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Hi I'm new here I have been looking in for a couple of months now, my family and I (1 husband 2 great kids boy 5 girl 3) are "in process".
AOR Nov 2004 (skilled worker using a immigration lawyer in Canada Abrams and Krochak) so we are quite a lot behind some in this forum.
We would like to live in New Brunswick if anyone lives there or are on their way there too, it would be great to know. :) :) :)

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Welcome to the forum, nubbslad. I'm far away from NB, but all the best. :)

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Thanks for the welcome Judy, Calgary would be our next choice. How long have you been there? :D

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Hi and welcome to the forum...Loads of info around for you..try searching for your info by using the search bar above, if you get little or no replies...theres bound to be someone who has settled in NB. Seems like you chose a good lawyer.
Good luck with the process...It can get you down sometimes...but if you Add a few months on from your AOR card then you'll have a pretty good idea when you should get your Visa's.
Best wishes
Frankieforehead :)

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Thanks Frankieforehead our AOR said 21 months it seems that long already (I bet you have'nt heard that before lol) :scared: When we have sold our house we will going out for a fact finding holiday. Have a great time when you get there I wish you all the best on the 18th June ;) nubbs

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Thanks...Our AOR said 15 months..So it's just about right...We sold early and bought a house basically at the start of our process....Sometimes, we felt like jacking Canada in and shooting off to OZ, because the wait is Hellish....But if you want it, and it's meant to happen, then it's worth waiting for.
However believe it or not All the hassle starts once you've got your visa...Packing, booking flights, selling things, getting quotes for this that and the other.... So put Canada to the back of your minds, and when that brown envelope lands on the doormat...Then get REALLY EXCITED :D :) :D

Good luck guys (Karma Sent)

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OK why New Brunswick and what do you hope to do there other than work?

Well you be embracing the combined French\English English\French?

Never been there myself, but shared a few weeks training with someone from there. He said lots of trees, lots of Moose, and people speak french and english in the same sentence. He loved it and it sounded really great.
So hope you ask yourself enough question about what you are willing to accept and then find enough information that ensures those "Acceptables" are meet or even exceeded.

Best of luck and remember have the huge bag of salt ready when reading on the Forums. ( most people who are happy here are not on them ). :)

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I have to say I'm not too good with French that could be problematic but we are going with an open mind and lets face it we have a long way to go. I have made contact with an employer who wants me to keep in touch for when we hopefully arrive as PR's. The house prices in NB sound good too. :) :)

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You're welcome, nubbslad. We've been in Calgary since the latter part of the 1970s, except for a four-year break in the late 1990s, when we went on expat assignments to Houston and Melbourne. We aren't British. I grew up in Swaziland, and my husband grew up in South Africa. Both of our sons, now young adults, were born in Calgary.

Good points about Calgary (in my opinion):

Bad points about Calgary (in my opinion):

Those are my very subjective observations about Alberta in general and Calgary in particular. If you've been lurking on this forum for some time, I hope you've also had a chance to read the messages of posters who are more uniformly complimentary about Calgary. It's useful to read as many points of view as possible.

I have never been to the Maritime Provinces of Canada (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island). However, I have heard that they have friendly people and delightful scenery.

But, as so many posters on this forum have said, you can't eat scenery. Consequently many of us settle in a place in which we can get a job. That's often what it seems to boil down to.

Hope that helps.

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True enough. :)

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It isn't all French in New Brunswick....there are quite a few areas that are mostly English. Even the areas that are quite french you will find they also speak english...What city do you want to settle in? New Bruswick is a lovely province and lots of great beaches.

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Hey, I'm happy. Most of the time. Well, almost most of the time. Ok, some days are better than others. Except today. And tomorrow looks like it could be kind of rough. But I am happy, usually. I think.

Babyblue!! Are you still there?? Helloooooo!!!

Should it have been one tablet three times a day, or three tablets three times a day.......

Happy, must stay happy........

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Scouse....how do you manage to type?

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LOL!! :D

Yeah, my keyboard looks like that after my second or sixth brandy!!! :D

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Hi Corky
We like the Saint John area, is it right that the more north you go the more French speaking it gets ? :D

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Hi and welcome to the mad house :D

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Eeeerm. New Brunswick is bilingual. In fact it's the only officially bilingual province in Canada. You may have difficulties if you move to some remote fishing village but otherwise I don't see there being any problem about being unilingual anglophone.

Acadian, BTW, is even harder to understand than Quebecois/Jouale. Even my missus has a hard time with it.

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Hi All thank you for your warm welcome I think I my be heading for the nut house before all this is over, but it is nice to know we are in the same boat if at different stages. Well got to go I must check e- client must check must check LOL ;) :p ;)

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The French areas of NB are in the Northern part of the province, and are mainly rural (lots of logging). Moncton, in the south, is also somewhat French, but you certainly don't need to speak it to live there. NB's two largest cities, Saint John and Fredericton, are entirely English - I think you would get some strange looks if you tried speaking French to anyone in Saint John!

My parents are both from Saint John and my relatives still live there, so I am somewhat familiar with it. It is basically a blue-collar town - shipbuilding and pulp & paper were the main industries (I think the shipyard has been shut down). The Irving company owns most of the industries (if you are looking for work you may want to check them out online). There are several residential suburbs around the city itself, all less than a half hour from the city centre. Rothesay has many beautiful old mansions and would be considered the "rich" area. Quispamsis (where my relatives live) is also nice, and not quite as expensive and upscale.

I personally prefer Fredericton to Saint John. It is a bit more scenic and "white-collar" - its main industries are the university and government, as it is the provincial capital. However, I believe Saint John is actually the largest city in the province. Best of luck to you, hope this was of some use!

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Hi anya That is great thank you we have seen some lovely houses out there on mls that is. we will be out sometime this year (fact finding) so this is really useful.
:) :) :)

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Welcome to the forum, I'm also using Abrams & Krochak.

:)

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Watch out for Indians!! :D

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Hi
We too are heading (if application successful) to NB.
We are applying under the PNP for business class.
Unsure of which part yet, but we like the look of the Saint John area, perhaps along the Bay of Fundy a bit in St Martins which is a bit more rural.

We have boys who are 17 and 21 so although we want to live out in the sticks a bit, we need to be somewhere close to civilisation for them.

Have you visited NB yet? We havn't but hope to do so later this year to check out business opportunities and property etc.

Anyway it's good to have another NB fan on board as we seem to be a little thin on the ground.
Welcome to the forum. :)

Pennyhp

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Hi there no we have'nt been yet but as soon as we have sold our house we will be off to look around. Saint john is where we have been looking at too our kids are 5 and 3 so we need to be near to civilisation for schools. House prices are a real puller to the area I am glued to the mls. I am definately a NB fan and glad there are others out there.
thanks for the welcome :) :) :)

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[QUOTE=nubbslad] I am definately a NB fan and glad there are others out there. [QUOTE]

Another NB fan here! We're leaning vaguely in the direction of the Bay of Fundy area.

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[QUOTE=binturong][QUOTE=nubbslad] I am definately a NB fan and glad there are others out there. Glad there are more ! how far along are you in the process?
We are taking a trip out there in November really really looking forward to that

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Welcome to the forum, N.B. is a great place - rather laid back in relation to many other parts of Canada. You'll love it.

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Not very far along at all - just in the initial research stages. Planning a trip in September to do some on-the-ground research. Then if we decide to go for it we'll start filling in forms next year, when my partner has finished his MA.

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Hi,
It's good to here your success. As we are very early in the process. IE waiting for visa as a skilled worker and my husband to go on mine. Have you any advice? I think we are like many waiting for a house sale yawn!