ige

I'm an Australian citizen.Whats the process to apply for a migration visa from Australia to Canada?
Any ideas how long it takes?
Thanks in advance.

christmasoompa

Hi there and welcome to the Canada forum.

Have a read of the following Wiki article to understand the immigration process a bit better and to figure out which route will suit you best............

http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Quick_...an_Immigration

Good luck.

Judy in Calgary

Also:
Hope that helps.
x

ige

Judy it looks quite complicated
I work in the Information Technology field.
I work as a senior Consultant
Do you think i have a chance?

JAJ

You cannot expect a free forum to give you personal consultancy.

tracey jane

I find your manner unacceptable to a number of people and shall be taking this matter further

JAJ

No offence is intended but when someone is given a lot of information to browse through, it's not that reasonable to come straight back and ask for a personal appraisal.

And even if such appraisal was given, no-one should use advice on a free forum as definitive.

The Canada-Australia working holiday agreement might apply if aged under 31, but it may or may not be a good idea if other options are available.
http://www.whpcanada.org.au/criteria.shtml

Paul Wildy

I'm afraid JAJ is right - there isnt enough information from the original poster for anyone to say what their chances are.

A proper assesment would need to delve further into job (what the OP actually does), plans as to which province they want to move to, personal financial circumstances, any previous business ownership? any reletives in canada? any previous study or work in canada? prepared to move on a work permit or wish to wait for permanent residency? be prepared to study initially instead of work? etc etc

In all there are 53 possible routes into Canada depending on what province the OP wants to live in so if they can answer some of the above questions we may be able to give more personalise advice.

Tableland

Who wrote all of this stuff - was it a collective effort? It's really quite comprehensive. I was interested in THE LIST, especially with regards to the new rules about getting rejected if you do not have an occupation on the extreme demands list, etc. Does this mean people who have been waiting for two years, for example, could get rejected even if they got 90 points?

Paul Wildy

No, only people who applied since February this year

Tableland

OK thanks, Paul. If you need a job offer or skills and experience in a specific job in extreme demand, this seems pretty similar to the US system (at least with respect to the job offer being the main way in). In which case, what's the advantage in applying to Canada when you may as well look for job offers from the US? Has Canada considered that many people like me would just look for jobs stateside if they made the general skilled worker programme this hard?

PS just using myself as an example; as you know I'm heading in the opposite direction.

G586

OP was too lazy to read stuff and wanted it spoonfed instead, which is understandable but got told in a fairly innocuous manner that he should read instead. Seen much worse!

Seriously if you are this sensitive, you may struggle here.

iaink

Good luck with that!

Seriously, who was that aimed at, the guy who wants it all NOW, or the guy whos spent hours and hours here helping people in the past?

Tableland

Seconded.

christmasoompa

In my view, the US is still going to be considerably harder to get into for a couple of reasons -

the various US visas are only available to those in fairly specialist occupations with degrees (whereas Canada you can get one as a waitress/cleaner/receptionist with little education) and

the cost to the US employer of sponsoring someone is at least $5,000 dollars and takes at least 6 months - 1 year (so they need a good reason to go through the hassle and cost) whereas the cost for a Canadian employer is very minimal and the process only takes 2-6 weeks.