Hi everyone, my husband has just received his certification to teach in b.c but we are unsure what. To do next, how do we get a job and visa? Any advice will be greatly appreciated!!!
Thank you

Welcome to BE.

Do you need him to get a job for a visa? Or are you Canadian, or have another route to a visa?

If the former, then as per the Wiki link above, it's going to be nigh on impossible, but if he has another way of getting a visa then it should be easier (although still not easy).

Let us know your intended visa route, and hopefully somebody with knowledge of teaching in BC can direct you to the right place to look.

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Thanks!

Thank you for replying.
As far as we know, we need a job offer to get a visa!? But unsure if applying for teaching jobs on the net, is the best we can do? Is there another, easier and quicker way (visa) of getting into bc? What is the chances of getting a permanent residents visa to move to canada?
Thank you

If you need a job offer to get a visa, then what do you do? Realistically, as per the Wiki article, you've got pretty much no hope of a school going through the paperwork/hassle/wait of hiring your husbamd and the LMO being granted with so many Canadian teachers out of work. But if you can find a job offer, then it may be that your husband will get an open work permit, so would be much more employable. So do you have skills that would be more in demand in Canada maybe?

Another option is for you to go on a study permit, that would then also give your husband an open work permit.

I thought that would be the case . I'm unsure on what other skills r in demand so will have to research that. Is it worth giving up everything in uk to take the chance of getting sponsored in a job if we take the one year open visa? Or is there another way of getting permanent residency? Thank you for being so helpful

Ah, so you're both under 30? The IEC may well be an option then, it would at least get you over there and you'd both be able to start work immediately rather than an employer having to get the LMO etc.

If you want to know what jobs have been in demand in recent years, then this is 'the list' of eligible occupations for Skilled Workers that has been in place since June 2010 (worth noting that teachers have never been on 'the list'). http://britishexpats.com/wiki/THE_LIST-Canada

I'm sure you read it above, but here is the Wiki article about teaching in Canada in case you didn't see it - http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Teaching_in_Canada

There are various other ways to get PR, do you have any family in Canada, what do you do for a job and have either of you ever been self-employed or worked in the job on 'the list' above? And would you consider a different province rather than BC?

Yes, we are both 27. I am not sure what IEC is? No, unfort we don't have any of the skills on the list and I work in a care home at the moment.? Unfort we don't have any family, or been self employed. We would prop consider another province if it helps us getting to Canada faster and having a good chance of PR. you say if we get a IEC we can start employment immediately, is that with finding a job before we arrive in Canada or having to find a job when we arrive?
Thank you

Hi,

Just to let you know our story, we are hoping to get PR via MPNP next year, we are moving to Brandon in Manitoba, my wife has just received her letter of eligibility for a permanent teaching certificate for Manitoba, she is currently a kindergarten teacher and early years manager here in the UK. During our trip to canada this summer she met with the head of HR in the Brandon School Division, she was told that job prospects in the next year or so are good, with many teachers soon to retire and the provincial goverments policy to reduce class sizes. She was also told that they are very short of substitute teachers, especially in the winter time, this is due to the fact that most sub teachers are retired and drawing a pension, and for tax purposes are only allowed to earn so much before it affects their pension entitlement, so from the information i have, Manitoba still seems to have prospects for UK expat teachers. Another way to increase your employability is to get a TEFL qualification, with more and more immigrants landing in Canada, teaching English to foreign language students will be on the increase. Hope this helps.


Regards

Andrew

IEC is the working holiday visa, there is a list of abbreviations in the Wiki.

You can try and find a job in Canada before you arrive on the IEC, or find one when you get there, your choice.

Look at the PNP's for NS and MB, both of which have options to get PR without a job offer.

HTH.

Hi Andrew
Thank you for your help! I was just wondering on how you managed to get the teaching position? Did you apply through the net? Unfort we already applied and received the teaching certificate for BC and really hoping to move there but if all fails, we will research around Manitoba.
Thank you Christmasoopma for all your help and advice, I am finally getting somewhere!

If you look at Andrew's previous posts, it appears that they've applied for PR under the Family Stream of the Manitoba PNP - from reading his post above I don't think his wife has a job offer yet, but she will hopefully find it easier to find one as she'll be a PR when she arrives.

Hi Bianca,

Its not me that is the teacher, its my wife. We have been going to canada for many years, my parents and two brothers have lived there for 20 years, so over that time we have built up a large network via friends and family. We have many contacts within the teaching community, its just a matter of getting your name bounded around, its a bit "who you know, not what you know" . She has not got a job yet, just the promise of work on arrival. Until landing any job offer would have to have had a labour Market Opinion assessment and as someone on this thread mentioned previously, that would be very difficult to do as there are many unemployed Canadian teachers already, so why give a job to an immigrant? However when you land as PR, you are entitled to apply for any job that any other Canadian Citizen would be without any regulation. Hope this helps

Hi guys,

Have read some great info on here. Hopefully someone will be able to fill in a couple of gaps for me.

My wife (29 years old) and I (31) are looking into emigrating to Canada from Ireland. She qualified as a Primary School Teacher last year and was lucky enough to be employed for the duration of this school year, covering maternity leave. This is regarded as her DIP (probation) year. She is also attending college at night in order to get her Honours Degree. Will she have sufficient work experience to be employed in BC? I understand that jobs are very difficult to come by at the moment. Is she at least likely to find it reasonably easy to get relief/cover/subbing work for three to four days per week?

I am an electrician and it is likely that I could secure employment in Vancouver. I haven't yet fully researched the various exams I'll have to do but I understand that we should be ok travelling on my visa, as mine is regarded as an 'in-demand' skill.

My wife has worked hard to achieve her dream of becoming a Primary Teacher so I'm not going to drag her to Canada if it means giving this up. We would consider other parts of Canada (or the world!) as long as it doesn't involve me flying out to mines or oil rigs. I've agreed to be home every evening! We would also prefer if it wasn't too remote an area, as we are both from a city. However, we might consider a more rural setting on a short-term basis if doing so was likely to result in better opportunities down the line.

Sorry for the long post. Many thanks for any replies.