Immigration - Canada?

Question

Im a British citizen (born and bred here) and so is my husband. Im a nurse and I want to move to Canada. Does anyne know what I need to go and work there?

Answer 1

There are several outlets that you can use do to move to Canada. It most definately helps that you're a British citizen. Immigration to Canada works on a points system; for everything about you that the government likes you get a point or two.

For example: high education = points, nursing experience = points (we have a nursing shortage btw), British citizen - points.

You can apply for a visa which you can get at the Canadian Embassy or I am sure the embassy will mail you one if you're not close to London. Process time is rather long, normally takes months, and I've heard it taking 3 years; you shouldn't be too much of a problem because of nursing though.

If you have family living in Canada, they can sporsor you, which is easier, more advantagous for you as the points required are lower, takes less time.

I hope you do move to Canada, it's a beautiful country. We love the British, but then again, we love pretty much ever country in Canada. If you want to continue in the medical field, I suggest thinking Vancouver, Montreal, or Toronto (which has some of the best and renowned medical centres in the world....but I think you already knew that)

Best of luck!

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Some great and interesting answers already !

You should get the real, official information from the ones that made the rules, the ones who will make the decision whether or not to let you in.

http://www.gc.ca is the website for Canada's government, you can see on the first page, the link to immigration information.

You can also check the directory http://www.canada411.com
Type "Hospital" and a which city, and you will see a list of hospitals, current official names, addresses, postal codes, phone numbers, and even some website addresses. You could research some info on them, and check job postings if they show it on their websites, or contact their Human Resources Departments with resume etc even BEFORE they advertise job opportunities.

There is also a private sector legal firm that specializes in immigration which is thoroughly involved with health-care immigrants, "Rosenblatt and Associates". They have a division that specializes in caregiver immigrants, but they (R&A) are not limited just to caregivers. They are lawyers that will help you a lot.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

If you lodge at the London High Commission, CIC Canada advise a 45 month delay before they even ask for your documents! (New system from 1/9/2006). Then spend up to a year processing you and finally issuing the visa so expect to wait between 3.75 to 4.75 years before you go. Errors in applications lead to longer processing times and refusals.

You can shorten this by having a job offer but get a good agent locally based in the UK to help you. Non UK based agents really don't understand the UK's lack of centralised systems and how to get those missing papers you desperately need when you have lost them. One agent even get you job's and you can arrive in 4 to 6 weeks (or later if you want) (The clever immigration stuff is shown by CIC on the web). DON'T just send you money via you back to Canada. You lose 4-5% to the banks and you don't know it because it’s done in the exchange rate you achieve. That’s £5000 in every 100K of your house money gone up in smoke in seconds. When migrating watch out for tax traps on any pension entitlements. Sometimes you should transfer them, sometimes you shouldn't. This is a real trap!! If you get it wrong you can lose tens of thousands of dollars in additional tax when you retire and draw your entitlements.

Moving isn't just about a visa. What about that couple in November that paid the furniture removalist and the furniture didn’t arrive! They couldn't get hold of the removalists, and so rang the sea freight agent in Southampton. He said the removalist hadn't paid him and nothing was going until he was paid by someone. The removalist had scarpered agent said he had 21 sea containers full of people furniture on the docks. The couple had top pay over £3600 TWICE!
Ask the agent for this and lots of other really good info... A good agent will save you far more money than they charge.

Get smart and use an agent, especially if you are moving money over, because the saving on the money alone will more than pay for the agent AND they make sure you, your furniture AND your pensions actually get there the right way.

You may find that if you can get your partner to be the applicant, you will not an employer to sponsor you. Often sponsoring employers will pay you a lower wage to start with as this cover the cost of their sponsorship. So effectively you are actually paying the cost by working for less money. If you are in Canada with your work permit, then you will be able to negotiate a higher salary as they will now need you more than you need them!
That’s a lot of extra money in each of the early years of your arrival.

Ps, a lot of people really don't know much about the latest system for moving to Canada. Do you know even a simple truck driver, janitor or a cleaner (yes, even without qualifications) can migrate - takes 4 to 6 weeks! There are nearly 30,000 occupations that will allow you to move to Canada. Chances are your partner has one of those!

Ps there are a number of ways for skilled migrants to move to migrate OTHER than the points count system.

Hope this is helpful... Good luck with your move

Answer 6

Just easy. check www.cic.gc.ca and you will have all your questions answered. Also Canada's health care need more people to fill out the shortage it's experiencing for years. You can apply as a skilled, independent immigrant. You don't need any one to sponsor you to apply for the permanent residency if you meet the basic requirements and points.Good luck.

Answer 7

Check out Nurses 4 Canada (http://www.nurses4canada.com) They combine the requirements of the various provincial nurses associations with the current immigration guidelines for people from other countries wanting to practice nursing here.

Good luck to you...we need more nurses here!

Answer 8

immigration to canada is by point system. it will be all added
from the application to the qualifications. the passing point now
is 65. you will not find it difficult because you are a british. the canadian government has a close tie with great britain.

Answer 9

I believe Canada are very strict on immigration. If they have no use for your skills they won't let you in, if they have use for your skills but not your husbands they'll let you in but not him! Things may have changed but this is what happened to a friend of a friend of mine.

Answer 10

The fact that you are a Nurse, presumably an RGN/RMN, will do the trick, as there is a great shortage.

Look in the Nursing Times, lots of agencies advertise there for such staff, all over the world.

Bon voyage...