Alberta Canada

susie05

Due to the downturn here my husband Had to take a desperatly bad paid job after signing on for 6 mnts anyway we are barely getting by and have heard theres a construction Boom over in this part of canada.My husband is a very experianced machine driver & would move in a shot & we'd send money home for mortgage
Has anyone any experiance of here or hear anything,Basicly im just starting out my research so have no idea even how hard the work permit process is
Thanks a mill

onemorechance

On the Canadian Governments website there is a list of jobs that they will give out Skilled Migrant Visa'a for, and a lot of the jobs are in construction. I am pretty sure that a machine driver was one of these jobs. There is then a test you can take online where you answer questions and score points based on your suitability. I am not sure how long the process may take to get the visa, I have heard that it may take years, but I'm not sure. One method I will be looking in to is to go to the usit website and look into the under 35 12 month visa, which is open to any Irish person under 35. It will allow you to work in Canada for 12 months doing any job except tobacco picking. It would be a good way to get started in Canada while applying for the full visa. Also, 12 months working in Canada will give you more points when assessing your suitability for the full migrant visa.

http://canada.gc.ca/main_e.html

http://www.usit.ie

susie05

didnt know about the under 35 12mth one.my Husband is 31 & im 26.
will look it up no its just i mightnt qualify as i will proberbly not be working as id have to mind our toddler

onemorechance

The only thing you need to qualify for the under 35 visa is to be under 35, so you will both qualify. However, I am not sure how it will work for your toddler, just email usit about it, but I hope it all goes well for ye. Keep us posted on how ye get on, I too want to move to Canada, firstly on the 12 month visa, and hopefully on a permanent visa after. Also keep in mind, and read posts on it in here, that usit are charging a lot. The initial charge is E489, only about $150 is going to visa, the rest is usit I think. Then they want you to get 12 month insurance with them, E400 - E500, and they make it hard for you to look elsewhere for cheaper insurance, saying they need to assess it, which could take some time and they will also charge you for this assessment. Then they make it difficult for you to book your flights outside of usit where it can be done cheaper. I am only going on what I read on posts here, but it seems like flights to canada can be bought for around E700 return, wheras, usit are charging nearer E1000. There is another Irish travel / student site who are claiming that they too will soon be offering these visas, but who knows how soon. They say early this year. Its http://www.go4less.ie

susie05

thanks for the info onemorechance
are you heading to any part in particular or just touring for a while?my Uncle lives in antario & his sons have gone down to Alerta to work too
Have to get out of this Bleak country its so depressing my husband works 70 hours a week for €600

onemorechance

I am thinking of Montreal, Quebec, but it's in the French speaking part. I am not planning to go for a while, so I am hoping to go to improvers class to see if I can resurect my Leaving Cert French! I am also thinking of going to Toronto, Ontario if I don't go Montreal. I think I would go any where there just to get out of Ireland, although I would like to get paid well! I would say that Alberta would be seriously cold! I have a friend of a friend working in Calgary and that is his first comment! Minus 20 right now. I have some friends in Vancouver, which is the city all the way over on the west coast of Canada. Vancouver seems to be the most popular destination for Irish.