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Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11873029)

Yeah I get that but we have looked into the ways we can use and picked out which ways we would like to use.

Which ways/routes/visas are you looking at?

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872951)

Thank you, this was actually really helpful. It is what we thought,it was confusing to start with but figured it out. Have you actually made the move from UK to Canada?

I was lucky enough to work for an employer in the UK with offices in Canada and what I do is quite specialized so I was able to move across on an Intra-Company Transfer which gives me a 3 year work permit. Next step is applying for PR when I have a years work experience in Canada which will boost me to over 500 points for EE.

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by Shirtback (Post 11873034)

I moved to Canada by applying for & obtaining a Quebec selection certificate as a Skilled worker which enabled me to then get a FSW PR visa. Many many years ago. So not terribly relevant to *your* possible routes to Canadian PR.

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We're asking questions about your husband's NOC, & about some of the things you posted, to try & help you.

Sorry I hadn't read your post when I replied. I had answered about my husbands NOC then was told 2 or 3 times I was wrong. Now I can hold my hands up when I'm wrong but reading the job descriptions on all the NOCs I was right. We had looked over all these things many times. So to be told your wrong is a bit annoying. Maybe my 1st reply I got telling me we would not be able to move and work p****d me off a tad. I could have read it wrong but to read you can move to Canada for a year but not work is a bit crazy. Felt a bit more like being told what you can't do rather than what we could do to enter Canada. I know we will not get PR straight away and I don't think I actually ever said that. Didn't really mention much about visa as we want to know more about construction in Canada. He is away all the time in UK hoping a move will keep us altogether, and he will be home more. That's why my question is more based on asking about work, not visa. Now I know I am looking in the wrong place.

Thanks

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by Engineer_abroad (Post 11873052)

Thank you, unfortunately his company is only UK based. But there are a few companies who work both UK and Canada and we found quite a few piling companies in Canada.
Hope it all works out well for you.

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872898)

I'm sorry but you seem to be very confused, you have spent the most of this day trying to tell me I'm wrong. You can just stop posting and leave saying we will never make it. That is fine if you read my post again I asked for advice from people in construction does this apply to you? And also how do you know why my husband does and what his job description is to be positive he is skill level C. If you so positive on this can you tell me his job description please. He is one of only a hand full of people on the uk/ world that does the job he does. You 1st told us we could not work in Ontario then changed your mind and also changed your mind of whether we could be PR. Now you know my husband skill level without actually know why he even does. Basically all the people who have left UK for Canada must have been smuggled over border as you state it as impossible. But like I have seen on here many of times there are UK nationals living in Canada. I have told you what I know I don't think I need to hear anymore of your "advice". I don't think you like helping much, just attacking people, I'm sure there are other people you can go and annoy today. Thank you so much for all you "help" but I really could do with talking to people that actually can tell me something helpful. Yes we have contacts but how that is any of your business I have no idea I think you rate yourself a little too highly. Like I said I came here to ask advice from people who want to help. Judging from what you have written you never actually wanted to help. Like I said I take it in your eyes that we will never make it to Canada, that's your opinion and that's ok. But I don't think we need anymore of your "help" as I never actually asked for help with visa just advice from people in construction/piling Thank you Any actual help and advice would be greatly received.

I live for posts like this. Good luck with your move though. I'm afraid I don't know anything about pile driving but I would imagine if your husband's brand of it is super specialist, maybe there's a similar demand for his talents here as there is in the UK.

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by Shirtback (Post 11873037)

Which ways/routes/visas are you looking at?

His company do not work in Canada but a few UK firms do. He has contacts with these and see if they will help him transfer. If not down the skilled worker route. Then after that working visa where we can reapply. But fingers crossed it doesn't get to that.

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11873063)

At the risk of p**sing you off further, work & visa, & *which* visa are inextricably linked. Especially if your ultimate goal is PR/living in Canada.

That's why we're being annoying in our questions :( Sorry :(

In your post #5 in the thread, you said:

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But we know we can not go over PR. When we have looked at express entry Ontario it has always been a place we could move too, as a family we have been approved for express entry.

The parts I have bolded are contradictory. I'm NOT being a smartarse, nor trying to put you down; I'm trying to understand, in order to help.

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11873076)

Just a note that to be iligeable for ICT he will need to work for the company in the UK for 12 months prior to a transfeer. That being said if they are willing to get an LMIA for him then all sorted.

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by rivingtonpike (Post 11873072)

I live for posts like this. Good luck with your move though. I'm afraid I don't know anything about pile driving

The only thing I know about piles, is how uncomfortable they are.

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by Aviator (Post 11873117)

The only thing I know about piles, is how uncomfortable they are.

Brings a whole new meaning to pile driving with a hammer

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Originally Posted by Engineer_abroad (Post 11873119)

Brings a whole new meaning to pile driving with a hammer

Driving with piles is not an pleasant experience! There's a cream for that.

Re: Help need some Canadian advice.

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Originally Posted by Aviator (Post 11873124)

Driving with piles is not an pleasant experience! There's a cream for that.

And a rubber ring

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Blimey. That's a lot of anger for me to read this early in the morning, which seems to have been aimed at me when all I was trying to do was help. :blink:

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872898)

I'm sorry but you seem to be very confused, you have spent the most of this day trying to tell me I'm wrong.

I've never once said you were wrong.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872898)

That is fine if you read my post again I asked for advice from people in construction does this apply to you?

My husband is a director in construction - and has many contacts in Canada, where he's worked.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872898)

And also how do you know why my husband does and what his job description is to be positive he is skill level C.

I was simply going on the information you gave in your initial post. If he isn't a piling rig operator (which is NOC 7421, Skill Level C), then you should have given his actual NOC code for accurate info.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872898)

You 1st told us we could not work in Ontario then changed your mind and also changed your mind of whether we could be PR.

No, I never said you both couldn't work in Ontario. And I didn't change my mind either, my info was the same in both posts. Please re-read my responses, I said that you (the spouse of a TWP holder) wouldn't be able to work if your husband is Skill Level C (again, going on the info you gave in your first post). And that you couldn't apply for PR in Ontario, not that you couldn't apply for PR anywhere.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872898)

Basically all the people who have left UK for Canada must have been smuggled over border as you state it as impossible.

Please re-read my responses. I never said you couldn't move, just pointed out that if your husband is in a Skill Level C job, only one of you would be able to work. As for all the other immigrants, most of them have got to Canada via other routes i.e. spousal sponsorship or skilled work, so I've no idea why you think nobody else can move.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872898)

I don't think you like helping much, just attacking people, I'm sure there are other people you can go and annoy today.

No, of course you're right. Years of being a mod on this forum and giving my time for free, and I don't 'like helping much'. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872898)

Like I said I take it in your eyes that we will never make it to Canada, that's your opinion and that's ok.

You take it wrong. If you actually read what I've written (instead of what you think I've written and getting all defensive) then you'd see that I've never once said you wouldn't make it to Canada.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872943)

I guess though when you have double, triple, quadruple checked the NOC code and people still tell you that they know the job description better than you, that is not helpful.

You're reading more in my responses again than I had put. I'm really not that complicated and say what I mean! I didn't say I knew more about your husband's job than you, or that I know what his duties are, I was simply responding to the info you'd given in your first post.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872943)

When your basically told every reason and way that you will not be allowed into Canada it can become annoying.

I never said you wouldn't be allowed in to Canada. Seriously, how on earth have you got that from my posts?! :eek:

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11872943)

I know visas are complicated as we do actually know people who work within the visa process.

Great, who do they work for? I've worked in immigration since 2007 so wonder if I know them?

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11873063)

Sorry I hadn't read your post when I replied. I had answered about my husbands NOC then was told 2 or 3 times I was wrong.

You were never told you were wrong (I'm beginning to think you are reading something else!). Believe it or not, we get a lot of people that come on to the forum that think they are eligible for a certain type of visa, and then we find out that they're not. For instance, people that think they can apply for PR via EE, but we discover that they are only scoring 320 on the CRS, so actually although they can apply to enter the pool, they've got no hope of PR. So we try to ask questions to help them, and ensure that they're on the right track.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11873063)

Maybe my 1st reply I got telling me we would not be able to move and work p****d me off a tad.

It might have, but given I never said that, I think you're p****d off for no reason.

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Originally Posted by HP26 (Post 11873063)

I could have read it wrong but to read you can move to Canada for a year but not work is a bit crazy.

You did read it wrong. Where on earth did I saw you could move to Canada for a year but not work?!? :confused:

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Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 11872913)

I agree. You post a simple question and instead of being told what exactly you want to hear, you get people asking you to double check your NOC code and other things that are completely irrelevant to the immigration process.

I'm not in construction, but I reckon that people doing what your husband does will have a great life here, with a nice big house and opportunities for their kids that they couldn't get in the UK.

:lol: You are a sarky thing Alan. :lol:

Right, I'm off for a coffee and a deep breath. Maybe the OP could do the same and hopefully see that all we were trying to do was help?

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Just had a thought hp26. There's a poster on here called Parnell who is setting up a brand new company and hiring heavily. He has a similar approach to the visa hurdle. I know money isn't everything if you don't have your health, but he says he has loads of it. Not sure what line he'll be in when he gets here (if he isn't here already), but it can't hurt to ask. If NOC codes are an issue (from what you've posted I'm sure they're not), having a watertight job offer from a brand new Canadian company would put the hole thing (see what I did there), dans le sac.
Hope this helps