Hi all, I was hope somebody could give me some pointers relating to Trade Agreements. I'm from the UK and I work in IT and I currently have a 'Skilled Worker' immigration application in progess. Reading up on working temporarily (or permanently) in Canada I've found mention of sectorial or international agreements (especially NAFTA but I dont think that applies to me) and I remember reading a 'Work Memorandum' specifying that IT workers with particular skills in certain areas etc can be exempt from HRDC job validation.

Can somebody tell me what trade agreements there are between UK and Canada (Vancouver), especially in the IT sector? Or any trade agreements that I could do with knowing about.

With the changes that have been happening to the immigration policy I'm not sure if these trade agreements and/or their implications have changed or not.

Thanks in advance
occam

In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says...
    > Hi all, I was hope somebody could give me some pointers relating to Trade
    > Agreements. I'm from the UK and I work in IT and I currently have a 'Skilled
    > Worker' immigration application in progess. Reading up on working temporarily (or
    > permanently) in Canada I've found mention of sectorial or international agreements
    > (especially NAFTA but I dont think that applies to me) and I remember reading a
    > 'Work Memorandum' specifying that IT workers with particular skills in certain
    > areas etc can be exempt from HRDC job validation.
    >
    > Can somebody tell me what trade agreements there are between UK and Canada
    > (Vancouver), especially in the IT sector? Or any trade agreements that I could do
    > with knowing about.
    >
    > With the changes that have been happening to the immigration policy I'm not sure if
    > these trade agreements and/or their implications have changed or not.

The only trade agreement that I am aware of which involves the UK is the General
Agreement on Trade in Services.

The Facilitated Processing for Information Technology Workers program (Pilot Project)
does not qualify as an International Trade Agreement, and is not generally considered
to be classified among the Significant Benefit to Canada exemptions, either.
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NAFTA is for North American citizens only.

The pilot project for software professionals is the one that would be of most use to
most people as long as they have an employer willing to hire them.

There are other agreements and sections of the Act and Regulations that allow for
work under certain circumstances (usually short term)

An associated company of ours does software development and websites and so on.
Perhaps if you are interested in obtaining work, you could send your resume to them
to see if they can help.

If you like you can send me your details and I will forward to them.

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"occamsrazor" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Hi all, I was hope somebody could give me some pointers relating to Trade
    > Agreements. I'm from the UK and I work in IT and I currently have a 'Skilled
    > Worker' immigration application in progess. Reading up on working temporarily (or
    > permanently) in Canada I've found mention of sectorial or international agreements
    > (especially NAFTA but I dont think that applies to me) and I remember reading a
    > 'Work Memorandum' specifying that IT workers with particular skills in certain
    > areas etc can be exempt from HRDC job validation.
    >
    > Can somebody tell me what trade agreements there are between UK and Canada
    > (Vancouver), especially in the IT sector? Or any trade agreements that I could do
    > with knowing about.
    >
    > With the changes that have been happening to the immigration policy I'm not sure if
    > these trade agreements and/or their implications have changed or not.
    >
    > Thanks in advance occam
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