Immigrating to Canada

Here I go

Well, this is my first entry on my long road to moving to Canada. In February 2007 I will have passed my first qulifying milestone - to have been in full time work for 12 months. (This is one of the criteria that has to be met). The second milestone is a bit further away (I have to have at lease $11,000 CAD before I can apply). Not sure how that's going. At the moment it looks like i'm half way there, but the exchange rate is $2.00 to £1.00 at the moment and its unlikely to last (but i hope is does!!!)

I'm looking at starting the immigration process in winter 2008. This will give me more chance to raise finances and get everything sorted out, like getting my education evaluated and all necessary documents together. It also takes the pressure of getting points in the languages. I don't have enough points at the moment to immigrate (you currently need 67). If i get moderate marks in my French test i can possible reach the mark. But it is difficult to get started on the languages, and given the fact that the finances won't be in place until at least January 2008 there is no point starting just yet anyway.

In the end there is no point rushing it. Once the application is submitted it takes between 2-5 years to process (in London at least). An extra year won't make much difference; and if all the documents are properly prepared beforehand it should work in my favour.

Well, that's it for now. I will try and update regularly.

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posted by Marie17183 @ 14:02