Hi

I was hoping for a bit of advice as I've not been able to find anywhere on the internet that can answer my question.

Myself and my soon to be wife would love to move to Canada, I've looked at the info on moving there permanently, but the thing that seems really difficult is getting a job when your thousands of miles away. So as we are both under 30, I thought the Bunac route might be a possibility.

However, as we have a daughter who will be 2 in 2011, my question is, is a Bunac suitable for a couple with a child? The info I have seen online seems that it is more suited to single people or young couples without children, so I wondered if anyone had any thoughts on this.

It would be far easier for us to go over for a year and see if moving to Canada is what we 100% want to do and also find an employer in order to aid our permanent application.

Thanks in advance.

no i dont believe bunac is suitable as you are not allowed any dependants

What he said ^^^^^^.

Unfortunately, you're ineligible for Bunac so will need to think of another plan. If you can't get a job offer (check the Job Hunting section of the Wiki - on blue bar at top of page - for hints and tips), then there are other options. How about one of you going on a study permit? The other then gets an open work permit.

Or how about Nova Scotia? They have a PNP program that doesn't require a job offer.

And welcome to the forum.

Really? That sounds promising, I'll need to have a look into that one.

Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream, have a search of the forum or a Google.

I had heard of that, I was under the impression that was for people who had already established certain ties to the province though.

I've had a look on the wiki but I'm not exactly sure of what a Regional Development Agency (RDA) is or how it all works. I'll have a look around though, thanks.

Depends on the RDA, some only require one visit (during which you'd do stuff to show commitment i.e. view houses, schools, job interviews, meet the RDA, other community stuff i.e. volunteering/church visits etc), others require your ties to be more long standing. As a rough guide, the more rural the community, the easier it is to get nominated - a more populated one i.e. Halifax is much more difficult and require you to show more ties/commitment.

Best to start a new thread about it to get info rather than hijacking this one.

No worries, I'll have a look into a bit more then I think. It does sound a little more complicated but also more open than a lot of the other routes. I think it could be more complicated for us though as neither of us drive at the moment so if we moved to NS then we would probably need go to somewhere like Halifax as opposed a more rural area.

Thanks.

Do a couple have to be married for one to recieve an open work permit if the other is on a study permit or can it be BF & GF? And anyone know how hard or expensive it is to get a place at a canadian college, especially if your a foreigner??

Cheers
Tom

Yes, you can do it as common law dependancy. There is another thread about this at the moment entitled 'study option', it may be worth looking in there as the subject has been discussed in some detail.

Well i think 2years old is a bit early to start work.

Not in some parts of China.

BF & GF is fine, although you have to have lived together for at least one year or more to qualify as common-law spouses. And it's not hard at all to get a place or study permit, but can be expensive, depending on the institution.

As digitalghost said, have a look at the study permit thread currently going in the immigration forum.

And if you have any other questions, it would be best to start your own thread rather than hijacking this one.

I'll have a look there, thanks. Consider me told sorry lol

It's not so much told, more the fact that if you want your specific question answered, no-one is going to know what it is by someone elses thread title, so you may get no answers at all!