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I spoke face to face with my MP when I was at my wits end trying to get Permanent Residency. I was working for Bell at the time, as an Engineer. I have a degree
by grecy 6y ago
I spoke face to face with my MP when I was at my wits end trying to get Permanent Residency. I was working for Bell at the time, as an Engineer. I have a degree in Engineering.
My MP told me to get a job at McDonald's, Wal-Mart or Crappy Tire, because they have rubber-stamp approval for Permanent Residency, and that would be the best way. I'd just have to suck it up and earn minimum wage for 2 years.
Or be a student for four years. He had no idea how I was supposed to pay for that.
- jey 6y agoWhy was it a problem to get the Permanent Residency permit while working for Bell as an Engineer?
- grecy 6y agoSimply having a good job is not enough, there is no "stream" for that. I was on a 2 year working holiday visa for that job, and when the visa ran out I was done. .. eventually though I convinced Bell and the Province I was living in to run me through the "Provincial Nominee" stream, which required TONS of paperwork to prove that no Canadian was willing or able to do the job, and therefore they needed a foreigner like me. That took 2 years of paperwork, interviews, medical tests and background checks and being saddled to that job before I finally got it.
- Scoundreller 6y agoThis makes me feel better about dealing with the staff at the office instead of ever hearing from the MP themself. Though I did email an MP about how Bell was trying to destroy Teksavvy and out lacklustre telecom competition (my DSL line was stuck at 1mbps...). Their office responded that our MP was a retired Bell linesman and Bell’s competitors use poorer quality lines. I guess Bell was good to him at the expense of their customers...
- FlingPoo 6y agoAs a natural born Canadian, I'd give you full citizenship right now if I could, only based on the fact you called "Canadian Tire" "Crappy Tire"! Well done sir! You ARE a Canadian!
- grecy 6y agoThanks! I've been here 15 years, and "Crappy Tire" might be one of the first things I picked up! ... still not a citizen though. That's a LONG process!
- p90puma 6y agoANECDOTE: I came to Canada at 3 years old with first generation parent immigrants in the early 90's and we all had citizenship within ~3 years (I was 6 at the time). Things are most likely different now.
- grecy 6y agoThanks to McDonald's (and others) breaking all the rules and abusing immigrants, the current situation is you have to be physically inside Canada for 5 years out of 7 before you can even apply for citizenship. And that's just to apply. The process can easily take a year or two longer. Also every day I spend outside Canada (holiday, visiting family, whatever) pushes that back. It's a LONG process.
- FpUser 6y agoWrong info. Here are the actual rules from the Government site: To be eligible to become a Canadian citizen, you must: be a permanent resident have lived in Canada for 3 out of the last 5 years have filed your taxes, if you need to pass a citizenship test prove your language skills Other requirements may apply. I got my citizenship ages ago but I think the rules were about the same.
- grecy 6y ago....that, is extremely interesting. My application in mid 2015 was denied because they received it the day after the rules changed from what you posted to what I posted. It must have changed back in the mean time, and I've never looked into it again. Thanks very much!
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