Hi all,

Fantastic forum by the way!
I am committed to emigrating to Canada and am just in the process of getting my federal visa forms ready for submission. I have emailed agencies and emplyers in New Brunswick and received great feedback - some saying yes we could employ you if you were in the country etc. but all stopping short of saying they would sponsor me! Can I just go and obtain a temp work permit and go and do a couple of weeks on meetings and interviews and see if I can get some one to sponsor me or could I work temporarily for someone in the hope that I could convince them to sponsor me once I had proved myself?

I just hate the thought of having to wait for two years for the Federal visa to come in.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Brian

Employers cannot sponsor you for PR visa - they can only provide you with
job offer validated by HRDC (for Work Permit) or job offer that received
positive Arranged Employment Opinion from HRDC for giving you extra points
in your PR application.

In order to apply for Work Permit you need first a job offer validated by
HRDC - and this is probably what employers you spoke to are not keen to do.

In order to qualify to apply for Permanent Resident visa you don't need to
have any job offer if you can score enough points without one.

You are probably confusing US immigration system where you must be sponsored
by employer - Canadian immigration program doesn't provide for employer's
sponsorship. You have to meet selection criteria on your own, although
proper job offer with HRDC opinion will give you extra points.

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Vancouver, British Columbia
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"bclynes" <member23006@british_expats.com> wrote in message
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    > Hi all,
    > Fantastic forum by the way!
    > I am committed to emigrating to
    > Canada and am just in the process of getting my federal visa forms ready
    > for submission. I have emailed agencies and emplyers in New Brunswick
    > and received great feedback - some saying yes we could employ you if you
    > were in the country etc. but all stopping short of saying they would
    > sponsor me! Can I just go and obtain a temp work permit and go and do a
    > couple of weeks on meetings and interviews and see if I can get some one
    > to sponsor me or could I work temporarily for someone in the hope that I
    > could convince them to sponsor me once I had proved myself?
    > I just
    > hate the thought of having to wait for two years for the Federal visa to
    > come in.
    > Any thoughts would be appreciated.
    > Brian
    > --
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Thanks for your prompt reply Andrew.
We exceed the points for PR visa but I understand that it can take up to two years to be processed - and that is what I am trying to avoid by getting a job offer which will entail me to get a temp work permit, but I also understood that I could just apply for a temp work permit without any offer of work and go over to Canada on spec? Is this not the case? I am applying under skilled workers but both myself and my wife are in IT (boring I know) and that doesn't seem to be eligible as a skill to be sponsered by an individual province. Do you have any other ideas how we can speed up the process short of my wife marrying you of course? lol

Brian

I think the proffesionals will agree with me.

You cannot speed up the process of PR when applying as a skilled worker. You have to wait in line like everyone else. You could get a temporary work visa as well as waiting for PR but as Andrew said in order to do that it must be validated by HRDC.

Thats it I'm afraid.

I'm guessing that there's no possibility of coming across as an intra-company transferee?

I think Singapore has a 2 week 'job-search' visa, which can be used to go there, search for a job, get job and then apply for a work permit visa.

Im not sure if Canada has the same.
(Can any experts confirm?)

About the HRDC approval for job offers, I believe Skilled IT jobs have a waiver/national blanket exemption, as I read at http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/epb/lmd/fw/itexemp.shtml

So, does that mean, that for those listed jobs, no HRDC approval is required and the employer just has to apply for a work permit without HRDC positive feedback?

Also, I believe when you get such a work permit, your spouse gets an 'open' work permit. true?

rax.

I don't know anything about IT jobs not requiring HRSDC apporval although that link suggests they don't.

Canada does not have what you describe singapore has, although what a great idea that would be.

If you do get a work visa then a spouse does get an open work visa as long as the original job is in Skill Level O, A, and B of the NOC.

About the HRDC approval for job offers, I believe Skilled IT jobs have a waiver/national blanket exemption, as I read at http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca/en/epb/lmd/fw/itexemp.shtml
Q
So, does that mean, that for those listed jobs, no HRDC approval is required and the employer just has to apply for a work permit without HRDC positive feedback?
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A If your job is exempt then You can apply yourself for a WP with a supporting letter from the employer and supporting documentary evidence that you have the skills and education.
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Q
I believe when you get such a work permit, your spouse gets an 'open' work permit. true?
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A Not automatically, you have to apply for it, you can apply at the same time. your WP has to be valid for over 6 months and she would be restricted to not working in healthcare and education

Thanks for all replies!

Brian