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    Our Move to Canada: The Ups, Downs, and Sideways
    Our Move to Canada: The Ups, Downs, and Sideways
    Our Move to Canada: The Ups, Downs, and Sideways
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    Our Move to Canada: The Ups, Downs, and Sideways

    By Kathleen Ayers

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    This brief book provides details of our move to Canada for our jobs, and why we returned to the US after 3 years. They may need trained professionals there, but the professional organizations don't make it easy. We met with resistance about licensing and about trying to improve systems. We enjoyed all other aspects of living there, but would not return there to work again unless we had guaranteed offers and licenses.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKathleen Ayers
    Release dateJul 10, 2014
    ISBN9781310626128
    Our Move to Canada: The Ups, Downs, and Sideways

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      Our Move to Canada - Kathleen Ayers

      Our Move to Canada

      The Ups, Downs, and Sideways

      by

      Kathleen Ayers

      7/10/2014

      Copyright 2014 Kathleen M. Ayers

      Smashwords Edition

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for re-specting the hard work of this author.

      Electronic adaptation by www.StunningBooks.com

      Dedication

      This ebook is dedicated to my husband and children who helped me with going through all this. Thanks for all your help and support in our interesting lives! Thanks also to everyone who took the time to listen and help as much as they could.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Packing and Moving

      Jobs

      Canadianisms

      It's Always Windy in Waterdown

      Immigration Processing and Permanent Residency

      Returning to California

      Conclusions

      About the Author

      Introduction

      We moved to Canada in 2009 with job offers for my husband and me. We were excited about the opportunities. We had talked about doing this for a long time. We had visited Canada several times and my husband has relatives in one of the provinces. Our experiences turned out very differently from what we had expected, and we returned to California in 2012. This is a brief story of what we went through. While we enjoyed many social aspects of living there, the job experiences just weren’t what we expected. I hope our experiences will help others who may be thinking of moving and working there. There are occasional media reports about the great standard of living in Canada—and they’re right. In many ways, it is a great place to live. But there could be other issues that aren’t reported, and they need to be discussed.

      You can't just pack up and move to Canada on a whim, although some websites make it seem like you can. You will need to have a solid job offer, or some member of your immediate family must have that solid job offer (I’m not going to discuss refugees or people escaping oppression—they fall under categories of immigrants). Then you will need to visit an area consulate and see a physician (one who works for them, not your own physician) to have a physical exam. When you do finally make that move, you will need to have paperwork showing that you have a job, that it is going to pay you enough to live on, and that you have means to take care of yourself. Much of that type of information is already out there and you can find many resources to help you with the nuts and bolts of such an undertaking. There are also many websites that contain job information. This ebook contains our personal stories of our journey. In some parts, I am purposely vague about specific names of people and places. You'll see why as you read on. Also, keep in mind that Canadian Immigration officials are looking for certain people to emigrate. You get higher ranking if you are in a profession that Canada needs more of; if you can fluently speak English or French, if you have a higher level of education. All these factors will increase your chances of being approved for moving there. These factors are also more likely to help you get an offer of employment there.

      This process began quite some time ago, when my husband, who was exploring senior leadership positions, began interviewing at various universities.

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