right now, although what I do is quite specialised and has a very high public profile right now which is driving work. On the whole construction works seems to be doing ok right now and in cities like Vancouver and Toronto I cant see it ever really going away, not with the current housing shortages. Alberta is suffering a little at the moment after the drop in oil prices. You may find the documents below helpful from which gives a little bit of an outlook on the current trends in the industry. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rc...08194040,d.d2s

thewelshys

My family and I are in Glasgow and are in the process of immigrating to Toronto. At the start of November I accepted an offer with a construction firm in Toronto and I am currently working with the company to get the LMIA process complete. They are vastly experienced at going through this process and reckon it will take about 3 months to get all permits, visas etc.

I am a building Estimator with a honours degree in Quantity Surveying so I assume you would probably be in a role similar to myself and I think your salary expectation should probably be about $90k as an estimate for you.

We have chosen to live in Milton in the Halton region of the GTA if all things go to plan.

If u have any more questions please ask as I will be going through this process between now and when we move which should be beginning of July.

NSF1982

Thanks Welshy! Thank you for your post and best wishes with it. For the time being I have put our plans on the back burner for a few reasons. Principle of which is some medication that I am taking which is super expensive and may make me medically inadmissible. I spent 20-30 hrs on here at the back end of last year just reading posts and gathering information - have you done something similar? I had to satisfy myself that life would be better in Canada for us than it would have been in Dubai (current location) or the UK. The jury is still out on that to be honest.

thewelshys

Thanks. All the best with whatever you and your family decide to do.