we are thinking of moving to canada what is the quickest route have family brother married a canadian and have 74 points any advice would be gratefully received thanks

Hello, Terry, and welcome to the BE forum.

Your brother cannot sponsor you, but having family in Canada will earn you 5 points for adaptability.

But, realistically, if you want to gain entry to Canada in a reasonable time frame, you need to find a job that no qualified Canadian resident wants. That means finding out in which parts of Canada there are shortages of people in your occupation.

The quickest way to get some sense of where the labour shortages are and what occupations are in demand is to read the Regional Lists of Occupations under Pressure.

This would tell you in which province it would be most feasible for you to get a temporary work permit (TWP). Once you had a TWP, you could get a permanent job offer and upgrade to a permanent residence (PR) visa.

Another way of speeding things up is to apply to one of the Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs). But, like the TWP process, this path also relies on an employer to sponsor your PR application.

If you have the means to live independently for a while, the Nova Scotia Community Identified Stream may be of interest.

The government department that handles immigration is Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

The Wiki section of this website, to which there is a link in my signature (below), has over 300 articles on Canada, several of them covering the immigration process. Unfortunately, right at this moment, I'm unable to access the Wiki. I believe this relates to problems the site has been experiencing in the last few days, since it's been moved to a new server. The people who run the site have stated that they're doing their best to iron out the problems.

Hope that helps.
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Terry, I subsequently saw in another thread that you were a learning disability nurse. Provided one of Canada's territorial or provincial nursing regulatory bodies accepts your UK nursing qualifications, it will be much easier for you to get into Canada than it is for most people. As I explained in that other thread, the norm would be for you to start working on a provisional basis and to be given 12 months in which to write the Canadian Registered Nurses Exam.
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Hi and welcome to BE.......good luck with everything.


Mrs T

hi judy
i note that in ontario they are looking for nurses could i get a job and apply for a twp. my children and husband could they come with me on this twp? i am not sure if this could be the case thanks terry

If the College of Nurses of Ontario accepts your UK nursing qualifications, you can apply for a job and a temporary work permit.

I said if because you said somewhere that you were a learning disability nurse, and I don't know if your education included training as a general nurse. In many cases, the regulatory bodies that oversee nursing in Canadian provinces insist that nurses have general nursing qualifications in addition to their specialized training.

A nurse has to jump through one hoop that many other TWP applicants do not have to jump through. He/she has to undergo a medical exam. This applies to all applicants who will be working with vulnerable population groups (sick people, children, etc.). I've read on this forum that the medical exam adds a couple of months to the overall process.

You would work as a nurse on a provisional basis, and would have 12 months within which to pass the Canadian Registered Nurse Exam.

Because of your skill level, your husband would be entitled to a spousal open work permit. This would give him authorization to accept any job with any employer.

Your children would be allowed to accompany you as your dependents. I once made enquiries about the children of work permit holders in Ontario. My finding was that they definitely were entitled to free schooling at public (state) schools.

One receives mixed information about study permits for children of work permit holders. Some government authorities say kids need them and some say they don't.

It might simplify things just that little bit if you applied for study permits for your kids at the same time that you applied for a temporary work permit for yourself -- even if that step perhaps may turn out to have been redundant.
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Terry, in light of a question you've asked in another thread, I'll add that, once you have a TWP, you can stay on in Canada permanently.

The best way to do this is to secure a permanent job offer from your employer once you're already working on a TWP. Then you can submit a permanent residence (PR) visa application via the skilled worker route, and it almost certainly will be expedited because it's backed up by pre-arranged employment.

The Wiki article called Fast Track PR Application explains it.

To complicate matters still further, you also would have the option of applying via Ontario's Provincial Nominee Program. This is a program that offers a relatively quick route to permanent residence (PR).

In some ways PNP is similar to getting a TWP and then applying for a fast tracked PR visa. In the case of PNP, an employer sponsors you and you apply to the provincial government for approval. Once the provincial government has nominated you (approved your application), you can apply to the federal government for PR.

I'm not sure about Ontario, but many of the PNPs allow you to get a temporary work permit once the provincial government has approved your application and while you're waiting for your PR to come through. Because of your skill level, your husband would be entitled to a spousal open work permit (SOWP).

To understand more about the differences and similarities between PNP on the one hand and TWP plus fast tracked PR application on the other hand, read the Wiki articles called Work Permit versus PNP and TWP : Standalone vs PNP.
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thanks judy that has clarified it for me terry

Hello Terry,

Just wanted to wish you all the best with your job hunting