Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Good Morning all,
I've been spending a huge number of hours on here looking at the helpful advice from you guys after my husband and I decided to look into moving to Canada. We're a family of 4 (new born and 3 yr old), keen skiers and have visited Canada numerous times (married in Whistler!). I'm a Paramedic (BSc in Paramedical Science) and my husband is a consultant, I'm 40 and he's 43. We love North America; specifically old school places like Fernie, Telluride, CO and have a 'dream' of living somewhere like Nelson, BC where we can ski, enjoy the outdoors and generally have a better quality of life. Cue rolling eyes....I'm sure you've heard all this before! We've travelled a lot and have lived abroad before, so living in a different country shouldn't be a huge culture shock. I've put some basic details below and would appreciate if you guys could have a look and hopefully shed some light on the questions I've highlighted?
I know there's a lot there and I'll ask more specific paramedic career questions to the Para guys on here. But any help with the above would be much appreciated. If you think we're deluded, tell us! We're pretty adaptable and understand it won't be easy, it's the end goal we're focused on. We're interested in those who have similar stories to tell and whether the dream was worth following! All the best, Marie |
Re: Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Hi, welcome to BE.
Originally Posted by Paraskier
(Post 12620404)
Originally Posted by Paraskier
(Post 12620404)
Originally Posted by Paraskier
(Post 12620404)
Originally Posted by Paraskier
(Post 12620404)
HTH, best of luck. |
Re: Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Hi and many thanks for your answers! Not surprised at the CLB7 answer, I just wanted to discount it as an option and move on. I’d prefer to have my husband on the back of my PS application but we’re not 100% on the tax implications so he intends of speaking with his employer next week. hopefully the paramedics on here will reply. all the best and thanks thanks again! |
Re: Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Originally Posted by Paraskier
(Post 12620618)
Hi and many thanks for your answers! Not surprised at the CLB7 answer, I just wanted to discount it as an option and move on. I’d prefer to have my husband on the back of my PS application but we’re not 100% on the tax implications so he intends of speaking with his employer next week. hopefully the paramedics on here will reply. all the best and thanks thanks again! HTH. |
Re: Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Appreciate the advice, thanks.
Lots and lots to think about and its good to see this forum gives honest 'warts and all' views, which is what's needed when making such an important decision! We'll keep researching whilst ensuring that our documentation is good to go (ECA, IELTS). Sounds like us both applying at the same time is the way to go, thanks. |
Re: Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Originally Posted by Paraskier
(Post 12620788)
Appreciate the advice, thanks.
Lots and lots to think about and its good to see this forum gives honest 'warts and all' views, which is what's needed when making such an important decision! We'll keep researching whilst ensuring that our documentation is good to go (ECA, IELTS). Sounds like us both applying at the same time is the way to go, thanks. ONE of you applies as the lead applicant - the other one goes on the application as an accompanying dependent... so just one application ... unless you both intend to put in Separate Express Entry Profiles in the hope that one of you will get an invite, in which case one of you would be the lead, the other the dependent.. and vice versa on the 2nd profile. Whoever has the most points as lead is generally the one we would suggest putting in the profile. :) |
Re: Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Siouxie,
Appreciate the advice. I'll be the lead applicant due to my education and age, it makes no sense in him putting an application in also, he doesn't have anywhere near the points and won't be immediately looking for work. We're sending off our ECAs this weekend and booking the language test on Monday, fingers crossed. Thanks |
Re: Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Originally Posted by Paraskier
(Post 12624009)
Siouxie,
Appreciate the advice. I'll be the lead applicant due to my education and age, it makes no sense in him putting an application in also, he doesn't have anywhere near the points and won't be immediately looking for work. We're sending off our ECAs this weekend and booking the language test on Monday, fingers crossed. Thanks |
Re: Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Originally Posted by christmasoompa
(Post 12624773)
Perfect, best of luck with it. Did you figure out a way to get more points, or are you going to be job hunting in the hope of boosting them so that you can get an ITA?
We plan to get the ECA and language certs then submit the profile for EE. Once we’ve done that I’ll look at applying for jobs in the hope of an offer or qualifying for a provincial Jobs in Demand scheme. We may travel to Canada in May in order I get my licence to practice in one of the provinces. Had I been in work 6 months more in the last 5 years, we would have qualified for Saskatchewan PP ☹️ |
Re: Paramedic with family - Dream Move or Deluded?!
Originally Posted by Paraskier
(Post 12625343)
We plan to get the ECA and language certs then submit the profile for EE. Once we’ve done that I’ll look at applying for jobs in the hope of an offer or qualifying for a provincial Jobs in Demand scheme. We may travel to Canada in May in order I get my licence to practice in one of the provinces. Had I been in work 6 months more in the last 5 years, we would have qualified for Saskatchewan PP ☹️ Could you go before then? Going in May doesn't leave you enough time to get a job offer and LMIA sorted before your birthday in July, when as you rightly say, you'll lose more points. It might be worth going over sooner if you can, even if it's just you popping over for a week of job hunting. Obviously if you get provincial nomination then it won't matter as you'll easily score enough anyway with that, but if you want the lifestyle you've described above i.e. skiing etc, then I don't see much point in going to SK! Best of luck. |
All times are GMT. The time now is 3:50 pm. |
Powered by vBulletin: ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 2024 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.