wanting to move to canada
 

we are a family of 4 plus one daughthers fiancee.
my husband is 49 and a crane driver, son 20 a banksman coordinator for the crane company also a qualified plumber, daughter 18 administration assistant
and her fiancee a scaffolder he is 22. I am 43 and a shop assistant.
we are making enquiries on areas to live in and also where the best weather is . toronto looks nice but would like to know what there weather is like all year round .also if there a plenty of job opportunties there for our families skills. is it also better to rent for the first year or go ahead and buy straight away. is toronto a nice area to live in or can you recommend somewhere thats near there that may be worth a consideration. i look forward to any help. linda

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your first stop should be www.cic.gc.ca and then www.canada.org.uk read all of the wiki articles on this site as well, they are very informative. I don't think (& I'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong) that you will be able to move here on one application as your children are non dependent. I believe that they have to be under 22 and in full time education.
Good luck

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To be blunt, you're unlikely to qualify for skilled worker class immigration unless you can find someone willing to give you a job.

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigra...ly-factors.asp

From what you have told us I doubt you'd get the 67 points required.

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Read Citizenship and Immigration Canada's definition of family members. Your 20-year-old son, provided he is single, will qualify as a family member. Your 18-year-old daughter and her fiance will not qualify as family members. Well of course they are family members. No one can take that away from them. But they will not be family members who will be eligible to accompany to Canada the member of your family who submits the primary application.

Yeah, I saw that discussion thread before I saw this one. It would help if you would confine yourself to one issue per discussion thread. It also would help if you would not repeat the same question in more than one discussion thread. It probably would help if you read Tips on how to get the most out of the forums. The same tips apply to most Internet discussion forums. I'm not trying to be unkind. I was new to forums at one time too, and I made plenty of mistakes. I still make mistakes now, but hopefully I now make fewer of them than I did when I was new to the game.

First things first. Your immediate concern is being admitted to Canada. You can think about renting versus buying and other questions like that once you've done more research on the process for getting into Canada.

Crane operators appear on the lists of Occupations Under Pressure in Alberta and also Occupations Under Pressure in British Columbia.

To understand why it is helpful to belong to an occupation that is considered to be under pressure, please read the BE Wiki article on Canadian immigration and more specifically the section on Temporary Work Permits.

So it seems to me that, from the point of view of employment opportunities, Alberta and British Columbia would be the best provinces for you to investigate. Alberta has cold winters with snow. Places like Kamloops and Kelowna in the interior of British Columbia get snow in winter, but they don't get as cold as Alberta. Kamloops and Kelowna get brutally hot in summer, but it's a dry heat, which helps. The coast of British Columbia has a relatively mild climate, somewhat like the UK (but with twice the rain that the UK gets). If you're looking for a mild climate, the BC coast would be your best bet.

Hope that helps.

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Hi thanks for the information sorry for bombarding you with loads of questions at once. Could my daughters boyfriend come out on a seperate visa so she can come out as part of the family and then could he come and live with us.
Can you recommend somewhere on the BC coast. Dont want snow or mountains but warm weather all year round and not too much rain we had all this rain over here and sick of it. We will have a look on sites regarding the work thanks so much. linda

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Don't want snow or mountains, well go to BC, then catch a connecting Quantas flight to Australia, but you had better like venoumus spiders, poisonous snakes, hordes of flys, and the occasional crocodile in your swimming pool.

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I dont rate your chances highly but if you do make it come to B.C. - it is wonderful. Even half of Ontario lives here now.

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Where does the other half of Ontario live??

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The other half of Ontario are waiting until they retire to move to Lotus Land at which point Ontario will become a frozen wasteland used only by people from BC who fancy a change from skiing at Whistler and Mount Washington.
:p

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And me:unsure:

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lol. I like your hat btw.

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Oh, thank you:o

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No, I don't think so. As a scaffolder, I don't know how he would qualify to get into Canada. Oh yes, since he's under 35, I suppose he could get into Canada on a one-year working holiday visa through BUNAC. But that won't solve the longer term challenge of how he can qualify to get into Canada permanently.

Your daughter can accompany your husband as one of his dependents only if she is single. If she is married or has a common-law partner, she is not single. If your husband lists her as one of his dependents on his work permit application or his application for permanent residence, it would be fraudulent and would be grounds for having his visa revoked.

There is no place in Canada that fits that description. As Howard said, Australia fits the description. I've lived in Australia, and I liked it.

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Eight posts in 3 1/2 years ..... you've really contributed a lot to the forum haven't you ;)

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Just looking in as my sister is making the move soon - sorry!:ohmy: