The immigration consultant that I mentioned in my last post is taking on our case, I say it like this because he operates on a 'no visa no fee' basis and that means that he believes that he can get us a Permanent Residents, (PR), visa. Obviously there are conditions attached, like; we have to pass our medicals and police clearance, and it wouldn't be the consultants fault if Canada shifted the goal posts during our process and long wait, but to me this is a great move in the right direction.
We've signed the contract and sent the wire transfer of £2055, ($4000), over and are just waiting for it to clear. This fee includes a fee for assisting us and an employer with obtaining a work permit if we can find Gman a job in the meantime.
Only a consultant in Canada can deal with our case, because only they are recognised, experienced, and qualified to deal with applications for immigration. A lawyer in the UK would not have passed the prerequisite exams and would not be a member of CSIC, the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants.
After the payment goes through, we start gathering the supporting paperwork together to send with our application. We will be applying under the simplified skilled worker route but because of my upbringing and job we will need to show the initial immigration officer that views our file, just exactly why and how we qualify for the points.
I'm going down this route now so that we can get in the queue as soon as possible, so far we are struggling to find an employer willing to take Gman on without knowing of him through his Canadian experience. Yes, maybe this would be different in another part of BC or in Alberta, but we really don't want to start anywhere else, just to have another big move later on, another year. We don't want to live in limbo like that and have to settle twice, we'd rather wait until we can get PR and go where we want to be, Black Creek, on Vancouver Island, together with the rest of my family.
I am excited to at least have discovered that we can go, albeit 3-5 years down the line, at least it's not dependant on getting jobs first, and anyway, we will be better off financially then which will ease the stress of settling there.
So I have just spent this years holiday money, and we still have to find the application fees of £616, ($1400), when we are ready to send the application off to the CHC, (Canadian High Commission).
Oh well, anyone know where we can camp for free this summer?
I'll leave todays post with a quote that I found the other day.
If you believe you can, you probably can. If you believe you won't, you most assuredly won't. Belief is the ignition switch that gets you off the launching pad.
Saturday, March 31, 2007
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The whole moving to another country via the "legal route" is very difficult and usually a long and stressful road. We moved to America 3 years ago and the whole process took us over 2 years in the planning and application process.
We were lucky enough to sell our house in England to a friend who wanted it to rent out, so we got the money from the sale while still living in it and paying rent.
As for the shipping, the company we used in England were fab, they packed everything, from kitchen utensils and plates to furniture complete with the drawers still full. So you need to spend sometime clearing out your unwanted bits before they pack. I had a 6 yard skip and that was overflowing. After a week of clearing out all my crap I was sick and tired of doing it and didn't finish the job, so when I got here I still had a certain amount of crap!!!
The shipping company took only 3 hours on a Friday wrapping and 3 hours on Monday wrapping chairs and taking beds apart as well as loading onto the container. There was no way I could keep up with their packing. I wanted to watch what they put where and make sure they were careful with all my things, but with 3 packers and only my husband and I it was impossible. Everything was labelled and wrapped. The only things that got broken were the leg on the coffee table, which was broken at the dowel and is still useable (although not fixed) and a large pot that was of sentimental value. Which is not bad considering I brought everything.
The shipping company here were HORRIBLE. We were both working in our own business at the time and the shipping company were not at all flexible about their delivery date or time! I ended up having to get my sons to watch the delivery and check things off and they were only 14 and 12 at the time.
The shipping company here charged us extra for delivering to a 3rd floor apartment even though we had already spent over 4000 pounds on shipping. - Bit of a cheek I think. They also wanted to leave before they had put all the furniture together.
Make sure you take the contract with you when you fly so you can see what exactly you have paid for when they come to deliver your things.
You are totally right with the comment at the bottom, keeping trying, you will get there.
I wish you the best of luck with everything, it will be a long and stressful journey but well worth it. : )
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