Immigrating to Canada - Page 4

you're welcome onemoredreamer! keep us posted on what you learn & decide! I will know by mid-next year where I am moving to next which will probably be permanent since I just want to settle in one place & build my life

Here is some info for those of you considering it. I thought about doing this but by the time I'm a Canadian PR I would qualify to be an LPR here.

You must meet the following minimum requirements to apply as a skilled worker:

1)You have at least one continuous year of full-time, paid work experience or the equivalent in part-time continuous employment.

2)Your work experience must be Skill Type 0 (managerial occupations) or Skill Level A (professional occupations) or B (technical occupations and skilled trades) on the Canadian National Occupational Classification (NOC).

3) You must have had this experience within the last 10 years.

4) Must get a passing mark on this assessment tool
http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/immigra...sess/index.asp

5)Finally, once you complete your year of experience in your field you can apply and this is how long you will have to wait in your birth country for your application to be processed.
http://www.canadavisa.com/federal-sk...ing-times.html

As you can see it's anywhere from 3-7 years

I don't think most of dreamers can immigrate to Canada as a PR. Most of us won't be able to meet that one year requirement of work experience. We'll have to go as international students to Canada and then change it.

Last time I spoke with a Canadian Immigration lawyer you would have to go back to apply for your PR or go to the Buffalo Consulate. Since we have 10 year bans, the Buffalo Consulate is out of question and thus still have to wait it out in our home countries.

It's been a while since I talked to them and it's probably like immigration lawyers here. You can't trust everything they say.

If someone (GrumpyDREAMer?) knows if what he told me was correct, it would be great.

ic so even if I go to Canada as a nursing student and graduate I am screwed because I would have to go back to Korea to wait for my PR... Because if I go back to Korea they will immediately take me to the army, like AT the airport. Darn... I am gonna try to look into this too, I want to have some kind of back up plan in case Dream doesn't pass.

Geronimo, I'm pretty sure you would have to go back just to Korea get your student visa to go to Canada. I was told that and that is what GrumpyDreamer also had to do. Again, do your own research and talk to a reputable Canadian lawyer.

hmm well at least that isn't so bad because I am 21 and they don't force me into the army till I am 24... I think I can make it to Canada with student visa but going back to Korea to get approved for LPR is the tough part.

What I don't understand is that people switch visas here in the U.S. often without having to go back to Korea... right? So is Canada just unique in a sense that they will make us wait in our own country, even though we are currently in Canada? I will call some lawyers and post it back.

I don't remember who, but way back when (when only CoSA existed - no DAP) someone was able to get their Canadian student visa here in the US without first going back to their home country. This was years ago, and I don't know how he managed it...maybe the rules even have changed.

I had one coversation with a Canadian lawyer and one thing they told me contradicted J6's family experince so who knows.

You should talk to a lawyer yourself and then tell us what they say.

I just talked to one of the lawyers from Canada. She was charge of nursing visa in her firm Nachman and Associates. She said I would have to prove a year of legal residence in U.S. to go to Canada from here. Meaning I would have to go back to Korea at one point for an interview before going to Canada.
So no... I can't just drive my wrangler up the border