Young South African family wanting to immigrate.

[Ryan01]

Hello,and a Happy New Year to you all

This is my first post and I would just like to say it is an absolutely awesome platform to get in touch and learn from others.
Let me give you guys a quick rundown of our situation.

I am 32 yrs old,my wife is 30 yrs and we have two daughters 13 and 4.I am a qualified Mechanic and have 6 years dealership
experience and 7 years experience overall.I work on Mercedes Benz vehicles and have worked at a BMW dealership on both BMW
and MINI vehicles.My wife has experience in the motor trade as well ,starting out as a receptionist she worked as a Service Advisor
for a few years at both BMW and Mercedes Benz.

We are wanting to immigrate to Canada and better our futures as well as our kids futures.With a lot of determination and hard work
we are confident that we can make a success of this change in our lives.

If there is anything anyone would like to share, any fellow South Africans, about the application process to the actual move,acquiring a job ,financial advice etc. please feel free.Anything will be appreciated ;D

Thank you and have an awesome 2013

 

[scylla]

If you are interested in immigrating through the Federal Skilled Worker program, then I would recommend you start reading through the following thread:

http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-discussion-board/new-fsw-points-criteria-announced-new-federal-skilled-trades-class-fstc-t115576.0.html

The FSW program is currently closed to applicants without job offers in Canada. This program will re-open to applicants without job offers in May. Expect there to be a flood of applications when the program opens. So if you qualify to apply, you'll need to be ready to send your application quickly once the flood gates open.

There's a fair amount of work you'll have to do to prepare your application in the next few months (including having the primary applicant take an English test). Again, I'd recommend you start by reading through the following thread to see what rules for May have already been announced (not all have yet) and what you can start doing now to prepare.

Good luck.

 

[Ryan01]

Thanks for the input scylla ,

I have been in contact with Mr David Cohen from Campbell Cohen and so if all goes well we should have the ball rolling pretty soon.

 

[Mattheo77]

hi there

How far have you and your family gotten with immigrating? We just started thinking about the move and honestly don't even know where to start, so very keen to hear other people in similar position's perspective especially on how much it costs and how soon things happen. We have read up so much and would like to go on the FSP programme, but don't understand whether we should look for a job first to get a employment offer or what?

 

[Druce]

Hello,and a Happy New Year to you all

This is my first post and I would just like to say it is an absolutely awesome platform to get in touch and learn from others.
Let me give you guys a quick rundown of our situation.

I am 32 yrs old,my wife is 30 yrs and we have two daughters 13 and 4.I am a qualified Mechanic and have 6 years dealership
experience and 7 years experience overall.I work on Mercedes Benz vehicles and have worked at a BMW dealership on both BMW
and MINI vehicles.My wife has experience in the motor trade as well ,starting out as a receptionist she worked as a Service Advisor
for a few years at both BMW and Mercedes Benz.

We are wanting to immigrate to Canada and better our futures as well as our kids futures.With a lot of determination and hard work
we are confident that we can make a success of this change in our lives.


If there is anything anyone would like to share, any fellow South Africans, about the application process to the actual move,acquiring a job ,financial advice etc. please feel free.Anything will be appreciated ;D

Thank you and have an awesome 2013

Have you been successful in your effort to immigrate to Canada? Feel free to contact me via e-mail andre_d_t @ yahoo.com We have applied through Manitoba Provincial Nominations Program and we are from SA