Alex88

Hello Users,

I came across this site today and with great interest joined.

I am 19 y/o from UK, Somerset. This time last year i met a Canadian Girl from Nova Scotia and well the rest is history.

We have been bouncing back and fourth from the UK to NS the whole year. Im in the UK at present after returning from a 5 month stay there.

Now i have serached high and low for help and answers and i just keep getting lost.

So let me tell you my aim. Before the year is out i hope to be able to go back to Canada and work, get a little apartment in halifax and start working towarsds making canada my permanent home.

Now i have looked into many things like Sponsorship and Work visas but i am finding this all very hard to grasp normally im quite easy minded and pick up things fast but not this! I have seen articles on Temoary Work Visas etc i was under the impression i had to be offered a job by someone in Canada before i can get a permit. And getting a job is so hard, iv tried Canadian Goverment sites job bank sites, monster etc.

Any advice would be most welcome.

geo4

BUNAC

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Assuming you're not currently studying at university... you'd be eligible to apply for a BUNAC non-student working holiday visa... this means you could work in Canada for up to a year, but don't have to secure a job in order to get your VISA.

You'd still have to worry about what to do after that year, but it could be a short(ish) term solution for your situation.

However, applications for this year have closed... they should open again in December and you could travel out after mid-February 2009...

Good luck!

Lorna_D

Hello and welcome to BE, the process of coming to Canada can be a minefield so please take time to read the WIKI thread found on the blue line at the top, it has much information but will take a while to diseminate and take in so please sit comfortably.

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Category:Canada


Had you thought about the NS community program, I don't really know how it works but there are some users who have used that channel to get to NS so they may be of help.

Good luck

MarkG

As mentioned, the best option is probably BUNAC and to use that year to find a permanent job offer that would qualify you under the Nova Scotia PNP program, or at least for a longer-term work permit after which you might qualify for sponsorship.

Just be sure to apply early as the visas go fast.

Silverbug

I believe the non student Bunac visas have run out for this year, I think nearer the end of the year they may get some more but not 100% sure. 2009 non student Bunac visa applications opens in Dec 08 I think.

daft batty

Is there a change with BUNAC now and you cant have a fiance?? or it that just a British one??

ireland2canada

Yea, Bunac made some interesting changes this year! This is from the website......

If you have a Canadian partner*, you may not eligible to apply to the Work or Gap Canada programme. If you have a UK partner* who is not taking part in the Work or Gap Canada programme, this may also affect your application. If either of these apply to you, please contact BUNAC before you apply to the programme.

* Partner means engaged, married, or have lived together for more than twelve months.

Looks like the OP would be ok as far as Bunac goes.

daft batty

The "rest is history" sounds pretty much like engaged, but then if they were could she sponsor him or do they have to married? So they may as well get married then if they plan on living in happyeverafterland

ireland2canada

Whoa! He's only 19 years old, put down the wedding outfit & back away!

That's the 'committment-phobe' inside me running far far away from the ball & chain scenario

Anyway, Bunac would be ideal in this situation. The girlfriend could sponsor him if they meet the rules set out here...http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigra...asp#common_law

you have been living together in a conjugal relationship for at least one year in a continuous 12-month period that was not interrupted.

daft batty

Why the heck not?? Sometimes you just know.

Lorna_D

I got married at 19 and am still married only it took us 32 years to get to Canada

Steve_P

I married Mrs_P days before my 22nd birthday and she was a couple of weeks from her 20th birthday.

This year we celebrate our 39th anniversary.

Lorna_D

Does that make us stayers or martyrs

Are you doing something spectacular to celebrate your 40th?

Winston Green

Lovies calm down. The Lad is 19 and wanted some advice on visas not marriage. He can work that side out himself.

ontheboatout is a fair expert on the NS community stream. Use the search feature and find posts by him. Either that or post that you want to live in the Halifax area and he will come on instilling the virtues of the north. (just kidding).

Good luck .