cxx

same here - it took around 4-5 months to get everything organised once we got the approval

cxx

Agree, and no matter how much research you do, your circumstances will be different to everyone else's so you really can't predict how things are going to turn out, same as if you stayed put, or moved within the UK.

Former Lancastrian

Depending which stream you obtain PR under circumstances will differ.
Those on spousal/common law sometimes move on dual intent and then submit an application and wait it out in Canada for their PR to be approved.
Those who have applied with the promise of a job may choose to move asap once COPR forms have been issued.
Some arrive one day do the landing and return the next day and the odd one will push the 3 years before returning to Canada.
Remember the COPR forms have an expiry date of 12 months from the result of the medical exam or sooner if passport expires within the 12 months. some have been given literally weeks to activate PR status before it expires.
Do your own research and see what works for you.

Roberto1980

Just to clarify, you were granted PR, then 18months later you moved over?

Can I ask please, (in a non argumentative manner honest lol) But what do you mean by "all these questions.."?
Out of all the posts I've made, I don't think I've wrote anything like "I'm not sure I want to emigrate now"...
I would say the majority of my posts / questions have been in search for practical information..

Also, were you not the one who stated that "I would be crazy" to consider moving at the moment whilst my wife's nursing registration had not came through yet?

bc2015

I don't think any one post has said that you don't want to emigrate, but the sum of your posts indicates to a casual observer that you appear to be getting cold feet. In particular, a lot of your questions relate to information that people would usually research before going through the (expensive and time consuming) process of getting PR.

Tirytory

Moved over on a temp work permit. Applied for PR after a year here and got it after six months... Hence the minus as others wrote too.

You have posted or responded on posts which seem to me less about the practical side of immigration and more subjective parts of immigration- emotional or otherwise - asking people's rationale for what choices they made which seems to indicate some doubt to me.

Unless you have a good job lined up or know you will have the skills to acquire one and don't require your wife's salary to make ends meet then yes I think waiting if you can would be a logical thing to do. Has she heard anything? But if that is your plan then it doesn't matter what others do. Your pathway of immigration would work around that decision which I also mentioned in the same post you quote from..

Oakvillian

Since I made the first rather facetious reply, let me clarify that in my case at least, the "minus" meant I moved a long time before gaining PR. I moved over on a TWP as an intra-company transferee, and applied through the Canadian Experience route as that opened up just as the 'old' FSW program was collapsing under its own weight.

I would tend to agree with Tirytory, though - you do seem to be asking a number of fundamentally unanswerable questions. At some point, you have to just decide one way or the other and live by that decision...

rivingtonpike

No two individuals' or families' circumstances are going to have any bearing on each other. We all have differing situations and needs. You move when it's right for yourself; simple as that. It can take a day it can take as long as you have left since your medical.
You don't have to do it at all of course!

Shirtback

This (bolded & underlined) sums it up nicely.

I never really considered moving to/wanted to move to Canada. Once the question/opportunity arose, I made a decision & just got on with it.

Novocastrian

In a total of 33 threads started in the last 12 months. FFS.

Novocastrian

In a total of 33 threads started in the last 12 months. FFS.

I've no objection to the volume but rather to the lack of content.

R I C H

Moved here as a tourist, purchased property and a business and applied for a TWP which was granted about 5 months after arrival. PR took an additional 3 years to be processed.

caleo

We made our plans and timelines before we applied for spousal PR. We landed in the October and returned to UK to sell up with the intention of moving over in time for the children to start the new school year in Canada. We left the Uk the summer after we landed.

Reidies

Like JamesM we applied in 2007 - told it would be 42-48 months. Got PR Nov 2009 and moved June 2010. Luckily we weren't one of the very unfortunate people who applied in 2007, waited for years then got told the rules had changed. Some had very similar application date as us.
We become citizens next Saturday!