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hi I'm looking for any usefull info . I have completed an online assesment and today recieved an email informing me I have been successfull , and can apply to move to Canada .
Great you may think , but this is all new , the place I tried want £3500 is this the norm , how do I apply for work and how would I get a sponsor

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Read the wiki at the top of the page.

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Welcome to BE. The "read me" sticky threads for newbies have links to wiki articles that have all the basics covered more or less:thumbup:

Then there is the official government site. www.cic.gc.ca

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thanks ,

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thanks , been told it can take as little as 9 months to go through , I want to be clear with every thing

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It wont be any faster with a consultant. Timeframe depends on what class you are applying under.

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Exactly which visa route have you been told you're eligible for? It may be as little as 9 months, but it could less, or as much as 4 years, depending on the visa.

Not sure who you did your online assessment with, but if you're considering paying that amount of money to them, do a quick search of the forum to see if they've been discussed negatively or positively on here in the past.

And of course no need to use any consultant unless you want the help or have complicated circumstances, you can do it yourself if you wish.

Good luck with it.

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something else I was unaware , just reading the consultants topic , is possible to gain entry without one as with an offer of employment if so is it harder

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Of course you can gain entry without one, it's completely up to you. Some people have complicated circumstances and prefer an expert's help, and others just aren't comfortable doing all the paperwork themselves, but most on the forum do it themselves - you can download the application forms from the CIC website for your visa route and see how you feel about doing them yourself.

You mention a job offer, but a consultant isn't allowed by law to charge you for helping you with that anyway. Plus presumably if you've been told you are eligible for a visa today, and 'can apply to move to Canada', then you don't need a job offer for a visa anyway?

Again, which visa route was it you have been told you're eligible for? There are over 50, so to give you good advice we really need to know which you are thinking of.

:)

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Most people with consultants have to do most of the actual donkey work of gathering the documents etc together anyway.

Where a consultant can help is in having experience of the process and in double checking that things are filled correctly and that everything that is needed is submitted at the right time, which might save some time in resubmitting stuff. My opinion is that if you are fairly comfortable with filling out forms its not exactly rocket science, and its a big chunk of cash you might be glad of when reestablishing yoursdelf again in Canada.

About 2/3rds of applicants do it themselves, and there is a lot of help available for the confusing bits from forums like these (with the caveat that "free advice is worth every penny")

In most cases landing the job is the hardest part.

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the consultants are CCIRC , and they have told me I qualify for 'fast track immigration' ?:confused:

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No such thing as 'fast track immigration', so not sure what they mean by that? What's the actual visa?

Not heard of CCIRC, although a quick forum search may reveal somebody who has used them previously and given feedback.

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Colin Singer, of immigration<dot>ca

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CCIRC is not an agent, it's the Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Resource Center, which is a listing of authorized agents and immigration lawyers published by (I think) CIC.

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thats him