On Wed, 13 Jan 2010, Lance A. Brown wrote: > Greetings, > > My fiance has a 3-year postdoctoral job offer in Calgary, AB and is > seriously considering taking it. Does anyone have experience with > looking for work in Canada from the U.S. and making arrangements to > emigrate?
You could say that :) I'm an immigrant to Canada (originally from Australa). US & Canadian professionals have fairly good reciprocal work rights. This Canadian govt site seems to cover the matter well: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/work/special-business.asp#nafta As for looking for work. Based on my experiences of being in one country and looking for work in another you won't get airtime with employers unless your boots are on the ground, especially in the current economic climate. I recommend joining mailing lists for your preferred OS, etc to start networking. I joined various lists a couple of years before I actually hit the ground in Canada since permanent resident visas take a while to process. Once in Canada I'm not sure if you can convert the NAFTA visa to a resident visa but I would if you can. After 3 years you can apply for Canadian citizenship. Actually getting it occurs quite sometime after that :) When I arrived I found my excellent credit rating in my home country meant nothing. This was quite a wake up call for a 30 year old :) I felt like I was 18 years old again, at least as far as credit was concerned. You will be able to convert your US driver's license straight over, I understand. Those are some random thoughts. If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to answer them if I can. Cheers, Rob -- Email: rob...@timetraveller.org IRC: Solver Web: http://www.practicalsysadmin.com I tried to change the world but they had a no-return policy _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lopsa.org http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
