Sam hill

hey all

have recently took the desicion to move over to canada but have no idea were to start or what visa i should apply for im 23 years old and im single i hold the class 1 uk lorry license im considering maybe going to try for a long haul truck driver job ive worked in canada before with the british military in near medicine hat in alberta and would like to move back to the alberta province what sorta websites would be of help or what immagration agencies would be good to work with? another avenue i im looking at is maybe joining the police force would that be possible for a uk citizen and would the military background be of help any answers or help would be much apprecited thanks

JonboyE

There is a truckers section of the website here ... http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=118

As you are only 23 you are eligible for a working holiday visa. This might be the way to go: get over to Canada with the ability to work straight away, then persuade an employer to help you with a more permanent visa.

Sam hill

Oh right thanks how long am I eligible for a holiday visa for? Still have a bit of saving to do an things to sort out t home have u any ideas how long the application process for that would take? I'm just trying to get all the info I can been in Canada before and it's definatly were I want to live the uk is a complete joke nowadays

Former Lancastrian

Check out the IEC programme and threads on this site by using the wiki or search function. Bad new is IEC for this year quota has been met so you will have to wait for the 2013 programme to open up.
http://www.international.gc.ca/exper...ex.aspx?view=d

christmasoompa

There's also a Wiki article on trucking that may be useful reading - http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Truck_Driving_in_Canada Do also look at your thread from last year, not sure if you saw the responses as you didn't come back to it, but there's good info in there too - http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=704555

Not sure why you think the UK is 'a joke nowadays', but don't expect the same problems to not exist in Canada! Have a read of the Moving Back to the UK sub-forum to see why people choose to return to the UK from Canada.

IEC would be your best bet as has been said, give you a year over there with an open work permit, as at 23 you may find you don't have enough experience to be sponsored by a company. And the program reopens in Jan, so plenty of time to save up some money to move.

Best of luck.

laser558

Yes, I would agree with this. Canada has problems like any other country, including the UK and I know that some would regard Canada as a joke as you do the UK.

Howefamily

I cant comment on trucking but dont move to escape problems, there are problems here too. Sometimes those problems drive me insane other times I dont care either way.
We came as we wanted to live here, we did want to leave the UK too but I thinks it important to have an equal pull factor.

Just my two cents worth

Sam hill

Thanks for the info everyone just to add in the uk being a joke is t the onli reason I'm leaving actually been to Canada before with the British military and loved every minute of being there and was there for about 2 years all in that's why decided to go to Canada instead of the likes of Australia or new Zealand was planning on moving last year but certain personal problems prevented it though everything is good now so jus gotta go for it :-)

Howefamily

If you want it, go for it. You are right, life is too short. Good luck!