Introduction to the forum - Tell us about yourselves

[she_v41]

I appreciate your decision to move to Canada which is the best place to live on earth (heard and read) and more over, people are very friendly and cordial. What more we required for the shortest life? I wish your dreams come true very soon!

I am enjoying while reading this thread of introduction by the folks and give some time to introduce myself as I am in the mood of appreciating all of your openions and advises.

[deano75]

Originally Posted by Getting There

Hi Dean and family,

Welcome to the forum. What sort of maintenance engineering do you do? Have you yet any thought on where in Alberta most appeals or is it just a case of following the work (which is probably the best strategy)? What sort of visa is your immigration consultant suggesting that you target?

IF Alberta ends up being your destination, we hope you settle in well here. It is a fine place to live.

Kind regards from Okotoks, Alberta,

Eamonn & Janet.

Hi Eamonn and Janet

Sorry I took a little longer to reply. I fix and install production machinery, at the moment Im at a contact lense company. Edmonton looks nice and the wife and kids like the look of the shopping mall!!!!!!

Our immigration consultant recomends the skilled workers visa. They are sorting out the paperwork now.

How long have you been in Alberta and what part do you live in. Also if you have any info on schools would be appreciated my kids are boys 8,11 girls 16 and 18.

Thanks

Dean

[Getting There]

Originally Posted by deano75

Hi Eamonn and Janet

Sorry I took a little longer to reply. I fix and install production machinery, at the moment Im at a contact lense company. Edmonton looks nice and the wife and kids like the look of the shopping mall!!!!!!

Our immigration consultant recomends the skilled workers visa. They are sorting out the paperwork now.

How long have you been in Alberta and what part do you live in. Also if you have any info on schools would be appreciated my kids are boys 8,11 girls 16 and 18.

Thanks

Dean

Ah, the West Ed Mall...big enough to keep even the most serious shopaholics occupied for absurd amounts of time!

We are in a place called Okotoks. It is a town of 20,000 people a 20 minute drive south of the southern edge of Calgary. It is tremendously popular among British immigrants. It's a lovely town, very family friendly. Around Edmonston, Sherwood Park is often mentioned as a really nice place to live.

Here's some key school links that will be helpful...
Edmonton Board of Education - Find a School
and their registration page... Register Your Child
Calgary Board of Education - Calgary Board of Education - Interactive Map
and their registration page... Calgary Board of Education - Parents - Registering Your Child
Here in Okotoks, we come under the Foothills School Division...
Foothills School Division
Many British folk come here to get their children into the Dr Morris Gibson public school which has the reputation of being one of the best Elementary schools in Canada.
You can also use the Fraser Institute Report Cards to check out school performance.
The Fraser Institute - Report Cards - School Performance - Alberta
Other links can be provided if it is the Catholic school system that you would be looking to access.
For your eldest, the following Wikipedia article gives a good overview of further education options in Alberta.
Higher education in Alberta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Enough reading there to keep you occupied a while we suspect!

Kind regards,

Eamonn & Janet.

[CathAlan]

Hi Everyone,

I am so new to this actually my first time on this site and i am looking for info on imigrating to canada from Ireland. have been planning to do this the last year with my partner and son but had no idea where to start... so can anyone out there offer there advice to me possibly someone from ireland? dont even know if i am on the right thread.

thanks,
Cathy x

[Getting There]

Originally Posted by CathAlan

Hi Everyone,

I am so new to this actually my first time on this site and i am looking for info on imigrating to canada from Ireland. have been planning to do this the last year with my partner and son but had no idea where to start... so can anyone out there offer there advice to me possibly someone from ireland? dont even know if i am on the right thread.

thanks,
Cathy x

Hi Cathy,

What part of Ireland are we talking here? My (it's Eamonn here) parents were both from Limerick City although I was born and brought up in London.

Are you able to tell us a little more about yourselves in terms of your work experiences? Also, have you been to Canada before? To the extent that you have formed an opinion on the subject, have you considered where in Canada that appeals to you? We're in a town called Okotoks, just south of Calgary in the Province of Alberta out in Western Canada.

Kind regards,

Eamonn & Janet.

[CathAlan]

Originally Posted by Getting There

Hi Cathy,

What part of Ireland are we talking here? My (it's Eamonn here) parents were both from Limerick City although I was born and brought up in London.

Are you able to tell us a little more about yourselves in terms of your work experiences? Also, have you been to Canada before? To the extent that you have formed an opinion on the subject, have you considered where in Canada that appeals to you? We're in a town called Okotoks, just south of Calgary in the Province of Alberta out in Western Canada.

Kind regards,

Eamonn & Janet.

Hi Eamonn & Janet,

sorry should have given more info.. ok here goes.... Im living in laois with my partner of 7 years Alan and our 18 month old son conor.. i have 6 years financial services experience working in the funds industry but only have secondary school education... my partner alan works for a access rental company on the same lines as united rental say over in the states canada. he is fully trade qualified and is in his job 9 years.. im currently working part time just doing seceterial and admin work... we were looking at calgary or vancouver but its so essential that its a place that will provide a great start for us and a better quality of life for our son and and subsquent children that we are going to have... we have been thinking about this for a long time and hav decided that now is the time to do it.. i have all the forms for alan to apply for permanent residancy as a skilled worker... other then that i am kinda stuck... we are planning on being in canada before the year is out providing all goes well and we get the support and help we need..

thank you so much for replying however you may help its nice to know people out there are still genuine x

Cheers,

Cathy & Alan

excuse the spelling but i cant find my glasses!!!

[Getting There]

Originally Posted by CathAlan

Hi Eamonn & Janet,

sorry should have given more info.. ok here goes.... Im living in laois with my partner of 7 years Alan and our 18 month old son conor.. i have 6 years financial services experience working in the funds industry but only have secondary school education... my partner alan works for a access rental company on the same lines as united rental say over in the states canada. he is fully trade qualified and is in his job 9 years.. im currently working part time just doing seceterial and admin work... we were looking at calgary or vancouver but its so essential that its a place that will provide a great start for us and a better quality of life for our son and and subsquent children that we are going to have... we have been thinking about this for a long time and hav decided that now is the time to do it.. i have all the forms for alan to apply for permanent residancy as a skilled worker... other then that i am kinda stuck... we are planning on being in canada before the year is out providing all goes well and we get the support and help we need..

thank you so much for replying however you may help its nice to know people out there are still genuine x

Cheers,

Cathy & Alan

excuse the spelling but i cant find my glasses!!!

Hi Cathy, Alan and Conor (I keep coming across Conor's or Connor's...the son of my latest real estate clients is a two "n's" Connor!)

An hour or so ago, we posted on another thread on this forum and reading your circumstances, I'm thinking most of the same advice applies. I hope this link to that thread works...
moving to calgary

Have a look at the links there. It will help to get your thinking underway.

Calgary and Vancouver are both great spots. Our first thoughts (and first research trip in 2003) were about Vancouver. To us, it never quite felt like home and the rain and cloudy skies (not always of course, but frequently) felt too similar to the UK (or Ireland for that matter!) Calgary (first visit in 2004) was a different matter. It is a western city with a warm (people) feel to it. The proximity to the mountains is a real plus. There are some very family oriented communities here.

Drop us an email or Private Message us if you want to run your test scores (read the other post - this'll make better sense then) and work experiences by us offline rather than on a public forum. We're by no means immigration experts but we've been through the process so have some idea how it hangs together. You can do that (I think) via our Profile Page which you can get to if you click on our Getting There screen name above.

One final thing, getting here this year on the Skilled Worker process might be a bit tight but the amended process the authorities are now using is promising to be very, very much quicker than the old process that we had to endure!

Kind regards,

Eamonn & Janet.

[Wilksinalnwick]

My name is Andy Wilkins and I live in Northumberland, England. I'm 52 and currently serving as an officer in the Royal Air Force; my wife is a phlebotomist and I have 2 sons, the eldest of whom is in his second year at Durham University reading Ancient History with the youngest hoping to follow in his brother's footsreps in October of this year. I have been to Canada (only Goose Bay) before but have a real hankering to emigrate - something to do with wide open spaces, fewer people and a better quality of life I think. Ideally I would like to move in a couple of years to somewhere in BC, where there is snow in the winter and sun in the summer. I believe that officially you cannot "retire2 to Canada although I would have my Air Force pension followed, 10 years later by my UK state pension. Does anyone out there have any advice/comment? Apologies if I have placed this on the wrong forum.

[she_v41]

Hi Everyone,

I am so new to this actually my first time on this site and i am looking for info on imigrating to canada from Ireland. have been planning to do this the last year with my partner and son but had no idea where to start... so can anyone out there offer there advice to me possibly someone from ireland? dont even know if i am on the right thread.

thanks,
Cathy x

Hi Cathy & Alan,

Please go thro this website, which gives you whole lot of ideas about immigrating to Canada.
If you want to immigrate to Canada, there are a few different ways to apply. You will need to decide which immigration program will work best for you and your family.

Immigrating to Canada

Good luck!

[StuartPowell]

Hello,

I am looking to emigrate to Canada in the next few years but need to build up some contacts etc before I do. Can anyone on here tell me what is a good city to live/work and bring up children (I have not had them yet but I am planning on them when I emergrate with my Partner).

Thanks

Stuart