AUDIO: SO YOU WANT TO MOVE TO CANADA
Let’s say you want to move to Canada all of the sudden. Who knows why! It could happen. Here is what you need to know to move there:
– You will need appropriate authorization to work, or study, or to live in Canada on a long-term basis.
– You will need a work permit or permit for permanent residency.
– To obtain Canadian permanent residency, you must first receive an “Invitation To Apply” from the Canadian immigration ministry. So you will have to apply for the invitation to apply. (* Good to see American bureaucracy taking hold in Canada.)
– One way in is the Federal Skilled Worker Program. They like skilled workers, but it can only be in certain fields. 63 professions are eligible, including management consultants, scientistic, scientific technicians, and medical professionals. (* They don’t need any more hockey coaches, donut makers or maple sap tappers.)
– After you’ve been a permanent resident for three years, and have spent enough time in Canada, you can apply for Canadian citizenship.
– For some paths to citizenship, there is a requirement that you can speak English or French. (* Well, I’d better learn French, because my English good it is not.)
– If your education was not in Canada, you will be assessed of your education in comparison to a Canadian education. (* Well, I’m boned.)
– You can handle your own application process, or you can hire a representative – probably a Canadian lawyer – to guide you through the process.
* You know, this doesn’t sound like it’s all that complicated………. CONGRESSSSSS!!!!
* The most important thing they check is if you know how to spell words like “color,” “favor,” or “behavior” with a ‘U.’ Colour. If you don;t do the “u”, you’re out of there. Or should I say, “Oat of there.”
* And you’d better know how to spell Canada like a Canadian! It’s easy: C, eh?, N, eh?, D, eh?
CLIP: The Canadian national anthem, “O, Canada”
