We need some honest advice......
 

We have for a long time being trying to make the move to NS. We want to live there, bring our 3 kids up there... it's been a long journey and having finally visiting as a family in October we have backing under the PNP and a job offer once we land..... now here we go.

Through our long immigration journey we ended up gaining residency for Australia (I said it was a long story - I won't bore you now!) anyway, surfice to say we are now in rented starting the journey for Canadian residency and the OH has just been offered a job in OZ from Feb......

Now the bit we need honest advice for.... do we go and sit out the migration process from there or will it affect our chances with Canada. How hearts lie in NS but it's a good job offer for the 12ish months.... what do we do??

Re: We need some honest advice......
 

Hi

Hope you are well:thumbup:

Not sure I can really advise, I don't think it would make any impact on your Canadian application if you were in Australia, everything would still be processed at CHC in London.

Where are you at re PNP application, do you have the nomination through?

The process for us with NS PNP looks like it will take about 7 mths in total so perhaps shorter timeframe than you are thinking? Also if your OH has a job offer can you not go sooner on a WP whilst the PNP application continues to be processed?

If your heart is in Canada, it seems a lot of upheaval for the sake of a job offer, when you could be in Canada fairly quickly anyway.

On the other hand if you want to experience Aus for a year then you have the opportunity to do this:thumbup:

Not sure if this helps at all;)

Good luck:thumbup:

Nikki

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I think it would be too much to move to Aus and then to Canada. It's stressful changing countries and you want to do it twice?

On the other hand, maybe Aus is the place for you. Do you have a job waiting for you in NS as I wouldnt move anywhere without a job right now.

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Thats what I was thinking too.

Sheli0508 - having gone through moving countries I think I would have to agree with the others above - its pretty stressful and I certainly wouldnt want to do it twice in the space of 12 months.

If it was me I would choose one country or the other.

If you are keen to move somewhere sooner rather than later then I would explore the work permit option to start the job in NS. If you have been nominated by the province (or in some cases even if you are being considered for nomination) you can get a work permit without going through the LMO process.

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If you're st on moving somewhere, and you have a job, go with the job offer.

I'm sure Oz isn't "too" bad, and can offer "quite a bit" for your family!:thumbsup:

I'd love to live in OZ too, just not enogh to leave Canada.

I see it as something like Northern England in perpetually good weather, with warm beaches!

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Michelin will not entertain the WP option - they are keen for us to go down the PNP route

[QUOTE=triumphguy;7043606]If you're st on moving somewhere, and you have a job, go with the job offer.

I'm sure Oz isn't "too" bad, and can offer "quite a bit" for your family!:thumbsup:I think the oh was coming from the view that it cost us a lot of money to get residency for Oz - why rent here when we can rent there for half the price. Kids get to experience warmer climes that they won't enjoy again for a long time when we move to NS - s'pose it's the whole life experience thing

I know logistically that it's going to be hard and financially it's going to be costly, we just weren't sure if it would go against us. Maybe make us appear as if we didn't know what we want - which is certainly not the case. It's a bloody good job offer - we just don't know what to do for the best! The kids want to do it, he wants to give it a go - I just wasn't sure what impact it may have on our permanent move to Nova Scotia....

Re: We need some honest advice......
 

Hi

Sounds like you want to go to Aus to have that experience for a few months:)

As I said I don't think it will have any impact on your application to NS, but you may want to double check that.

If the only route to NS is via the PNP route, you could work on the basis that it will take 7-9 mths total time including the time the application is assessed in Halifax, if the job in Aus doesn't start until Feb 09, you could be 2 mths into the process for NS by the time you get to Aus. (see my timeline below)

Aside of the above, I suppose there are + and - for going to Aus, and only you as a family can make the decision.

Good luck wherever you end up in the short term,:thumbsup: catch up soon:)

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I cant imagine why. It sounds like there my be some ignorance involved here on the part of the employer. If you have been nominated (so only the first stage of the process completed, no PR visa yet) then you can definitely get a Work Permit without HRSDC confirmation (or LMO). Which means you employer basically doesnt have to do anything at all - they dont even need to fill in a form. You would apply for the Work Permit (enclosing a letter from NS Office of Immigration supporting your case) and then the WP comes through entitling you to turn up and start working for the employer. As long as you are legally entitled to work they shouldnt care how you achieved it. Obviously you would get PR once the PR application is finished processing.

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Sheli0508

We have been in exactly the same position as you.
We waited for a long time to get into Canada and got a job offer to NZ, so we thought we would head here to NZ with the job offer.
Well it has been the worst thing I have done and believe me it isnt NZ this country and people are lovely but for me my heart was Canada and thats where it has stayed.

Oz is a lovely country and people great but one thing I wish I had of done is hold off for where my heart wanted to go and not my head. :confused:

Good luck in whatever you choose to do :thumbup:

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Corda more or less said the same thing. The seem reluntant to do the paper work so the easiest route in for us is the community identified one.... believe me if we could go straight there we would. The rental we in is up for sale and we've got a viewing this week - sods law!! I'm trying to view the oz thing as a working holiday (I won't be working as the youngest is too young for school overe there - and the oh will be, if he takes it, on a 4on 4off contract.... )

I think if it doesn't go agains the CA process we may go for it for the experience....... but saying that the jury is still out.....,.

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Are you now progressing a visa for Canada?