Good man with the definitive skinny Ace, that's what pprune should be all about. Incidentally, there are similar delays with citizenship, and you'd want a solid address here and not to disappear out of the country for any long periods during the 5+ years, it's not an easy thing to do.
It just occurred to me waterfalls, you should be able to avoid Brookfield as any visa would be offered directly to the employer here rather than through an agency. If that's the case, I assume it would be a fully taxed payroll.