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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 04:48:56 +0000, bjk2002
<member@british_expats.com> wrote:

    >Applied Nov 2001,
    >Interview waiver - Dec 2002
    >Medicals - April 2003
    >Passport req - Aug 03
    >Personally got visa stamped in Buffalo - Aug 03 (Flew from CA, got stuck
    >at NY bcoz of blackout)
    >Landed at Toronto Airport - Sep 03
    >Spent many days doing various paperwork. Got my SIN number, PR Card etc.
    >Stayed at home for 3 weeks, applied for job in the fourth week. Got a
    >job in IT in 3 days. Job market is not that bad. Offcourse, salary is
    >less compared to US but life is better here. I cudn't think about buying
    >a house in bayarea. You wud get a 55 yr old house for 500K. I bought a 1
    >yr old 4 bedroom house in Mississauga for a good price.

Hi, can you tell us how much experience you have? Were you a perfect
match for the job? What type of IT job it is? etc...

Because from experience, IT jobs are almost none-existant today...

Happy_pal

Thank's a lot Samoji,

That really helps a lot. Actually I am amazed that you were even able
to see when your medicals reached Buffalo from Ottawa (I guess through
eclient), because my status is paralyzed on eclient and does not move
from "In Process" to any other state snce nearly 2 years.

Anyway thanks again for your help.

Happy_Pal


samoji <member@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Hi Happy_pal,
    >
    >
    >
    > I actually did post my timeline twice before. Here again is my timeline.
    > I hope it does help you out.
    >
    >
    >
    > Applied: Dec. 2001
    >
    >
    >
    > AOR: February 2002
    >
    >
    >
    > Assessment Recv'd: 03 February 2003 (Asked to wait for 6 months to do
    > medicals, Additional Documents: RCMP security clearance based on
    > fingerprint, last 3 month Bank statements)
    >
    >
    >
    > Medicals sent: 02 June 2003.
    >
    >
    >
    > Medicals entered into Buffalo site: June 17th 2003.
    >
    >
    >
    > Passport Request: 23rd of September 2003.
    >
    >
    >
    > Passport sent by Fedex Express: 24th September 2003.
    >
    >
    >
    > Passport stamped: 1st of October 2003.
    >
    >
    >
    > Passport sent with Visa and COPR: 10th October 2003.
    >
    >
    >
    > (Almost 2 yrs from application to receipt of Visa and landing papers)

Derek

JOB--->>> DO WE HAVE THIS WORD IN CANADIAN DICTIONARY
"Marcelo" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > > Spent many days doing various paperwork. Got my SIN number, PR Card etc.
    > > Stayed at home for 3 weeks, applied for job in the fourth week. Got a
    > > job in IT in 3 days. Job market is not that bad. Offcourse, salary is
    > > less compared to US but life is better here. I cudn't think about buying
    > > a house in bayarea. You wud get a 55 yr old house for 500K. I bought a 1
    > > yr old 4 bedroom house in Mississauga for a good price.
    > Please read this. He got an IT job in 3 days. A friend of mine needed
    > 1 week, asi you can see, it is true. There is a shortage of IT people
    > in Canada right now. I wonder why some people want to hide that fact.
    > Best regards.

Imran Badr

Same here. I applied at Buffalo in Oct 2001. Got my file number in Nov
2001. I haven't heard from them after that. eClient just says " In
Process".

-Imran.



[email protected] (Happy_Pal) wrote in message news:<[email protected]. com>...
    > Thank's a lot Samoji,
    >
    > That really helps a lot. Actually I am amazed that you were even able
    > to see when your medicals reached Buffalo from Ottawa (I guess through
    > eclient), because my status is paralyzed on eclient and does not move
    > from "In Process" to any other state snce nearly 2 years.
    >
    > Anyway thanks again for your help.
    >
    > Happy_Pal
    >
    >
    > samoji <member@british_expats.com> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > > Hi Happy_pal,
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > I actually did post my timeline twice before. Here again is my timeline.
    > > I hope it does help you out.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Applied: Dec. 2001
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > AOR: February 2002
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Assessment Recv'd: 03 February 2003 (Asked to wait for 6 months to do
    > > medicals, Additional Documents: RCMP security clearance based on
    > > fingerprint, last 3 month Bank statements)
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Medicals sent: 02 June 2003.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Medicals entered into Buffalo site: June 17th 2003.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Passport Request: 23rd of September 2003.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Passport sent by Fedex Express: 24th September 2003.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Passport stamped: 1st of October 2003.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > Passport sent with Visa and COPR: 10th October 2003.
    > >
    > >
    > >
    > > (Almost 2 yrs from application to receipt of Visa and landing papers)

Infocan

Yes certainly this word has meaning in case one have 4-5 year of goog
exprince
in a field. I am applying for IT jbs sitting from india ( currenlty
in US for assignment) And I got more response than I expected.
Offcource I am showing them as landed immigrant in canada. ( which I
will be in short time)


"Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected] .cable.rogers.com>...
    > JOB--->>> DO WE HAVE THIS WORD IN CANADIAN DICTIONARY

Webcrawler

Are those real responses, or the automated emails sent by the job sites or
the company?
What are the typical salary figures that you are seeing?

Thanks.

"infocan" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Yes certainly this word has meaning in case one have 4-5 year of goog
    > exprince
    > in a field. I am applying for IT jbs sitting from india ( currenlty
    > in US for assignment) And I got more response than I expected.
    > Offcource I am showing them as landed immigrant in canada. ( which I
    > will be in short time)
    > "Derek" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:<[email protected] .cable.rogers.com>...
    > > JOB--->>> DO WE HAVE THIS WORD IN CANADIAN DICTIONARY

Infocan

I assume they are real response , As I get doc to fill for salary
expectations and others ask for writing more on some specfic work.
Currenlty I am filling like 34 dollors per hour.


"WebCrawler" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]> ...
    > Are those real responses, or the automated emails sent by the job sites or
    > the company?
    > What are the typical salary figures that you are seeing?
    >
    > Thanks.

Marcelo

Hello,

I'm so happy to hear that people in the IT field are finding jobs
quickly, even programmers.

A friend of mine arrived 2 months ago and he is working as a Java
Programmer, he had just one year of experience, so he is getting just
$36k a year, which is not so bad.

I wonder why some people try to make people afraid, I guess they don't
want competition in their field, so they post scary stories.

As a confident person, I'm sure that I'll still have jobs even if you
immigrate, si I'm telling you the truth, if you are into the IT field,
even if you are just a programmer, Canada is a good place to live.

If you go to the Human Resources Canada website, it also says that in
2007 there will still be a high demand.

Best regards!