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ME AND MY BOYFRIEND ,2KIDS AND THE DOG HAVE BEEN LOOKING TO MOVE TO CANADA FO A FEW YEARS,HE IS A CARPENTER AND HOPFULLY WE COULD GO ON A SKILLED WORKERS VISA,WE HAVE MET WITH A EMIGRATION COMPANY HERE IN THE UK,BUT THE FEES A VERY HIGH,IS THERE A BETTER WAY TO GO ABOUT IT.WE REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START.:confused:

Re: where do we start:D
 

YOU'LL HAVE TO SPEAK UP, LOVE. I'M A BIT DEAF.

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Best place to start is by clicking on here.

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Category:Canada

Re: where do we start:D
 

Wow - clever dog!:rofl:

Re: where do we start:D
 

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Catego...Canada_quickly

www.cic.gc.ca


Dont pay anyone anything until you have fully assessed your options and/or taken up free assements offered by reputable consultants.

If skilled worker is an option do the self assesment on the government site and see if you qualify for enough points. Typically it would require a full, documented apprenticeship for a tradesperson to get enough points.

Do you have skills that are wanted by employers here? Carpenter / joiner should be able to land a job and come on a work permit or provincial nomination. Skilled worker takes a LONG time if you qualify, PNP is much faster if you can get a place.

You dont need a consultant, if you feel comfortable with the paperwork and options, then go ahead on your own. 50+% of cases are DIY.

Re: where do we start:D
 

Hi, and welcome.

As the others have said, don't pay up if you don't have to, but you can usually get a free assessment which will highlight if you are likely to have problems. Just don't be taken in by the scare mongering. You should get a feel if what they say might be a real problem for you or just them selling themselves because they say the system is complicated.

And if you want to keep in Bazzz's good books take the CAP LOCK off. Of course, you may not care.:eek:

I hope it all works out for you.

Re: where do we start:D
 

Bazzz that was funny!:lol: I needed that after the day I've had.

Hi Jamie677 and welcome,

Like the other members have said don't pay anything. We started out using a consultant for the assessment and found out we had more than enough points and when they quoted £10,000 from start to finish I said 'no thanks, what ever you can do I can do better' so I did:D

I just emailed companies in BC and within 4 days my OH got a job offer. The company called in and paid for the experts to deal with us and our application, they even paid for us to go out to meet them and look at the place. Our application is now being processed through the PNP route, which is great as there is really not much paperwork to complete, in fact no references, contracts very little is required.

So the £10,000 saving is going on a shopping spree once we get there!

Good luck:thumbsup:

Re: where do we start:D
 

Thanks for all the advice,its good to know there are many other ways of doing it,we felt really put of by all the fees they were asking for,but i feel much better now i v found this site.:)
sorry bout the cap locks,i m not very good with the comp;):D

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Wow, good on you!

Shows that you can jobhunt remotely!

What area of work, do you mind me asking?:thumbsup:

Re: where do we start:D
 

Hi Welcome to BE ,if you are a journeyman carpenter,PLC a big construction
company is hiring.They have projects in BC ,AB and other provinces.
http://careers.peopleclick.com/caree...caleCode=en-us
Job ID no. is 236 for overseas applicants to work in Vancouver.
Also check the job bank www.jobbank.gc.ca
Good luck:)
Yoong