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tobs said:
Hey Guys,
What are your pre arrival preparation plans?

For those in regulated professions here (engineers, doctors, nurses) are you working towards getting licensed? What have you done so far?
For those none regulated professions what steps have you taken to make job searching easier?
Let's have a discussion about these things while we wait for PPR.
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I don't know what can be done for regulated sector. For non regulated I think job search is futile. Most recruiters won't entertain you if you are not in Canada or at least have Canadian PR. I had one call and they stopped communicating as soon as they came to know I was still awaiting PPR.
 
cansha said:
I don't know what can be done for regulated sector. For non regulated I think job search is futile. Most recruiters won't entertain you if you are not in Canada or at least have Canadian PR. I had one call and they stopped communicating as soon as they came to know I was still awaiting PPR.
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Ditto...I had one interaction on LinkedIn. i sent my profile, the HR reached out through chat, but did not respond after I said I am outside Canada.
 
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I was considering moving into professing after going to Canada. But I heard, it is licensed. Let's see how long it takes to get that.
 
cansha said:
I don't know what can be done for regulated sector. For non regulated I think job search is futile. Most recruiters won't entertain you if you are not in Canada or at least have Canadian PR. I had one call and they stopped communicating as soon as they came to know I was still awaiting PPR.
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For Licensed professions you can start the process outside Canada.
I've started the licensing process as an EIT in Canada.
Any Engineers interested can reply to this and I'll share the information I have.
 
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Prashant86_2000 said:
I was considering moving into professing after going to Canada. But I heard, it is licensed. Let's see how long it takes to get that.
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What's professing?
 
Also for nurses, teachers, doctors, etc there are many resources available on how you can begin the process before you land. There are even threads on different professions (almost all the professions really) and they'll guide you through how to start the process of licensing. As with the whole immigration process, research and asking questions is key.
See a link to the forum here:
https://www.canadavisa.com/canada-i...ms/skilled-worker-professional-immigration.4/
 
tobs said:
Hey Guys,
What are your pre arrival preparation plans?

For those in regulated professions here (engineers, doctors, nurses) are you working towards getting licensed? What have you done so far?
For those none regulated professions what steps have you taken to make job searching easier?
Let's have a discussion about these things while we wait for PPR.
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Hello Tobs, I am a lawyer and my wife is an architect. We researched thoroughly about the steps to become licensed in Canada. Some provincial websites even have a whole directory of regulatory bodies in order for the newcomer find out what he has to do do become licensed in Canada. For instance: http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/en/working/OI_HOW_WORK_PROF_PROFS.html.

From what we discovered, it is possible to become licensed in our native professions in Canada, provided that we dedicate a couple of years and thousands of dollars. In my case, even if I put together all the paperwork, it will be pointless since the legal market is in crisis in Canada, even for canadian-graduated attorneys. So, I decided to go "back to school" in order to switch lanes in my career path. As for my wife, she researched and found out that it is much more worth it to deepen her knowledge in 3D models and designing, by which she will have more job opportunities, flexibility and none of the expensive and time-consuming bureaucracy of becoming licensed.

Anyway, each case is different. Hope it can give you some perspective.
 
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tobs said:
For Licensed professions you can start the process outside Canada.
I've started the licensing process as an EIT in Canada.
Any Engineers interested can reply to this and I'll share the information I have.
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Hello!
I would like to know the procedure about getting a license for an engineer from outside Canada please.
Thanks in advance.
P.S:- My profile was updated today with the most useful tool provided by cic and my profile completed 6 months on 7th Dec being stuck at ip2 since mid October.
 
tobs said:
Okay; "lecturing".
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Well there is a difference in the designation. Although, yes lecturing is what I was pointing at.

I tried to go through first couple of pages but did not find good resource about lecturing...will dig more.

Thanks for the link. :)
 
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Hi All !!!
I finally got passport request letter with ghost mail (I updated tracker), The only other update i got before this was Medical pass on Jun 28th. Thank you all for all the support and All the best to all of you.
 
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phd208 said:
Hello Tobs, I am a lawyer and my wife is an architect. We researched thoroughly about the steps to become licensed in Canada. Some provincial websites even have a whole directory of regulatory bodies in order for the newcomer find out what he has to do do become licensed in Canada. For instance: http://www.ontarioimmigration.ca/en/working/OI_HOW_WORK_PROF_PROFS.html.

From what we discovered, it is possible to become licensed in our native professions in Canada, provided that we dedicate a couple of years and thousands of dollars. In my case, even if I put together all the paperwork, it will be pointless since the legal market is in crisis in Canada, even for canadian-graduated attorneys. So, I decided to go "back to school" in order to switch lanes in my career path. As for my wife, she researched and found out that it is much more worth it to deepen her knowledge in 3D models and designing, by which she will have more job opportunities, flexibility and none of the expensive and time-consuming bureaucracy of becoming licensed.

Anyway, each case is different. Hope it can give you some perspective.
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Yes it does!!
This is exactly the type of reactions I wanted to spark by initiating this discussion.
For some of us, our reality will be that we need to go back to school. While others may find themselves in Trades and some unskilled professions.
We need to start thinking about the possibilities and planning towards them.
Thank you very much @phd208 For sharing. Kindly let us know what career lane youve decided to switch to and what courses you would need to take to get that degree (if you don't mind).
 
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