Al Lowe

I know others have asked this, I TRIED asking this a few days ago, but the message
never appeared.

So here comes a repeat of my question.
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To whomever feels up to answering this one:

A Canadian friend of mine has been trying to talk me into moving to Canada for quite
some time now. I have to admit, I fell in love with the country the very first time I
drove across Friendship Bridge in Detroit/Windsor, several years ago. Since that
time, I have revisited several times, and even managed to move closer to Canada.
Having moved from the Chicago Suburbs to the Jackson-Lansing area of Michigan.

What I'm considering is this, currently I work at the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor. My daily drive to and from work is 100 miles (158km)total. On the other hand,
Windsor is about 40 miles (63km) one way, which would change my total mileage per day
to about 80 (127km).

So, how difficult would it be to apply for PR status, keeping in mind that I'd keep
my US based job, and to help matters, since I have type II (adult onset) diabetes,
I'd also keep my US based health insurance which has doctors in the Detroit area.
Another thing, that may weigh in for me, I'd be earning US dollars in Michigan, but
likely spending the bulk of it in Canada.

I would like to work this out as I have two small children and frankly, I feel that
Canada is most likely a better and safer place to raise them. And by keeping my US
job, I'm not taking work away from Canadians in Canada. As well, by providing for my
own health care, I would not be a big burden on the Canadian Health system.

So, what do you think?

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Al Lowe [email protected] http://www.billybishop.net A Distinguished
Military Site!

Andrew Miller

You didn't get any answers because you haven't provide any details about your
qualifications, so assessing your chances for immigration visa is impossible. Also
you asked a medical question - nobody can give you any sure answer in that respect,
you must go through normal immigration process which includes medical tests and
history review. Only medical experts at the Health Ministry can decide if you are
medically admissible to reside permanently in Canada. Keeping your job in US will not
make any difference in the treatment of your application.

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Andrew Miller Immigration Consultant Vancouver, British Columbia email:
[email protected] (delete REMOVE and INVALID from the above address before
sending an email)
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WebImmigration.Com

Hi:

You may want to consider applying for Canadian permanent residency as an Independent
Immigrant. For a free on-line assessment go to
www.webimmigration.com/Independassess.html

Even if you qualify for Canadian permanent residency, you might have issues relating
to medical inadmissibility.

The Immigration Act, and its Regulations provides that an immigrant is inadmissible
to Canada where the immigrant or the immigrant's dependent is suffering from any
disease, disorder or other health impairment as a result of the nature, severity or
probable duration of which, in the opinion of a medical officer (and concurred by at
least one other medical officer):

1. they are likely to be a danger to public health or to public safety, or
2. their admission would cause or might reasonably be expected to cause excessive
demands on health or social services.

For more information on issues relating to medical inadmissibility go to
http://www.webimmigration.com/medicadmis.html

Yours truly, Ingrid Y. Chen, B.A., LL.B.
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Webimmigration.com, Embrace Opportunity 225-141 Bannatyne Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3B 0R3 Tel: 1-204-943-3303 Fax: 1-204-943-2625 Email: [email protected]
Visit our website at http://www.webimmigration.com

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Al Lowe

Actually, as far as I can tell, the first time I posted this message, it didn't go
through. And based on the fact that I actually did get answers, or I should say, I
did receive responses this time, I actually now have a better idea of my chances.
Thanks to the free online evaluation, I know that I have at least 76 points. Their
test gave me 66, but since my intention is to keep my US job, that should, according
to the rules, give me 10 more points.

That just leaves the medical evaluation and getting the police certificate. Well,
actually, there's more than that, but I think I actually have a decent chance.

Thanks to all.

Al Lowe
[email protected]
http://www.billybishop.net
A Distinguished Military Site!

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Andrew Miller

You will not get 10 points for keeping your US job - 10 points are being granted
for pre-arranged employment in Canada (a formal job offer validated by HRDC). I
don't want to sound discouraging here, but if you gave yourself points in the
self-assessment test in the same optimistic manner as you count on 10 points for
employment then your results of entire assessment exercise may be in serious
doubt. The online (or off line) evaluation results are good only when data is
entered properly.

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Andrew Miller Immigration Consultant Vancouver, British Columbia email:
[email protected] (delete REMOVE and INVALID from the above address before
sending an email)
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