Introduction to the forum - Tell us about yourselves

[StuartPowell]

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

Hell Alan/Cath

I am from London England and I am also looking for some people who have allready made the move, have you had any luck?

Thanks,

Stuart

[davideug]

wow this is great!
My name is david. I am 22 years old and i am origanaly from the united states but shortly after a dramatic reunitement with my long lost grandfather (mother meeting her father) and family in Iceland, I moved there. i have bin living in Iceland for 7 years now. Living in this beautiful but cold and dark place has produced alot of life changing situations for me. Like I now have a son who is 4 and can brightin up any day with his presence. And an erry of new friends and an OLD LIFE of crazy Viking partys hehe. I am currantly looking to move to Canada with my son and mother. Canada has always bin in our minds as a place to go for a futuer, a place we are both familer with. language and culter. The place i had in mind is Winnipeg, Manitoba. So I am looking know everyday on how i make a move like this as I have never done a international move (on my own) before. My idea is to go out there first work alittle then send for my mother and child. If anyone could help me threw this prosses i would appreciate it. its bin fun reading about all of you and i hope to haer more from you

[chiguy]

Hi all,

I've been reading these posts for a couple of months now and I think this forum is awesome. I'm dabbling with the idea of moving to Canada. I have experience in the IT field and would try to find same work in Canada. Perhaps, GTA or Vancouver. I'm also considering the EU zone. I can get dual nationality because my parents are Irish. So a move to the EU would be easier than a move to Canada, despite the proximity.

[vigga]

Hi, I´ve been hanging around and just reading when I have the time. I´m a 40 yr old Danish woman who is a what I think is called in the USA a CNA, a Health Worker. I Just finished my education for it (It takes 1 yr and 2 months) and will start working again soon. My husband has a small Cleaning company and is also being educated as a Acupuncturist. We have 2 kids, 7 and 9 yrs old. We hope to move to Canada or even the US when my husband finishes his education. We are both Danish and live in Denmark.
What are the chances for a couple in our situation?

Many thanks in advance to anyone who will be kind enough to reply)

[rippers]

Well, here's my pennies worth...

1970's British model. Good mileage but rusty around the edges and looking for a new overhaul...
I moved to Denmark in 2000 and now, we (refering to wife and additional extras such as 2 children), wish to move to Canada either B.C or Alberta.
Endless questions...
We fit the skilled worker profile with ease and both hold degrees and over 10 years work experience having established our own company in Denmark. The crisis has ripped the very core out of our company and now wish to start anew.

I am a Environmental & Conservation Consultant and the wifey has an Interntational Business Management & Tourism degree with 4 fluent languages - English, Danish, Russian and Lithuanian. So anything along these lines is perfect...What are the options here?

We have decided to move so what next?
We are doing our own research but would like to hear anything that can aid our plea to life and shift as soon as possible.

Is finding work easy for skilled workers overseas or is this just a myth and how do we start - by applying for work first and then move or move and then apply.

So many questions...

Look forward to endless replies...

Ripley

[denisevines]

Hi, My name is Denise. I emigrated here in early 2006 with my husband Mike, from England. Canada was home from the second we landed. We live in Kelowna, British Columbia. I am a realtor and Mike is a computer software tech. The climate in the BC interior is wonderful, winters not too cold and summers are hot. We are surrounded by beautiful scenery, wineries, golf courses, ski resorts and have a 65 mile long lake in the valley. We are enjoying travelling and exploring our new country, we have made some wonderful friends and feel truly priviledged to be living in such a fantastic place. We never had any doubts that this was the perfect move for us and it has turned out to be everything we expected and much more.

[mary jones]

hey everybody!

I was born in Romania and I live in Toronto, Canada for 2 years now.

[hbrennagh]

Hi,

My Husband and I moved to Canada in August (just in time for winter ) ). I am slowly settling into life in Canada. Everybody has made me feel so welcome and I have thrown myself into work, hobbies and volunteer opportunities to keep me more than busy! My Husband is Canadian, I'm British and we met and lived in Belgium for 6 years. We don't have any kids just yet but hope to in the near future. We are currently living in Aurora, north of Toronto. I'll enjoy reading all the posts and sharing stories )

Helen

[saikat.bis]

Hello everyone, this is Saikat from India. I am single and going to move to Canada by post mid 2010, under skilled immigrant category.

I need to work as a software engineer and take a whole lot of passion in Photography and Extreme adventure sports and Mountaineering. I decided to join this forum hoping of certain favors form the people here. I hope this is going to be a nice experience with all of you out there

Cheers and Have a nice day!

[Snathico]

Originally Posted by louiseg

Welcome to all the new posters!! As we have so many new posters to the Canadian forum, I though it would be great to find out a little more about every one. Please introduce yourselves so we get to know each other

Here's my brief bio.
Hi I am Louise, orginally emigrated to Canada from the UK in 2003, I was the primary applicant under the skilled worker category. Came with my husband and son (Oliver 18 months at the time)
Six weeks after arriving had a major family tragedy which threw me into complete turmoil, homesickness, dilemma, etc etc. Really took the edge off of our exciting move, and I just felt unsettled after that.
Anyway was offered a really good job back in UK in 2005 so returned there for a couple of years. Got bored with life there, and came back to Canada, (Canmore AB) in 2007. Now settled and very happy
I am glad I had the spell back in UK because it helped me to quantify what I really wanted and how I was going to get it. I would be quite happy living in UK or Canada I love them both.
I really look forward to sharing your journeys !!

Hi Louise

Thanx for the welcome,i've just joined two days back and i really like this kind of platform. my name is Unati,will be moving to Canada in 3 mnths time,im a south african,will be immigrating with my hubby and our nine mnth old to saska to nipawin.im afraid of the weather though but i guess will get used to it.im a dr and my hubby is an artist,hoping to move to saskatoon after a yr or so.unfortunately the rural places are mostly our port of entry to canada as drs.so hows life there? i hear cost of living is better than uk , low crime rate & education for kids is good.is that true?



pls put us on the greenlight coz we wanna experience something different from our country but i must say we'll our awesome weather!