Moving to canada?

Question

I am a US citizen and I have a job offer to work full time in Canada and going by CIC's online assessment, it looks like I qualify to be considered as a SKILLED WORKER applicant. I have the following questions to help me figure out what I would need to do to secure my stay in Canada:

1) What fees am I looking to pay? Medical? Any type of VISA fees? Police records?

2) Would I be able to stay with a friend in Canada while I work there or would I need my own residence?

3) I read that you need proof of financial status to show that you can support yourself in Canada, but If I have a job offer, as long as it covers the minimum needed, is that enough proof?

4) What would I have to do if I wanted to get another job in Canada in case I wanted to leave the job I was given?

Any other information I need to know or that can be of some help to me, would be much appreciated. If I can think of other questions, I'll just add them later. :P Thanks in advance. :)

Answer 1

First, I want to make it perfectly clear that I'm not a lawyer and have never worked in a law office.

However, I have worked in a community development organization as registrar for their training/retraining services. I can answer some of these questions for you based on that experience, as some of what I learned there is relevant to you.

I have no knowledge that can help with your first question.

Yes, you can stay with a friend until you find a place of your own.

Having that job offer, in writing, should be sufficient. However, you do need to have a work permit to work in Canada legally. In fact, you have to have a work permit in order to legally look for work in Canada. And you cannot be asked about your citizenship when applying for a job, just asked if you are eligible to work in Canada. For the record, you also can't be asked about your age, sexual orientation or religion. Also, if you have any chronic illnesses, you don't have to disclose them during in anterview, but once you've been hired, if you need specific accomodations, you should ask for them. Even during a probationary period, you can't lose your job because of your health.

As long as you can legally work, taking a different job shouldn't be a problem.

You would be best running all of these questions past a Canadian lawyer who specializes in immigration. I don't know where you would be working or the names of such lawyers, but I am giving you a link that will allow you to find a legal clinic anywhere in the country. They should be able to help you find an immigration lawyer.

BTW, you'll find this country to be much more tolerant and much less panicky than your home.

Answer 2

1...not much ...if any?..2, yes, staying with a freind is fine, you just need a Canadian address....3...your job should be enough, having a couple a grand would be better....4...after a while in the first job you should be ok...but you really should apply for landed immigrant status as soon as you can

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