Tanah

Line up a whole load of Job interviews and try and get someone to hire you with an LMO application and your good to go!!! lol

elinorryves

Hi, we have just endured yet another friday and saturday awaiting the permit. we are getting desperate as we have a rental which we have just paid for (deposit + months rent) need to send off contracts signed for year, and am worried that we wont get it!!!!!
DOES THIS EVER HAPPEN?
PLEASE PUT OUR MINDS AT EASE
6 weeks exactly yesterday and sent an e mail badgering them for some clues to when etc...
SOMEONE MAKE US FEEL A BIT HAPPY

Dis-Illusionist

Hello Nextphase!! We too are considering applying TWP route. Can I be nosey and ask what you do for a living?? My husband is an accountant and I am a teacher.. .{of which there is NO shortage}.

nextphase

Hi , not nosey at all .... My partner is a warehouse manager and I am Care support worker and also a hairdresser.. We have heard that an employer can only offer a job to an outsider if there are no canadians suitable and to prove that . We are gettin confused over this as it seems a lot of people are managing to get out this way via job offers ...

Dis-Illusionist

Thats the way it works i'm afraid. Companies find it easier to hire non-canadians if there is a shortage of workers in a given province for a particular profession. These Jobs/professions normally appear on an Occupations Under Pressure (OUP) list. These can be found on the provinces immigration web site.

I think it becomes difficult to prove that there were no suitable Canadians for the job if there are plenty of skilled people who can do that job within Canada.

But don't take the above as gospel, i suppose there are a lot of circumstances where a certain position can't be filled whether the job is on the OUP list or not. ie Hours of work, Area of work, Location of work, niche market etc.

An employer has to advertise a job for 3months (7days if profession is on OUP list) within Canada before they can consider hiring a foreigner. Once they decide to take on a non-canadian they have to submit papers to the HRSDC for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO). The HRSDC then check that the employer advertised the job in the correct way (ie followed Rules & Regs) and issue a letter giving them the OK. You would then use this letter and the job offer to arrange a TWP (i think).

It may be worth you reading some of the wiki articles on this website for further info. Be prepared to do a lot of research though, there is plenty to learn!

Canada Dreams

we went over in june this year on a recce, had a job offer at the end of june approx, received my LMO last week
so for us it was very quick

sioux

ok everyone, it's another wek of postie stalking. Goodluck to all those still waiting for good news, like me
Thought I'd start the week positive, even though I'm losing the will to live.Trying to keep busy so as to distract myself, but my mind keeps going back to 'what time is it now, the postman will be in ....3 hours!'. I am so tired of this game:curse:..but...gotta stay psoitive right, so maybe this week

starlight

Good Luck Sioux. I think this is going to be your week

sioux

Thanks starlight. I really hope it is my week, and for all those waiting too like Tanah and ibby13.
No mail at all today, didnt even see the postman
treating myself to some retail therapy tomorrow, I refuse to stay at home all day and wait.

crg2704

hi i know the feeling waiting for the postie..but when the brown envelope comes through the door...oh did i feel sick.application for TWP had been in CHC for less than 3weeks...big sighs of relief when it was the stuff for the medical. x-ray this week medical next week...then await the postie again lol

shonaoconnor

Hi
Bad news. Had my application rejected (after waiting 7 weeks from putting in application), as didn't have an LMO altho had been offered and accepted a job and been put forward for PNP.

Heard last week that PNP app successful. Just awaiting forms then going to apply for PR and TWP all over again!! More money and stress!!!
It had better be worth it!!

TheGrizzlyHattons

Hi Shonaoconnor,

I don't know too much about PNP so just had a look on the wiki. Did you need to wait for you PNP app to be successful before you applied for TWP then? Good luck with it, hope it goes more smoothly for you this time!

ibbye13

Hi Sioux

I sent them an email on Friday as I am finding it too long ....June 9-13 until now no answer.
Anyway i continue to work and i wanted to know if you have already given your notice at work. I will give mine when i get the TWP cos i dont want to be waiting at home...that will drive me mad...

Bye

Ibbye13

sioux

I resigned and left work on the 7th of August. I was in a very stressful job and would have resigned regardless of this application. I do occassional bank shifts and its working out OK, but I do know what you mean, the waiting at home is driving me nuts!
You really have been waiting a very long time. It will be 11 weeks for me this week from them receiving my application. I hope you hear from them soon. They replied my e-mail after 2 days so you could be lucky.
Good luck

Tanah

I handed mine in on 18th Aug - so official leaving date is 12th September.

Good Luck Sioux - Im hoping this is my week too - my nerves are shot to hell and the waiting is making me feel sick lol
Not holding out any hope till Friday so postie is safe until then - Friday I may camp at the end of the road and pounce when he comes round the corner lol Doesnt seem anyone has got a TWP on any other day but a Friday so im not counting chickens before then

Im due to sit mynursing exam at the begining of Oct so it better hurry up lol