Canada: Training & Employment prospects
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canadian immigration
looking for info about getting to stay with our commonwealth cousins in the north for a few years. Information on employers, lawyers used and others experiences with acquiring permanent residency, wages and conditions etc, etc.
Have own igloo, anorak, snow mobile, sleigh and hate Robin William's and Southpark.....
Love snow, altitude and vertical reference work.
Have own igloo, anorak, snow mobile, sleigh and hate Robin William's and Southpark.....
Love snow, altitude and vertical reference work.
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To: collective bias
First of all don't get a lawyer or an immigration agent. Second, get the permenant resident package forms from the Canadian Embassy in NZ or OZ and do most of the paperwork yourself. Get a prescribed physical by a doctor approved by Canadian Immigration and get the necessary police reports if they are required.
I am an American living in Canada and we have been working with an Immigration Agent for three years and it has cost us over $10,000 CDN and I don't expect to see approval for at least two more months.
Good luck
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The Cat
First of all don't get a lawyer or an immigration agent. Second, get the permenant resident package forms from the Canadian Embassy in NZ or OZ and do most of the paperwork yourself. Get a prescribed physical by a doctor approved by Canadian Immigration and get the necessary police reports if they are required.
I am an American living in Canada and we have been working with an Immigration Agent for three years and it has cost us over $10,000 CDN and I don't expect to see approval for at least two more months.
Good luck
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The Cat
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Hey Collective Bias.
I'm presumming by your call sign that you are a 76 driver. CHC ( Canadian Helicopters Eastern) is looking for 76 pilots. Contact
chief pilot Dave McCutheon @ : [email protected] or call 450-452-3920 . He will be out of town from the 28Jan to about the 6th of February.
What's an Anorak, we use Parkas.
best regards.
I'm presumming by your call sign that you are a 76 driver. CHC ( Canadian Helicopters Eastern) is looking for 76 pilots. Contact
chief pilot Dave McCutheon @ : [email protected] or call 450-452-3920 . He will be out of town from the 28Jan to about the 6th of February.
What's an Anorak, we use Parkas.
best regards.
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thanks Lu and tech...
advice + direction greatly appreciated...
p.s - Lu, I have been talking to a guy Nigel Thompson (lawyer) [email protected]. He (in the past) got an aussie without uni. degree into vancouver in 8 months ... true story.
Hope it helps
advice + direction greatly appreciated...
p.s - Lu, I have been talking to a guy Nigel Thompson (lawyer) [email protected]. He (in the past) got an aussie without uni. degree into vancouver in 8 months ... true story.
Hope it helps
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Seems like a lot of guys are interested in Canada. Here are my details of leaving England to work in Canada. Firstly you do not need a lawyer, go up to the Canadian embassy or phone and they will give you all the paperwork you will require, your entry is based on a points system, i.e. age, level of qualifications, laungages spoken etc. You must meet a minimum number of points and they provide a chart to work this out. If you meet the points you will need to fill in the paperwork extremly carefully, any mistakes and they will throw it back to you. You will need to provide all work details and police letters stating that you do not have a criminal record. When i applied helicopter pilots were listed as required and i think qualified for fifteen points, you will need to check this. Now, on your application form it states that only a job approved by employment Canada will be take into consideration when granting permanent residency, THIS IS NOT TRUE, I went to Canada converted my licence phoned round and secured a job!! I asked for a letter from the company to state that they would give me a job as soon as my residency was approved. You must apply from your own country, so I returned to the U.K. put the letter in with my application. 11 months later my perminant residency papers came through, and the company that promised me a job was listed as my sponser into Canada on my papers. You must land in Canada before your medical expires, usually 12 months, then you are aloud to leave for a maximum of 6 months before finally settling down. Just a quick note on work, I went to B.C. the guys who fly there in the mountains are by far the finest mountains pilots in the world and Canadians are very friendly folks eehhh !! Hope this is of some help, please fell free to email me if you need any more info
cheers and good luck.
cheers and good luck.
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Collective Bias:
Send me an e-mail and we'll talk about some options you may have, especially if you have S76 or 212.
Cheers, OffshoreIgor
PS. If you have a sponsor and Job to go to, you will not see the long waits described by some others above. We have had several pilots, UK, Oz, NZ etc. given permanent residance in no time. What it boils down to is, if you have a Skill your in, if not, your in for a long wait.
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Send me an e-mail and we'll talk about some options you may have, especially if you have S76 or 212.
Cheers, OffshoreIgor
PS. If you have a sponsor and Job to go to, you will not see the long waits described by some others above. We have had several pilots, UK, Oz, NZ etc. given permanent residance in no time. What it boils down to is, if you have a Skill your in, if not, your in for a long wait.
[This message has been edited by offshoreigor (edited 27 January 2001).]
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Actually working in Canada can be even easier.The trick is to get a student visa, which normally takes about 4 to 6 weeks. This allows you to enter Canada and study at the flightschool specified in your visa.
If you already have a non-canadian plot's licence, it will only take a few months to get the canadian one. Starting from zero will take you 6 months to a year.
And now the good stuff. After receiving your pilot's licence or 'graduating' you can apply for a work permit which is valid for one year. To do this you'll need a joboffer letter from a company (the one you studied at should be able to provide that one) and take this and your pilot's licence and go to the US border, you just cross the border to the states and turn right back. Doing this enables you to apply from outside Canada. When you get back at the Canadian border (10mins later) you apply for your work permit showing them when you received your licence and the joboffer letter, the Immigration Officers should be aware about this rule. I myself used this procedure at the Slt. St. Marie border and a friend of mine in Buffalo.
After paying 150CDN you get your visa an can start working for the company specified in your visa.
Now you have one year to get your permanent residence status done after which there are no problems to work in Canada.
This procedure allows you to stay in Canada and there is no need to travel back home and wait for a year to get your documents done.
Before I forget, you have 60 days after 'graduation' to use this procedure.
This procedure was put in place after lots of complaints of students coming over to Canada spending lots of money on a licence and then being send home unable to work.
For any more info contact me via this forum and I'll get back to you,
no doot aboot it eh
If you already have a non-canadian plot's licence, it will only take a few months to get the canadian one. Starting from zero will take you 6 months to a year.
And now the good stuff. After receiving your pilot's licence or 'graduating' you can apply for a work permit which is valid for one year. To do this you'll need a joboffer letter from a company (the one you studied at should be able to provide that one) and take this and your pilot's licence and go to the US border, you just cross the border to the states and turn right back. Doing this enables you to apply from outside Canada. When you get back at the Canadian border (10mins later) you apply for your work permit showing them when you received your licence and the joboffer letter, the Immigration Officers should be aware about this rule. I myself used this procedure at the Slt. St. Marie border and a friend of mine in Buffalo.
After paying 150CDN you get your visa an can start working for the company specified in your visa.
Now you have one year to get your permanent residence status done after which there are no problems to work in Canada.
This procedure allows you to stay in Canada and there is no need to travel back home and wait for a year to get your documents done.
Before I forget, you have 60 days after 'graduation' to use this procedure.
This procedure was put in place after lots of complaints of students coming over to Canada spending lots of money on a licence and then being send home unable to work.
For any more info contact me via this forum and I'll get back to you,
no doot aboot it eh
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hello 'almost canadian'
real keen to discuss your experiences please e-mail your address to: [email protected]
regards...
real keen to discuss your experiences please e-mail your address to: [email protected]
regards...
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Hi There!!!
I have a Canadian Comercial Helicopter licence.After completing my licence I went back to Austria ,and applied for a work permit.The answear was that without a job ofert no work visa,so I applied for permanent residence and this is also not the easiest thing,you will have to go trough a hell of paper work and pay 500 can$ without getting the money back if you are not selected.On my application my pilot licence was almost ignored because the ETF is 15 points but the
ocupational factor is 1 point.
I have been refused for permanent residence in Canada.
I would like to know more about the work permit for one year.Please e-mail to :
[email protected]
Thank's in advance
Roberto
I have a Canadian Comercial Helicopter licence.After completing my licence I went back to Austria ,and applied for a work permit.The answear was that without a job ofert no work visa,so I applied for permanent residence and this is also not the easiest thing,you will have to go trough a hell of paper work and pay 500 can$ without getting the money back if you are not selected.On my application my pilot licence was almost ignored because the ETF is 15 points but the
ocupational factor is 1 point.
I have been refused for permanent residence in Canada.
I would like to know more about the work permit for one year.Please e-mail to :
[email protected]
Thank's in advance
Roberto
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Job Situation in Canada
Hello. I'm thinking of leaving Australia for different pastures, and was wondering if there were any Canadians in here who could give me a quick run-down on:
(a)Getting a work visa,
(b)Conversion exams etc, and
(c)Job prospects for a turbine job.
I have done some investigation over the web, but it is not the same as finding out from someone on the ground.
Thanks! S.
(a)Getting a work visa,
(b)Conversion exams etc, and
(c)Job prospects for a turbine job.
I have done some investigation over the web, but it is not the same as finding out from someone on the ground.
Thanks! S.
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See 'Flying in Canada' topic on 29th December 2000 and similar topics last December. Website for info on Australian migration to Canada is:
www.dfait-maeci-gc.ca/australia/
[This message has been edited by Out of Balance (edited 22 March 2001).]
www.dfait-maeci-gc.ca/australia/
[This message has been edited by Out of Balance (edited 22 March 2001).]
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Canada Calling
Well hopefully my headlines attracted some replies as it doesn't seem that many people want to help newly qualified helicopter pilots like myself at the mo but here goes. I'm coming out to Canada in a couple of weeks time to go and knock on a few doors to look for work. I'm looking to start in Vancouver and then work my way around until some one gives me a job!!! I've got a NZ CPL(H) with 152 tt with a Hughes 500 rating and AS350B time. I'm 33, fit eager and have experience in ground crewing as well as 12 yrs experience in Broking (could be helpful in an office?) Any way any advice leads etc much appreciated. Cheers