Originally Posted by iaink

Life is too short ;) I think dbd and mdx actually agree on this one. Well done for promoting unity again here. And I had a good laugh at some of the responses :)

Originally Posted by PMCanada

We moved to Canada shortly after Shelly and her family and we are still here twelve months later. My husband works for the same company as Shelly's did and we too were given misleading information at our interview, you have to stick a it for longer than twelve weeks. Initially we thought we had made a huge mistake and were not sure how things would turn out. There are good and bad points with every company you work for. We came to Canada for a better way of life and we feel that you could not pick a nicer place than Moose Jaw. We love it here and could not imagine going back to England. All the families here were very sorry when Shelly and her family returned to the UK. We know of people going back to the UK only to come out here again, it is what you make of it.

Originally Posted by Gezza

I should get paid for this!

Originally Posted by oceanMDX

You should get paid for leaving Canada and agreeing to stay away. Threatening to come back is a form of extortion - whether your wife is behind the move or not. ;)

Originally Posted by johnny nofrfolk

Shelly

I am so glad you posted this. I have lived and worked in many Euro countries but never sold my GB house. My advise to anyone is if you are moving abroad dont sell your house until you are sure you are happy with your new country. Britain to me is by far the best country in the world to live.
Its more free than other countries i have lived in Germany and France and the governments control far to much. I find their outlooks very narrow and protectionist. just look how Europe has restricted world trade.

Shelly

You will now feel a whole lot happier about Britain now you have seen the reality about other countries. Good Luck.

Originally Posted by Gezza

Too right. When you go "south or west " they have the nerve to tell you to your face: "Ohhh we do not like the English.. or "They are all mad and awful etc...or boring" like it happened to me in Canada. Especially from eastern provs. I do not think I would ever dream to say: I really do not like your country. My maxim is: Vote with your feet. What I find Canadians and Eurpeans all have in common is articulating immediately whatever pops into their heads all the time. And they call it Freedom. :)

Originally Posted by dbd33

What has popped into my head is the thought that I can make neither head nor tail of that. Was it babelfished ?

Originally Posted by johnny nofrfolk

Shelly

Britain to me is by far the best country in the world to live.
Its more free than other countries i have lived in Germany and France and the governments control far to much. I find their outlooks very narrow and protectionist. just look how Europe has restricted world trade.

Shelly

You will now feel a whole lot happier about Britain now you have seen the reality about other countries. Good Luck.

Originally Posted by dbd33

What has popped into my head is the thought that I can make neither head nor tail of that. Was it babelfished ?

Originally Posted by Gezza

Well done. you have just become canadian!

Originally Posted by neill (Post 3155466)

Yeah, i remember when i was reading up about Canada before coming over to pre-arranged job....one of the things stressed over and over in job guides is negotiation. I think this can seem a little daunting and unnecessary if you think the Canada/US job situation is like the UK, but the reality is that it's a completely different ball game.... here they expect you to fight for what you want and if you don't, you won't get. It's next to impossible to negotiate something similar to what you had in the UK, (e.g. 4-5 weeks paid vacation). It's made worse by the simple fact that (apart from Alberta) the unemployment rate is higher in Canada, making it an 'employers market' and basically you are pretty much at their mercy. Getting a pre-arranged job is certainly a much easier prospect for bargaining in this sense, as if you don't like what's on offer, you simply bargain with the employer, or say 'no thanks', put the phone down, stick with your UK job and try again.

Originally Posted by Morwenna (Post 4679400)

Hi Janina,

Sorry I'm not Neill, but welcome to BE anyway!

A couple of things ..... first, you might get more response if you start a new thread with questions you may have as this thread is about 7 months old!

Second: The place to go to get started is the Citizenship and Immigration Canada site, http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.html which has full info and instructions on procedures. You can also check out the "wiki" section of this web-site. http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Category:Canada

Third: assuming you mean your son would apply as skilled worker, you would not be able to be included on that application (only spouses and dependent children may), but would have to be sponsored after he recieved his residency.