Landing Experience - Calgary Alberta

[canpr]

Alberta Health Care is free from Day One for new immigrants arriving from outside canada and approx. how much time will it take to avail the facility?

Is the coverage from day one applicable only to new immigrants? Or, does it apply to people that move to Alberta from other provinces? Please clarify.

 

[steaky]

Is the coverage from day one applicable only to new immigrants? Or, does it apply to people that move to Alberta from other provinces? Please clarify.

New immigrants with the intention to establish residency 6 months or more.

 

[Aquib]

No comments friend .
Just to let you know , i am happy with package I got but in my friends (4-5 Indian/Paki fam whom we met yet) said that in tech. Job That could make much more money in even less time .
One of my friend here working in petrolium drilling and they took him to north every time for 10-15 days then give him 4-7 days holiday. They took him every 15 day by plain and return back to calgary after 10-15 days . He getting 90k and winter 4 months off.

Other friend working as elec eng also making 80+ K.

Means you can get what you deserve .

Thats what they made FSW category for .

Please mind it , here if you got skills then you will find your job , sometime quickley sometime after little bit struggle.


Remember , amount of sky you see sometime* depends upon size of window .
I say sometime because not everyone got ability to get 100k job but one who has them can also get only when they have trust in themselve .

All the best guys.

 

[amikety]

Alberta Health Care:

http://www.health.alberta.ca/

Eligibility:

http://www.health.alberta.ca/AHCIP/registration-requirements.html

Immigrants:

http://www.health.alberta.ca/AHCIP/moving-to-Alberta.html

If you are moving into Alberta, you are eligible for coverage (as long as you meet the eligibility requirements such as residency) from day one. Register as soon as you get documentation and you'll get your card 1-2 weeks later.

Here is the registration form:

http://www.health.alberta.ca/documents/AHCIP-form-AHC0102.pdf

I just did this a few weeks ago (I became eligible by marriage, still waiting on PR) and it took less than five minutes!

Find a registry:

http://programs.alberta.ca/Contacts/Map.aspx?id=9745&city=Calgary

 

[Aquib]

Alberta Health Care is free from Day One for new immigrants arriving from outside canada and approx. how much time will it take to avail the facility?

Brother , once you rent house in Calgary then you can open bank account same day. Go with bank opening letter to SIN number in afternoon and then take SIN number letter with your address on to registry in evening and they will give you health card (sorry here i mean they will registered you for health card and you will receive actual paper card in 2 week by post) but you entitled for free health services from min you register .
Take your passport and landing papers with you .

Though we took over one week to do this but this can be done on day when you got any friend postal address or rental house .

Only thing which took time is PR card , its over 20 days we applied for them and waiting. Have heard that they take 2 month . Lets c .

If you come calgary then call me whenever you need help .

I am busy as started work and then remaining time to family waiting for new baby. But we can always speak .

 

[Aquib]

Thanks Aquib
could you shed some light on IT related jobs, are there enough available?

thx

Brother ,
No idea about IT job. But if economy is growing then there much be something in IT.

 

[ItsBeenLongNow]

Brother ,
No idea about IT job. But if economy is growing then there much be something in IT.

thx bro
How are the people
In terms of any racism?
Is Calgary red neck
Plz don't mind the question
Just concerns

 

[amikety]

Just for fun (I'm bored guys, was it obvious?) I did a job search on "information technology" on www.monster.ca. Here is what I found:

http://jobsearch.monster.ca/jobs/?q=information-technology&cy=ca&where=calgary__2C-ab

261 jobs fit the bill. Now, some of these won't be IT jobs, they just slipped in because I used the word technology.

This website has even more www.wowjobs.ca

http://www.wowjobs.ca/BrowseResults.aspx?q=information+technology&l=CALGARY%2c+AB&s=r&sr=0&t=30&e=&si=A

A total of 1305 fit the search perameter "information technology" in some way. I browsed through the first page and they seem to be actual IT jobs for the most part.

Even if we decide only 1/4 are true IT jobs, that's still over 300. I would hazard to say that's pretty good. As I've mentioned before, though, 6 months is an acceptable amount of time to be looking for a job. To help yourself out, make sure you have a good cover letter, resume to Canadian standards, and a nice black or gray suit with a tie and long sleeved shirt, preferably freshly pressed. If you're okay with shaving, consider having a clean shaved face. It makes you look younger and employers don't want 'old' employees (because you retire sooner, thinking from back in the day when people stayed at one job for 20+ years. If shaving is against your religion or personal ethics, then don't do it.... not worth it for any job!)

Sites like Monster.ca will offer other tips as well. They also have sample cover letters and resumes to help guide you.

Lastly, Alberta isn't as set into using English spellings versus American spellings. Most people and places use American spells (center, meter, color), but some especially government jobs use English (centre, metre, colour). I don't think it matters which you pick in Alberta. I spell 100% with American spellings (they make more sense) and I don't have any issues.

 

[ItsBeenLongNow]

Just for fun (I'm bored guys, was it obvious?) I did a job search on "information technology" on www.monster.ca. Here is what I found:

http://jobsearch.monster.ca/jobs/?q=information-technology&cy=ca&where=calgary__2C-ab

261 jobs fit the bill. Now, some of these won't be IT jobs, they just slipped in because I used the word technology.

This website has even more www.wowjobs.ca

http://www.wowjobs.ca/BrowseResults.aspx?q=information+technology&l=CALGARY%2c+AB&s=r&sr=0&t=30&e=&si=A

A total of 1305 fit the search perameter "information technology" in some way. I browsed through the first page and they seem to be actual IT jobs for the most part.

Even if we decide only 1/4 are true IT jobs, that's still over 300. I would hazard to say that's pretty good. As I've mentioned before, though, 6 months is an acceptable amount of time to be looking for a job. To help yourself out, make sure you have a good cover letter, resume to Canadian standards, and a nice black or gray suit with a tie and long sleeved shirt, preferably freshly pressed. If you're okay with shaving, consider having a clean shaved face. It makes you look younger and employers don't want 'old' employees (because you retire sooner, thinking from back in the day when people stayed at one job for 20+ years. If shaving is against your religion or personal ethics, then don't do it.... not worth it for any job!)

Sites like Monster.ca will offer other tips as well. They also have sample cover letters and resumes to help guide you.

Lastly, Alberta isn't as set into using English spellings versus American spellings. Most people and places use American spells (center, meter, color), but some especially government jobs use English (centre, metre, colour). I don't think it matters which you pick in Alberta. I spell 100% with American spellings (they make more sense) and I don't have any issues.

Much thx

 

[amikety]

thx bro
How are the people
In terms of any racism?
Is Calgary red neck
Plz don't mind the question
Just concerns

Re: Racism in Calgary - This is a rant you don't want to hear from me! It will be 10 pages long and involve a lot of yelling and cursing. Lets just say 1) Calgary is still in the beginning stages of coming to terms with it's growing diversity; 2) Some communities tend to isolate themselves and behave racist towards anyone else.

Calgary is NOT redneck. Even the people that think they're "redneck" aren't close. There aren't any rednecks in Calgary except me.

 

[Aquib]

thx bro
How are the people
In terms of any racism?
Is Calgary red neck
Plz don't mind the question
Just concerns

Till now i find this place friendly.
Though I am in NE which is Asian people area .

I can say I never come across racism even in England ( if don't count 2-4 incident when shop keeper make faces while shopping or rare Driver behind me shows finger when i was new driver and done some driving mistake on road - but in India people could have start swearing ) so I can say I never felt any racism in England but Ca people are even more friendly .

I would say everyone that before even thinking of racism in western world please see places where we came from :
India - Gujarat where 1000s of women got raped & killed .
South Indian city- where we feel stranger if we go there from North india .
Even in heart of India Mumbai where Thakre sahab want north indian to go away .
Pak- where 100s of people getting killed every day in name of Shia-Sunni or Mujahid etc .

Trust me , you wont find racism here and if you ever find any racism then that would not be equal to even a fraction of what you have already seen and experienced whole life in our Asian country .
May be I just ignore little things and silly behaviour where as other people term those as racism , if thats the case then its different thing .

There must be something in this country thats why people want to come here leaving there family and friends , and then never goes back .

 

[ItsBeenLongNow]

Re: Racism in Calgary - This is a rant you don't want to hear from me! It will be 10 pages long and involve a lot of yelling and cursing. Lets just say 1) Calgary is still in the beginning stages of coming to terms with it's growing diversity; 2) Some communities tend to isolate themselves and behave racist towards anyone else.

Calgary is NOT redneck. Even the people that think they're "redneck" aren't close. There aren't any rednecks in Calgary except me.

Much Thx bro

 

[ItsBeenLongNow]

Till now i find this place friendly.
Though I am in NE which is Asian people area .

I can say I never come across racism even in England ( if don't count 2-4 incident when shop keeper make faces while shopping or rare Driver behind me shows finger when i was new driver and done some driving mistake on road - but in India people could have start swearing ) so I can say I never felt any racism in England but Ca people are even more friendly .

I would say everyone that before even thinking of racism in western world please see places where we came from :
India - Gujarat where 1000s of women got raped & killed .
South Indian city- where we feel stranger if we go there from North india .
Even in heart of India Mumbai where Thakre sahab want north indian to go away .
Pak- where 100s of people getting killed every day in name of Shia-Sunni or Mujahid etc .

Trust me , you wont find racism here and if you ever find any racism then that would not be equal to even a fraction of what you have already seen and experienced whole life in our Asian country .
May be I just ignore little things and silly behaviour where as other people term those as racism , if thats the case then its different thing .

There must be something in this country thats why people want to come here leaving there family and friends , and then never goes back .

Thank u brother

 

[canpr]

New immigrants with the intention to establish residency 6 months or more.

Makes sense, thank you.

 

[canpr]

Alberta Health Care:

http://www.health.alberta.ca/

Eligibility:

http://www.health.alberta.ca/AHCIP/registration-requirements.html

Immigrants:

http://www.health.alberta.ca/AHCIP/moving-to-Alberta.html

If you are moving into Alberta, you are eligible for coverage (as long as you meet the eligibility requirements such as residency) from day one. Register as soon as you get documentation and you'll get your card 1-2 weeks later.

Here is the registration form:

http://www.health.alberta.ca/documents/AHCIP-form-AHC0102.pdf

I just did this a few weeks ago (I became eligible by marriage, still waiting on PR) and it took less than five minutes!

Find a registry:

http://programs.alberta.ca/Contacts/Map.aspx?id=9745&city=Calgary

Thanks Amikety that helps.