A hypothetical question - possible job offer
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A hypothetical question - possible job offer
So, my partner is in the Police and we applied for PR through the FSWP on the basis of my job.
However, strangely (in that I'm not sure what he's been doing and who he has been emailing behind the scenes from work) he has an interview offer for a very similar job with the Ontario Provincial Police. He's dismissed it, but is he right to?
I assume you can't get an LMO for a public sector job, so should he have been offered an interview in the first place? Should he fly out in a fortnight for it or is he right to turn it down and wait the next couple of years for our process to work its course?
I feel like he should explain to them the situation, it would be daft to miss an opportunity, but likewise it will be two flights to Canada in a fortnight (we go over for our wedding holiday in Alberta the following week) which is expensive if it's in vain!
However, strangely (in that I'm not sure what he's been doing and who he has been emailing behind the scenes from work) he has an interview offer for a very similar job with the Ontario Provincial Police. He's dismissed it, but is he right to?
I assume you can't get an LMO for a public sector job, so should he have been offered an interview in the first place? Should he fly out in a fortnight for it or is he right to turn it down and wait the next couple of years for our process to work its course?
I feel like he should explain to them the situation, it would be daft to miss an opportunity, but likewise it will be two flights to Canada in a fortnight (we go over for our wedding holiday in Alberta the following week) which is expensive if it's in vain!
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Re: A hypothetical question - possible job offer
Might be worth a punt on the basis that police in Ontario are paid pretty well.
Also I'd assume that the OPP would pay for the flight so I'd look into that.
Also I'd assume that the OPP would pay for the flight so I'd look into that.
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So you have an application in for a FSW visa and he gets the chance to join the OPP. Why, in the name of all that's holy, would he dismiss the interview out of hand? The police here are very well paid and finding a police job from overseas is anything but easy, so if he thinks he's going to arrive here and waltz into a police force he's much disillusioned.
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So you have an application in for a FSW visa and he gets the chance to join the OPP. Why, in the name of all that's holy, would he dismiss the interview out of hand? The police here are very well paid and finding a police job from overseas is anything but easy, so if he thinks he's going to arrive here and waltz into a police force he's much disillusioned.
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Personally, I'd just check that they're aware what hiring him will entail - it may well be that they don't have any knowledge of the LMIA app, or the $1000 fee they'll need to pay.
A LMIA app wouldn't necessarily fail, the hurdle is usually finding a force willing to go through the paperwork/hassle/cost of the LMIA app in the first place.
But if they're well aware of what they'd have to do and pay, then I think it's worth a shot.
for him.
A LMIA app wouldn't necessarily fail, the hurdle is usually finding a force willing to go through the paperwork/hassle/cost of the LMIA app in the first place.
But if they're well aware of what they'd have to do and pay, then I think it's worth a shot.
for him.
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Re: A hypothetical question - possible job offer
Personally, I'd just check that they're aware what hiring him will entail - it may well be that they don't have any knowledge of the LMIA app, or the $1000 fee they'll need to pay.
A LMIA app wouldn't necessarily fail, the hurdle is usually finding a force willing to go through the paperwork/hassle/cost of the LMIA app in the first place.
But if they're well aware of what they'd have to do and pay, then I think it's worth a shot.
for him.
A LMIA app wouldn't necessarily fail, the hurdle is usually finding a force willing to go through the paperwork/hassle/cost of the LMIA app in the first place.
But if they're well aware of what they'd have to do and pay, then I think it's worth a shot.
for him.
From the OPP website
Prerequisites
Basic Conditions of Appointment
Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
Minimum 18 years of age.
Ontario Grade 12 or equivalency.
Ontario Provincial Police | Careers
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Re: A hypothetical question - possible job offer
Thanks everyone, no offence taken
I think the risk is he hasn't been offered a job, it's probably not been considered as christmasoopma has said. It's not actually a police officer job it's a staff job- he's an intelligence researcher and I think this is like a call taker thing, so I don't think he could get an LMO anyway based on the fact that most people could walk into the job and do it.
For now he's asked them to keep him on file.
I think the risk is he hasn't been offered a job, it's probably not been considered as christmasoopma has said. It's not actually a police officer job it's a staff job- he's an intelligence researcher and I think this is like a call taker thing, so I don't think he could get an LMO anyway based on the fact that most people could walk into the job and do it.
For now he's asked them to keep him on file.
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But as the OP has now clarified, it doesn't sound as though they're aware of the LMIA process at all, so perhaps not a goer unfortunately.
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Re: A hypothetical question - possible job offer
Thanks everyone - confirmed my suspicions!
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Re: A hypothetical question - possible job offer
Good advice but IMHO getting a positive LMIA for a job with the OPP who have thousands of applicant's per year and applicants from other police forces within Canada is very wishful thinking. So if no LMIA how to get PR status which is required for the OPP as per their hiring practices.
From the OPP website
Prerequisites
Basic Conditions of Appointment
Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
Minimum 18 years of age.
Ontario Grade 12 or equivalency.
Ontario Provincial Police | Careers
From the OPP website
Prerequisites
Basic Conditions of Appointment
Canadian citizen or permanent resident.
Minimum 18 years of age.
Ontario Grade 12 or equivalency.
Ontario Provincial Police | Careers