keohanes_on_the_move

Has anyone any experience bad/good with this company?

Souvenir

Company?

Sounds more like a porn star.

Rich_007

Corporate/legal/bean counter types

Rich.

Judy in Calgary

Google says they're immigration consultants.

akitared

Hi

Met them at Emigrate fair here in the UK last month, wanted £29.95 just to assess our chances! Speak well enough though & do seem very well versed on "technicalities" of Canadian Immigration Law.

iaink

Nuff said. Next please.

If you must use a consultant (and you probably dont need to), at least avoid the ones who charge you for stuff you know you can get for free elsewhere. If the CIC site is too complicated, Andrew Miller is just one of many reputable consultants who offer free evaluations.

keohanes_on_the_move

This particular company were recommended by a company our friends got out to Australia with, they have links with trucking companies apparently, and having only the option of the WP route, as my husband as HGV driver and not on the skilled wanted list, we were considering using them. No money has passed hands as yet, we are just testing the waters.

Judy in Calgary

Enough already.

Good.

If your husband is an HGV driver, you may be able to get out to Saskatchewan or Alberta or some such via a provincial nominee program (PNP). There are other members of this forum who have done it. I suggest you do relevant word searches on this forum and on Google.

iaink

Another red flag. Last time I checked Canada is not Australia, it has different immigration laws, and only canadian lawyers or consultants registered with CSIC (in canada) are allowed to represent you, so someone elses australian experience is not particularly relevent to trying to get to Canada. If they are dealing with Canada too, theres a chance they are subcontracting the work to a canadian consultant, then charging you that fee plus a mark up for their "input".

Any immigration company offering to arrange employment is also a little dodgy...things dont work like that. There is enough demand for truckers out West that you shouldnt need a consultant...several folks here are truck drivers and can point you in the right direction. Only the employer can initiate a work permit or provincial nomination anyway, although a lawyer can help smooth its progress, but really as the potential employee your involvment in that process should be pretty minimal for a WP.

Id be really carefull about handing over a lot of cash before I explored what you really get for your money. In general even for PR a lot of the donkey work cant be avoided by paying a lawyer anyway....they will check the forms, but you still have to do the tedious part of gathering all the info. There are probably better things to spend a few grand on unless you have a "complicated" background.

keohanes_on_the_move

Thanks for your advice
There's nothing complicated that should be of any problem, so we will try and go it alone for the time being.
We've read some good reports about a particular trucking company that recruits UK drivers for Alberta/Saskatchewan, we'll give them a try.

iaink

Do some searches here too...these dream moves to Canada, some end up as "happily ever afters", but a few turn into nightmares. Good Luck!

R2D2

Didn't Dennis Brazelot used to be with Four Corners Immigration, then set up on his own.? Ok, with Mr Willis !!!!!

handyandy

If you are looking for a good company that offer truck driving jobs in SK try this web site http://esirecruitment.com/
I am a truck mechanic and Henry from this company has got me a very good job
Just waiting for my work permit waperwork to come back then off to Prince Albert in SK for Feb/March 07
just come back from a trip over last week loved the area, property is very nicely priced.
Good luck
Andy

Rich_007

That either says one of two things...he was as bad as them, or better than them

Rich.

Rich_007

Ah, snake oil salesmen in shiny suits !!

Beware eager men brandishing glossy brochures and receipt books.

Rich.