Looking to move to Canada

Has anyone on here immigrated from the states? I'm looking for some first hand advice. I have been researching this for several years now, so I don't feel like I'm jumping into leaving the states. I do plan to take a roadtrip to check out the provinces first. but really I feel like I just need a fresh start after everything that's been going on, and I like what I've seen about Canada. So can anyone give me some pointers?

 

It's rather hard.
First step is getting your work visa, which means you at least have to have a really good job lined up. And even then, it can be doubtful.

 

Also: If you like what you see about Canada, then you haven't been paying close enough attention to our politics. You're falling for a myth.

 

No first-hand experience since I was born here, but I have a couple of tips that might help you.

If you're moving to a city, most will have some sort of Immigrant Services or Multicultural centre with people trained to help guide you through the process of settling here. They will provide info on government documents, health care, all of that stuff.

What type of work would you be interested in? There is a lot of money to be made in Alberta right now, if you're looking for a job in the skilled trades. The East coast is beautiful, but you might have trouble finding work out there. Not really sure about out West.

 

Well, I was kind of thinking about retiring up there. Would that be at all possible? From what I've read, I would need to achieve permanent resident status first, for 4 years, if I remember correctly. As far as work, that's a touchy subject.

 

Yeah, Alberta's pretty much the job spot.
Though some of those jobs come with ethical costs. Texas North.

 

its almost impossible unless you prove you have big dough and wont be a burden on us or our healthcare system.....

 

If work's an issue then so is a visa and residency.

How nice of you to pay taxes to another country and then when you're old and need healthcare, you retire up here, pay 4 years of our taxes and then leech our healthcare.
No thank you. We have a hard enough time dealing with the baby boomers who've been paying into the system since thier first job.

You gotta bring something to a new country if you want to move to a new country.

 

I would not be a burden, trust me. Right now, I am fully self-sufficient, just looking for a change of scenery. I don't see any reason why I would get turned down, to be honest. I'm not saying I won't be able to do something, in the future, I'm just in a dark place right now.

 

NO JOB.

It doesn't get any simpler than that.

 

How is work a touchy subject? If you're thinking you can move up here, sell drugs, and expect to become a resident and get access to health care, you are incorrect.

 

This is reminding me of my buddies American E-friends.

One girl had some very strong opinions about illegal immigrants taking jobs and leeching off the system and yada yada....

Then she was bragging how she was gonna go to Italy and work there for a year. When she was asked if she had to get a work visa, her reply was that she could find work under the table.

...because apparently they couldn't comprehend that other countries are actual countries with their own rules and problems and she was American and who doesn't want Americans in thier country, so it's ok for her to break the rules...while cheering for fencing the boarder.

 

that's just it....we don't trust you...not in the least....

.you can end run around the system 2 ways....marry a Canadian babe in which case you will still be scrutinized beyond your wildest imagination

or

start or buy a company here guaranteeing employment for yourself and several Canadians...in which case you will still be scrutinized beyond your wildest imagination

 

Work is a touchy subject because of my past. I was in a severe accident when I was a kid. I can work, but limited. And I do not expect to just come up there for the healthcare, that is one of the last things on my mind.

 

Well, then you're probably not going to get in. Sorry, that's just the reality of it.

 

ok?....lets pretend you are being interviewed....first question is

why are you moving to Canada?

this is a tricky question because what ever the answer it has to be something you cannot do in the good ol usa or can do better in canada

 

no more immigrants.

 

Look, you don't have to accuse someone of conspiring to leach off the health care system or sell drugs just because they say they want to move to Canada.

It's sufficient to tell someone that their chances of getting citizenship are slim unless they've got something to offer.

You don't have to be all George Bush about it.

 

When someone is not willing to discuss what they do for a living when talking about a subject where what they do for a living is the most important factor, I think it is fairly reasonable to assume that they have less than admirable intentions.

 

Let me get this straight, you want to move to Canada, like voluntarily?