Canada Dreams

just need a quick and simple answer, is this the form i need to get the ball rolling

Novocastrian

Yes, possibly. Or, perhaps no. Where do you want the ball to roll to?

Canada Dreams

hi

we cant seem to quite get the points needed for the skilled program, and someone said that we could get a working permit to get into canada then apply for PR, is this not correct then

G77

Depends if you have a job lined up to put on the work permit application .....

Canada Dreams

no just found that out, :curse:

i thought that was needed to get a working permit

G77

If you could get a work permit without a job then everyone would be doing it..... would defeat the object really....

Canada Dreams

so pease let us know what to do first

G77

Find a job and then apply for a work permit or PNP..... otherwise join the queue of 5+ years....

Canada Dreams

right so you need job ofer to even get started, do employers actually offer jobs to people here in the uk even months before they arrive, and is it required to go over to have job interviews then.

G77

Depends on the profession, plenty of people on here have been offered jobs purely on the strength of a phone interview....

or4ngecrush

Hi welcome to BE,


You can apply for PR without a job but the queue is about 5+ years,

or you can get a job (yes you can get one in the UK but does depend on what you do also) and apply for work permit and go over to Canada apply for PR whilst being in Canada on a WP,

or you can get a job and apply for PNP then move over on a work permit and apply for PR whilst being in Canada on a WP.

Your questions are very vague and you should go here http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Category:Canada and read up on the processes in more detail.

Does this help?

p.s. and the NSNP 100 form (amongst other forms) is the form you need to apply for Nova Scotia Nomination which you need a job offer for.

Judy in Calgary

Further to what or4ngecrush said, I suggest you read the following Wiki articles:
The form you asked about is part of the process for Nova Scotia's Provincial Nominee Program.

There are two different kinds of work permits. Well, I guess there are even more than two kinds of work permits. But as far as you are concerned, I think there are only two kinds of work permits that matter:

1. Stand-alone work permit. For this kind of work permit, the employer first has to advertise the job across Canada for 3 months. Only when the employer has failed to attract a qualified Canadian to the job will Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) issue a Labour Market Opinion (LMO). And it is only the issuing of an LMO to the employer that permits the prospective employee to apply for a temporary work permit (TWP).
   
   If the employer offers the employee a permanent job once the employee already is living and working in Canada, the employee can use that job offer to add 10 points to his/her permanent resident (PR) visa application via the skilled worker route. In a case like that, the PR application often is fast tracked.
   
   
2. Work permit that's part of the PNP process. The prospective employer and employee apply jointly to the provincial government for approval. When the provincial government has approved the application, the prospective employee can go ahead and forward his/her PR application to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC). Also at this point the provincial government issues an endorsement letter that the employee can use, instead of an LMO, to apply for a TWP while he/she waits for his/her PR application to be processed.

You need to understand the two similar, yet different processes:

1. Stand-alone TWP, followed by arranged employment and fast tracked PR application
   
   
2. Provincial Nominee Program, which usually also involves a TWP phase but which culminates in the granting of PR

Please note that the PNP rules differ from province to province. The scenario I've given you is fairly common, but you must study the rules for the PNP of your specific destination province.
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or4ngecrush

You always say it better than I do lol

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