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if you want to move to Canada, then move to Canada. Canada allows American citizens to stay up to 6 months a year, move here on tourist visa and then start looking for a job in your area. Once getting an offer, go to the border and change your status to TN or regular working visa if the employer is willing to sponsor.
6 months should be long enough to find a job. If you can't find a job in 6 months, then probably you are not a good fit for Canada.
Everyone expects to have PR or a permanent job lined up ready before anything happens. You know what, take a bit risk.
Of course it applies to single persons without dependents. If you have two kids to feed, that's a different story.
Unless you have a degree or marry someone from there, pretty much impossible from what I've gathered. There are a few trades that you can do there, and finding a job there helps, but basically Canada doesn't want American retail workers when they can get rich moguls from China or high-level Apple employees instead.
Unless you have a degree or marry someone from there, pretty much impossible from what I've gathered. There are a few trades that you can do there, and finding a job there helps, but basically Canada doesn't want American retail workers when they can get rich moguls from China or high-level Apple employees instead.
Immigration is always about need, and hardly any country really needs retail associates with minimum skills.
The vast majority immigrants from China are in the high skilled workers category. The "rich moguls" are very few.
There is no point in complaining about how difficult it is to immigrate to Canada, especially from an American, when immigrating to the US is probably 5 times harder.
Immigration is always about need, and hardly any country really needs retail associates with minimum skills.
The vast majority immigrants from China are in the high skilled workers category. The "rich moguls" are very few.
There is no point in complaining about how difficult it is to immigrate to Canada, especially from an American, when immigrating to the US is probably 5 times harder.
Racism in America: "Go back to yer country!"
Racism in Canada: "Go back to your country..sorry."
Racism in Australia: "Go back to your country, mate."
if you want to move to Canada, then move to Canada. Canada allows American citizens to stay up to 6 months a year, move here on tourist visa and then start looking for a job in your area. Once getting an offer, go to the border and change your status to TN or regular working visa if the employer is willing to sponsor.
6 months should be long enough to find a job. If you can't find a job in 6 months, then probably you are not a good fit for Canada.
Everyone expects to have PR or a permanent job lined up ready before anything happens. You know what, take a bit risk.
Of course it applies to single persons without dependents. If you have two kids to feed, that's a different story.
Great post. And if you move to Canada for six months and decide you don't like it for whatever reason and want to head home, it can be as easy as a few hours in the car back (or quick flight) for many Americans. No big deal. Not much lost and you gained the experience of living in another country-which many people will find interesting.
Keep in mind, the vast majority of CJ jobs here require citizenship. There are exceptions, such as loss prevention or corporate security investigations.
Unless you have a degree or marry someone from there, pretty much impossible from what I've gathered. There are a few trades that you can do there, and finding a job there helps, but basically Canada doesn't want American retail workers when they can get rich moguls from China or high-level Apple employees instead.
I'm in a similar situation so I'll ask my question here.
I'm a permanent resident who's been living in the United States for roughly 15 years (My passport is Japanese). I speak English as my primary language but also can also speak Japanese fluently. I've never had the urge to become a citizen here and I'm toying with the idea of immigrating to Canada.
I have a undergraduate degree in psychology and a graduate degree in software engineering. With that, roughly a year of professional experience in software engineering, a year in translation, a couple of years of software testing and some odd number of years in customer service. If I were to decide on applying, I'd like to get some more experience with engineering under my belt.
Think I have a shot here? Any insights would be much appreciated.
your background isn't too different from mine. I have a BA in math and worked 3 years after college before applying for skilled worker PR. I got selected after about a year and received my PR 2 years after that.
Immigration is always about need, and hardly any country really needs retail associates with minimum skills.
The vast majority immigrants from China are in the high skilled workers category. The "rich moguls" are very few.
There is no point in complaining about how difficult it is to immigrate to Canada, especially from an American, when immigrating to the US is probably 5 times harder.
So could I rent out a room as a sublease in, say. Vancouver and come on a tourist visa and then find a job? (I havesavings to tide me over for awhile if I find roommates on craigslist).
So could I rent out a room as a sublease in, say. Vancouver and come on a tourist visa and then find a job? (I have savings to tide me over for awhile if I find roommates on craigslist).
Try by all means.
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