Corsto

Hi everyone, just joined this forum today ! I travel to Whistler in February to take my Level 1 & 2 badges. Thereafter, Im keen to work in the industry and ideally in Canada. I'm 19 (from the UK) so looking for tips in obtaining a Young Persons Working VISA for the season commencing in November 2013. Any tips or advice would be appreciated ! Cheers

christmasoompa

Hi, welcome to BE.

If you want to go over on an IEC visa, then don't delay, as applications are due to open any day now for the 2013 program so it might be worth starting to gather paperwork, get your police check, etc.

That would give you a couple of years in Canada, but if you wanted to stay after that then I think you could struggle as a ski instructor. I could be wrong, but I'm just not sure that any employer would go through the paperwork/hassle/etc of a LMO application for a seasonal position, and in any event, for PR a job must be full time.

Best of luck.

PMM

Hi

To add a bit, I doubt that any employer at Whistler/Blackcomb would bother with the LMO route, since there are tons of Aussies, who can keep renewing their IEC visas until they hit 31 as they don't have a limit on the number of years.

bats

Bbmy friend's son trained in NZ and many of them were recruited by ski places in BC. He went on an LMO.

Arewemad

Most resorts will sponsor you for the season, especially if you have CSIA 2. Positions are normally posted the spring/summer prior to the season. However, I would go down the IEC route first, then you can prove yourself to employers for the following year. Of course after your IEC has expired you will have to head to the Southern Hemisphere for the season in between!! No sponsorship in the summer....

If you're thinking of Whistler, I would head there in June... Easier to find a place to live, and a great place in the summer!!

HTH