Confused and no idea where to start!

[Frozen-Trebles]

I've wanted to move to Canada for a long time but I'm not sure which is the best way to go about it. Either permanent residence, a work permit, or the international experience for young people. I'm 24, and next November I will graduate university as a nurse in New Zealand. The thing is, I want to go to Canada as soon as I finish university but I won't have any work experience as a registered nurse apart from the time during university.

Can anyone give me some guidance? It would be greatly appreciated!

 

[scylla]

If you want to apply to immigrate, you'll need to have at least one full year of paid experience before you apply. So this isn't something you're going to be able to do right after you finish school.

A regular work permit requires a job offer in Canada and an approved LMIA. I don't think either of these things are realistic if you have no experience.

I would look into the working holiday visa / IEC program which allows you to come to Canada temporarily to work.

You should also look into the registered nursing designation in Canada and whether your qualifications will allow you to work as a registered nurse here or whether there are things you need to do in order to be certified here.

 

[Frozen-Trebles]

If you want to apply to immigrate, you'll need to have at least one full year of paid experience before you apply. So this isn't something you're going to be able to do right after you finish school.

A regular work permit requires a job offer in Canada and an approved LMIA. I don't think either of these things are realistic if you have no experience.

I would look into the working holiday visa / IEC program which allows you to come to Canada temporarily to work.

You should also look into the registered nursing designation in Canada and whether your qualifications will allow you to work as a registered nurse here or whether there are things you need to do in order to be certified here.

Thank you so much for the advice. Do you know if the IEC program allows people to work as nurses? I've read somewhere that certain jobs are restricted on this program?

 

[scylla]

The IEC work permit itself does not allow you to work as a nurse. You will have to get the conditions on that work permit modified to allow you to work. You should get a medical with one of the designated doctors from the CIC site about a month before you arrive in Canada. When you arrive, ask them to issue you a work permit that allows you to work in the health care field and let them know you've had a medical.