Bill Pierce

My fiancée and I have been trying to find a way for us to be together in
Canada. I'm a US citizen and she's Canadian. If I could secure arranged
employment in Canada prior to my immigration I would have just barely enough
points to quality for permanent resident status as a skilled worker (I have
a graduate degree and 16 years of IT experience but I am 54 years old). Of
course it seems unlikely to me that anyone would promise a job knowing that
it could take months or longer for me to gain entry.

I have been told it is not necessary to have an actual job offer. It's more
that a firm has to promise they would in principle hire someone with my
skills and experience and that such a position exists at the time I am
applying, not necessarily that it will be still there by the time I am
granted entry. Apparently they also have to claim difficulty in finding a
qualified Canadian for the position.

Toward that end both my fiancée and I have been trying to investigate any
contacts we have who might be able to secure such an offer. We have
discovered one possibility. However, it is with a very small firm (fewer
than 10 employees) and they have no experience with Canadian immigration
issues. They have expressed some interest in me, but they say it would be
my responsibility to secure the proper applications and guide them through
the filing process.

So what I need is a crash course in the arranged employment mechanism and
procedure. At the moment I don't even know what to begin to tell the
prospective employer. Am I correct in my assumptions above? Can anyone
direct me to a site where this is spelled out in such a manner that it is
understandable to a reasonably intelligent layperson? Thank you in advance
for any assistance.

Bill Pierce
Highwood, IL
[email protected]

The Wizzard

If you are engaged then i presume you intend to get married. So go to Canada
as a visitor, get married then apply for PR using the inland spousal
process.



"Bill Pierce" wrote in message
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    > My fiancée and I have been trying to find a way for us to be together in
    > Canada. I'm a US citizen and she's Canadian. If I could secure arranged
    > employment in Canada prior to my immigration I would have just barely
enough
    > points to quality for permanent resident status as a skilled worker (I
have
    > a graduate degree and 16 years of IT experience but I am 54 years old).
Of
    > course it seems unlikely to me that anyone would promise a job knowing
that
    > it could take months or longer for me to gain entry.
    > I have been told it is not necessary to have an actual job offer. It's
more
    > that a firm has to promise they would in principle hire someone with my
    > skills and experience and that such a position exists at the time I am
    > applying, not necessarily that it will be still there by the time I am
    > granted entry. Apparently they also have to claim difficulty in finding a
    > qualified Canadian for the position.
    > Toward that end both my fiancée and I have been trying to investigate any
    > contacts we have who might be able to secure such an offer. We have
    > discovered one possibility. However, it is with a very small firm (fewer
    > than 10 employees) and they have no experience with Canadian immigration
    > issues. They have expressed some interest in me, but they say it would be
    > my responsibility to secure the proper applications and guide them through
    > the filing process.
    > So what I need is a crash course in the arranged employment mechanism and
    > procedure. At the moment I don't even know what to begin to tell the
    > prospective employer. Am I correct in my assumptions above? Can anyone
    > direct me to a site where this is spelled out in such a manner that it is
    > understandable to a reasonably intelligent layperson? Thank you in
advance
    > for any assistance.
    > Bill Pierce
    > Highwood, IL
    > [email protected]

Bill Pierce

We have already investigated this avenue, which was the source of a question
I posted to this newsgroup in July. My fiancée already sponsored the
immigration of her elderly parents in 1996. They now receive some
government assistance, which places her technically in default of her
sponsorship even though she continues to provide the majority of their
support. Two attorneys have advised us it would be extremely difficult for
her to sponsor me as a spouse because of this situation. Therefore I must
seek admission to Canada on my own merits.

Bill Pierce
Highwood, IL
[email protected]
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"The Wizzard" wrote in message
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    > If you are engaged then i presume you intend to get married. So go to
Canada
    > as a visitor, get married then apply for PR using the inland spousal
    > process.

David Cohen

In article , [email protected]
says...
    > My fiancée and I have been trying to find a way for us to be together in
    > Canada. I'm a US citizen and she's Canadian. If I could secure arranged
    > employment in Canada prior to my immigration I would have just barely enough
    > points to quality for permanent resident status as a skilled worker (I have
    > a graduate degree and 16 years of IT experience but I am 54 years old). Of
    > course it seems unlikely to me that anyone would promise a job knowing that
    > it could take months or longer for me to gain entry.
    > I have been told it is not necessary to have an actual job offer. It's more
    > that a firm has to promise they would in principle hire someone with my
    > skills and experience and that such a position exists at the time I am
    > applying, not necessarily that it will be still there by the time I am
    > granted entry. Apparently they also have to claim difficulty in finding a
    > qualified Canadian for the position.
    > Toward that end both my fiancée and I have been trying to investigate any
    > contacts we have who might be able to secure such an offer. We have
    > discovered one possibility. However, it is with a very small firm (fewer
    > than 10 employees) and they have no experience with Canadian immigration
    > issues. They have expressed some interest in me, but they say it would be
    > my responsibility to secure the proper applications and guide them through
    > the filing process.
    > So what I need is a crash course in the arranged employment mechanism and
    > procedure. At the moment I don't even know what to begin to tell the
    > prospective employer. Am I correct in my assumptions above? Can anyone
    > direct me to a site where this is spelled out in such a manner that it is
    > understandable to a reasonably intelligent layperson? Thank you in advance
    > for any assistance.

Information on the requirements for arranged employment may be found at
Campbell, Cohen's web site at the following URL:

http://canadavisa.com/documents/f-
actor5.htm
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