Hi Guys,

I'm planning to move to Calgary to start a fresh life. I have no PR but I believe I can move there & secure a job & settle down with work permit. Currently working in Dubai as an accounts manager just handed over my notice. My partner has broken up with me after living with me for an year because of his parent'd dis approval.

I came here to Dubai for him leaving everything behind but now I dont think I can go back to UK& cope there on my own with broken heart. Even though I have no one in Calgary I believe a new place, people will heal me.

I'll be looking for a similar position. Will be moving in by 2nd week of July. Any advice will be much appreciated.

Many thanks

Merien

I strongly suggest more research.

You cannot repeat cannot just move here look for a job and get a work permit. It doesn't work that way.

Perhaps if you read the wiki you might get some understanding of the process.
http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Category:Canada

Cheers
Steve

FFS, Merien, get a grip. The fine citizens of Calgary won't give a flying frick about you. Heck, homeless people sleep under bridges in -20 deg C weather.

This may sound very callous when you're broken hearted and would welcome some sympathy. Well, I sympathize with you a lot, and that's why I'm giving you a reality check.

The way you're heading now, you look to me as if you're about to jump from the frying pan into the fire.
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Judy!

In outrage.

Judy, whats wrong with someone moving and looking for a job here in calgary?...i hope my tax dollars isnt going to pay for your senior home!

You can't legitimately do it.

You could possibly come on a vacation and look for work. But then you would have to go home while the TWP process took place if you were successful.

You can't just decide to move to Canada and arrive in 4 weeks.

If you could what would be the point of the immigration system currently in place?

Usually a British citizen is allowed into Canada as a tourist for six months. When the temporary work permit (TWP) approval comes through, they can drive down to the Alberta-Montana border and do a trip around the flagpole to get their TWP. (That's the most convenient place if they're based in Calgary.)

Even in an optimistic scenario, it takes a couple of weeks to get a job offer, and sometimes it takes months. Once the original poster has found a prospective employer, the Labour Market Opinion (LMO) that is required before a person can get a temporary work permit (TWP) is taking something like 30 weeks in Alberta these days. Then, even after the original poster has a job offer and the prospective employer has obtained an LMO, it might be 8 weeks or so before the TWP approval comes through.

So now we're up to about 40 weeks (10 months, give or take). The original poster's visitor status has long since expired, although she would have been able to apply for an application to extend her visit for another six months.

But hang on. She doesn't have a home to which to return, so the immigration officer at her port of entry might have considered her to be a "flight risk," and might not have let her into Canada in the first place. But, even if she gets past that hurdle upon entering the country, she probably will be perceived as a "flight risk" when she applies for an extension of her visitor status, and probably will be refused.

Now, even supposing she's allowed into Canada as a visitor in the first place, she's not eligible for enrollment in the Alberta Health Care Insurance Plan.

And what funds will she be living on during these estimated 10 months?

Oh, and oops, the original poster's occupation is not listed as an Occupation Under Pressure in Alberta, as far as I can tell. Let's not even go there.

Everything about this situation looks to me like a disaster waiting to happen.

Maybe the original poster is coming to Canada on a 12-month working holiday visa through BUNAC, in which case everything is cool.

But there is nothing in her original post to suggest that she has her act together to that extent. If she does, I take back everything I said. Still, I would ask posters to provide contextual information when they post, to help us understand which end is up.

I don't know what that's supposed to mean. I've paid taxes in Canada for 27 years, and expect to continue paying them for several more years.
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Hello and welcome to the site, Merien.

I have sent you a PM

Hi Judy,

Thank you for letting me know the process. Its good to talk to people & have feed backs before making move.

Much appreciated.

Merien

Unless they fall under the E-LMO scheme and their prospective employer is registered to apply for an E-LMO, then its about 1 week to get he LMO

My job offer in Calgary is E-LMO and the company is pre-approved, and because of the recent backlog in Alberta, it took nearly 7 weeks for mine ( March 17th to April 29th)

sounds like a fourteen year old on a wind up

Judy i like your response, too many group hugs on this site now

Still a damn site quicker than a normal LMO

What a bizarre comment!