Hello mate

Cant give much advice about visa's and that as I've going through the easy route of gaining employment through a company, but you being an ex para you will all always get my help mate.
Good luck to you and you family and try not to read to much into the positive and negative about doing the off from the UK in the first place.

All the best

It's not being negative to point out that winter is still continuing in Ontario, it was -17 out this morning while I was outside arguing with my delivery driver. More snow forecast this week. It's just realistic. Explore the visa options and then explore the climate if you're looking for somewhere warmer.

Thankfully I like snow/cold. More time to ice skate and ski...

We aren't in OZ, we are in Canada, and, personally speaking, I "like" Canadians...I married one, and grew another. I am not negative about Canada, nor are many of my fellow posters...but I am not about to go and have a beer by the Barbie...it's Canada, it's cold.

Some years back, I thought of moving to Australia, mainly for the sex, as I was going out with a denizen from Sydney...however, at No point did I get the two countries muddled up or think they were ever interchangeable. There are a few miles between the two countries, both geographically and culturally...I would like to think!

There is a great wealth of information on here...especially for truckers, it would seem, and I wish you every success with your plans.

An admirable reason

Thanks for all the responses, especially the not so serious, ones.
I dont mind a bit of banter, had 26yrs of it in Army.
crack on lads.
Mac

It's why I moved to Newfoundland. Certainly wasn't for the weather.

Thanks pl, appreciate that
Mac

"Cant give much advice about visa's and that as I've going through the easy route of gaining employment through a company"


Sounds good mate, the easy way?
Explain
Mac

It's all in the wiki articles/immigration site that were pointed out to you upstream.... Have you read those yet?

Not sure I'd call it 'easy' personally, but it's usually quicker than applying for PR.

You'd get a job offer, and a LMO (info in the Wiki if you don't know what that is), then move over on a Temp Work Permit. Depending on how in demand your skills are, it can be as quick as a few months.

You can find info in the Wiki about job hunting, just don't pay anybody to find you a job as that's illegal in Canada and there are a lot of dodgy companies out there that will take your money for non-existent jobs.

HTH.

How I went about it is as follows

Got my CV (resume) made up to the Canadian version then just practically carpet bombed all the construction companies in Canada hoping one of them to bite.
I work as a site manager in the UK and have applied for the position of Construction Superintendent, so I checked out the companies on the web first to make sure the did the type of work I do back home.
Once filtered down to the right companies I let loose with my CV , I also checked if the companies had positions available.
I aint saying this will work for everyone but in my line of work I stood a good chance of someone giving me a shout.

Mac, I'm lucky mate that I got as far as I did, as the company who interviewed are now flying me and the missus out to meet them and finalise the contract with them.
Bear in mind I contacted about 50 companies and only 2 got back to me with good replies, this all happened in a space of 3 months. I also targeted the bigger companies who already had a LMO already in place.

(LMO is the required immigration paper work needed by companies for hiring foreign workers)

Am I a chancer ? yes , but who dares wins

You never know until you give it a try , cant wait to leave East London behind but not my Mum and Dad , pie and mash and Upton Park.

We was looking to go to Vancouver at first, but the work available was in Regina so in the end so as a rule of thumb you go where the work is.
Just go for it mate as you never know.

Any thing else let me know mate, be glad to help.
Rob

Ha ha "who dares wins" puffs lol
Untrinque paratus mate that's the gucci Latin phrase.
If you ever need close protection gimme a shout lol
Thanks for advice and honesty.
Mac

No probs mate, I'm West Ham, these colours never run lol. I'll back you up as well.
Keep in touch and if you manage to get over to Canada and end up being in the same province I'll have a cold beer waiting for ya.
All the best

Rob