Newbie
Posts: 19 
Location: I'm from Iraq but since 2000 I work in Libya
Location: I'm from Iraq but since 2000 I work in Libya
February 18th, 2007, 06:36 PM
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Hi there my brother in law is a 28 yrs old Iraqi and has a Bachelor degree in agriculture/animal production. We call him Bob. He is living in Baghdad, the most dangerous capital in the world. He comes from a mixed family, a Shiite father and a Sunnie mother. (there is a cold civil war between Sheetes and Sunnies in Iraq now and daily tens are assassinated).
His father is a doctor and his mother is too. His family is secularism or laicism, that think is very dangerous in Iraq nowadays, because Sunnies insurgence will kill him because his father is Shiite, and Shiite militia will kill him because his mother is Sunnie. He worked for a while with a foreign company in Baghdad. The company he worked for, was attacked by unknown armed men, he was lucky because he wasn’t in the building during the attack.
If he applies to a regular application process for a permanent residence visa, it will take time and might not live to reach Canada. For example my friend applied in 1999 and received his file number in 2000 and only in 2006 he take the visa and reached Canada. Me my self I filed the Application in Aug2005 and received the file number in Jan2006 and I hop I reach Calgary in 2010.
I am asking if there is a faster way especially that my brother in law Bob can bring with him a good sum of money because his family is planning to sell a house in Iraq for $250,000.- CAD and he is ready to take this sum with him. Some body told me that he must try to be a province nominee for low population provinces that eager to investors. Can any one please help him?
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Clever Clogs
Posts: 740
February 18th, 2007, 07:38 PM
http://www.alberta-canada.com/pnp/faqNominees.cfm
Alberta has a huge shortage of people in the building and construction trades. BC also has shortages. In fact, both provinces have a shortage in skilled trade workers and are looking to bring people from Eastern Europe.
Why not apply as a graduate student to one of the Universities and work into the population that way ... get married or something like that. If one person marries a Canadian, the whole family can be sponsored into the country. I don't mean to sound crass, but if you have a beautiful sister, she should come to Canada to study at one of the Universities and see where her life takes her. It wouldn't be the first time that a beautiful daughter married a Canadian citizen to give her family the opportunity to immigrate.
Quoting nettoffee
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I did a little searching and it seems that in order to be a province nominee, you must have a skill that the province has identified as an area where there is a shortage of local skilled workers. Each province has it's own criteria. Alberta is cattle country, but there isn't usually a shortage of people that ranch. Saskatchewan is wheat country and I don't know if there is a shortage of farm workers. The bottom line is that you have to have a job offer. About 20 years ago, I know that families immigrated under some rule that allowed for investment as a criteria to immigrate (check Ontario) but I don't know if that has changed.Hi there my brother in law is a 28 yrs old Iraqi and has a Bachelor degree in agriculture/animal production. We call him Bob. He is living in Baghdad, the most dangerous capital in the world. He comes from a mixed family, a Sheete father and a Sunnie mother. (there is a cold civil war between Sheetes and Sunnies in Iraq now and daily tens are assassinated).
His father is a doctor and his mother is too. His family is secularism or laicism, that think is very dangerous in Iraq nowadays, because Sunnies insurgence will kill him because his father is Sheete, and Sheete militia will kill him because his mother is Sunnie. And he worked for a while with a foreign company in Baghdad. The company he worked for, was attacked by unknown armed men, he was lucky because he wasn’t in the attacked building.
If he applies to a regular application process for a permanent residence visa, it will take time and might not live to reach Canada. For example my friend applied in 1999 and received his file number in 2000 and only in 2006 he take the visa and reached Canada. Me my self I filed the Application in Aug2005 and received the file number in Jan2006 and I hop I reach Calgary in 2010.
I am asking if there is a faster way especially that my brother in law Bob can bring with him a good sum of money because his family is planning to sell a house in Iraq for $250,000.- CAD and he is ready to take this sum with him. Some body told me that he must try to be a province nominee for low population provinces that eager to investors. Can any one please help him?
Thank you for the time you spent on reading this http://www.alberta-canada.com/pnp/faqNominees.cfm
Alberta has a huge shortage of people in the building and construction trades. BC also has shortages. In fact, both provinces have a shortage in skilled trade workers and are looking to bring people from Eastern Europe.
Why not apply as a graduate student to one of the Universities and work into the population that way ... get married or something like that. If one person marries a Canadian, the whole family can be sponsored into the country. I don't mean to sound crass, but if you have a beautiful sister, she should come to Canada to study at one of the Universities and see where her life takes her. It wouldn't be the first time that a beautiful daughter married a Canadian citizen to give her family the opportunity to immigrate.
Bright Spark
Posts: 495
Location: Oakville, Ontario
Location: Oakville, Ontario
March 4th, 2007, 01:02 AM
Honestly no matter what route he goes, he'll still probably have to wait to get approved and then get the visa. An example is a study visa it can take up to a year to get the visa itself and that's applying from the US it can be alot longer for other countries.
I only really know the requirements for Ontario since i'm going to be going to school there, but i've read up on all of the work, immigrate, visit, study ect. visas.
Honestly no matter what route he goes, he'll still probably have to wait to get approved and then get the visa. An example is a study visa it can take up to a year to get the visa itself and that's applying from the US it can be alot longer for other countries.
I only really know the requirements for Ontario since i'm going to be going to school there, but i've read up on all of the work, immigrate, visit, study ect. visas.
February 26th, 2008, 09:19 PM
NS has a program which will fast track immigration for skilled workers. The caveat is your brother would need to have a full time job offer. My school is an agricultural school, the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. I could check out the job offerings and let you know. We may also have programs designed for this purpose, I can get back to you on that too. What is your brother's major in?
Here's the link for the Province's program.
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/en-page1078.aspx
NS has a program which will fast track immigration for skilled workers. The caveat is your brother would need to have a full time job offer. My school is an agricultural school, the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. I could check out the job offerings and let you know. We may also have programs designed for this purpose, I can get back to you on that too. What is your brother's major in?
Here's the link for the Province's program.
http://www.novascotiaimmigration.com/en-page1078.aspx
