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Greetings-
I am an American with a family and am looking into moving to Canada permanently. My wife and I are fairly open-minded, and just aren´t satisfied with the climate we see here in America to raise our daughter. Perhaps this is all a pipe dream, and I admit I feel a bit like an Ugly American, but from reading about how generally laid back everyone is, combined with social issues such as health care and education, I´m thinking Canada could be in our future. I live in Kentucky and have over 100 credit hours but no college degree, and have deep family roots in Canada (my mom´s side is from French Canada I believe, how far back I´m not for certain but its been at least two or three generations). I´m really open to working whatever/wherever, as long as I can provide the best for my family. I´ve been looking at attaining a job in Canada for US Citizens, but alot of it pertains to people looking to only work for a year or so. I´ve also looked at the skilled workers program and am somewhat confused. I´ve read conflicting information that its almost a handout and if you qualify you almost get job placement/assignment, but then I also read that you have to simply go out and find a job first for yourself before attaining citizenship. I also read that no Canadian can be found for the position prior to you attaining it, but how could NO Canadian be found before they´d take a yank? I figure it couldn´t help to ask, and thanks again.
[29-05-2011,22:17]
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(in reply to: Moving a family to Great White North)
Citizenship has nothing to do with finding a job. After you become a permanent resident and live in Canada for three years, you qualify to apply for citizenship.
For work permits (i.e. short term work rather than immigrating), it´s true that employers generally have to prove they cannot find/hire a Canadian before they can hire a foreigner. (Sometimes employers will have trouble filing specialized roles in the Canadian job market.) However as you´ve paperwork guessed, this process involves a significant amount of time and paperwork on the part of the employer. It can also be difficult for the employer to prove they cannot find a Canadian to do the job. As a result, many Canadian employers won´t consider foreign applicants because it´s simply too much trouble to hire them.
There is no program that guarantees you a job placement/assignment once you qualify. You have to find a job on your own.
To qualify as a federal skilled worker, you need to have one of the occupations listed here (note this list is expected to change in about a month):
http://www.cic.gc.ca/English/immigrate/skilled/complete-applications.asp
You can also qualify as a federal skilled worker if you have a job offer in Canada.
Canadian Experience class won´t work for you since you aren´t employed here.
Your other option is to consider the provincial nomination routes listed here: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/index.asp
Regardless of how you immigrate, your entire family will have to pass a medical and you will have to show a minimum amount of money in the bank (linked to the size of your family) to qualify.
If you haven´t done so already - I would spend a few days on the CIC site listed above familiarizing yourself with the various immigration options available to you. Try going through the eligibility tool to see if you qualify to immigrate (i.e. have sufficient points):
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/skilled/tool/index.asp
[30-05-2011,13:45]
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