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The offer is sufficient potentially to kick off the LMO process, that's all. No guarantee that LMO will be successful.

Remember, even if you get here on a 1yr work permit, if you're unable to convert that into a longer term ability to get permanent residency, you have to leave Canada and return to the UK. Have you considered what might happen if you're made redundant, the company goes bust, or you hate the job? Do you have contingency such as enough cash to live on until another LMO is gained? It's a risky emigration route with a child on it's way

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For our sort of living and the schools and activities we feel we would benefit more from kelowna, even though we initially started looking in comox we are trying to do best for my kids

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As I said, Global have a bad reputation for a reason. Read some of the reviews on the link I gave you.

Edited to say ooops! Sorry, I didn't give you the link! https://www.google.ca/search?q=globa...hrome&ie=UTF-8

If you got a job offer in Comox and they were able to obtain an approved LMO then you would be able to come and work temporarily in Canada but this won't give you PR status.

:)

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Yeah we have thought about this and could probably do without touching the savings but if it came to that then I would have to deal with it. Do you think it would be doable? I know it will be hard but is it possible haha the only other option which I don't really want to do is to take up a corrections job in Alberta as they have different rules and I could get in....I think

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Yeah I just want to get my foot in the door and was hoping this would start it off, I am actually stressed now haha I understand about the pr status, I just don't want to get myself in a situation that will make us not want to go

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Would I emigrate on the basis of a 1 year temporary work permit to earn a fraction above minimum wage to support 2 young kids in one of the most expensive areas of Canada? Not a chance, and I took considerable financial risk with my emigration route, but I had no kids to consider.

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Seriously snippy response : Don't Bother!

Serious non-snippy response: Write off GV, take a deep breath, sit down & have a look through the Wiki on this site. Extend your emigration timeline by at least x3. Come & visit the areas you are looking at. Stick around this forum & keep questioning. :)

SB

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What is your sort of living? If it is skiing, Mt Washington on the island is close to Comox. Water sports, both are near the water. If it is searing hot temps in summer, Kelowna is your place. Schools, there is not going to be a lot difference between the two.

If you end up joining the RCMP or BC prison service, you may have to move around anyway.

There is this job in Vernon http://www.workbc.ca/JobSeekers/Disp...86&from=Search

Still only $12.40 an hour tops, under $26000 a year is going to be hard, maybe impossible to support a family with. If 2 wage earners get this maybe doable in less expensive areas with $52k a year.

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Surviving in the Comox Valley on $26k I think will be almost impossible. It's also a bit remote from everywhere else. What is there to guard up there anyway? I would be a bit nervous about the security (no pun) of the position and as has already been said, if it doesn't work out I would imagine finding another post and getting the appropriate visas would be hard. I can't really comment on the visa side of things, but as Siouxie has said -I think - you might struggle to turn your TWP into permanent residency in that line of work. In which case you may have to face the reality that you would have to return to the UK whether you wanted to or not.

I am usually the last one to be negative on here or to discourage someone following their dream/ambition. But in this case it looks tricky for you. Have you been to visit out here - or to Kelowna? I speak from experience - the Island is a quirky place at the best of times and not to everybody's taste. I can't really speak for Kelowna, only ever visited. That far north from the southern "hub" can be a bit "rural" to say the least. Nanaimo is I suppose the closest "big" city - and that is only 70,000 people (ish).

Maybe if you could find the resources, come and visit both areas if you haven't before and try and get an "on the ground" feel for the environment and culture (or lack of).

Keep us posted though. If you really want it to work, good luck to you. Almost anything is possible!

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Came over to see this thread from your other thread on having a baby. I have to say Markholly that it reads to me that you are trying to move too fast and simply haven't done enough research before starting to make decisions.

I don't know anything about this GV, but as others seem to be quite familiar with them I would listen to what they are telling you about the company. That is where you seem to be getting advice from that no one agrees with. Remove it as a source of advice and all the other advice you are getting seems to be very consistent.

Listening to one source who is telling you what you want to hear and ignoring 9 other sources who are disagreeing, is usually a recipe for disaster.

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Worst invention EVER!

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Canada needs truck drivers more than it needs security guards, just an option if your heart is really set on coming to Canada.

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Alleycat,

Just out of interest is there much need for new drivers in NS and roughly how much do they pay?

On a more private note what happened to your move to Alberta?

We moved from Alberta to NS, a much better move for us.

Lastly we know each other from the Goose!!!!

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NS is always looking for drivers, i make $21 an hour, but that's a unionized position so its a little more than the norm, i think the average for class 1, is $19 an hour.

Job in Alberta didn't work out.