Ask HN: How can I move to Canada to work as a Software Engineer?
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I'm a software engineer, and I moved to Toronto from Australia. Originally I came in on a working holiday permit (12m), then got a standard work permit (12m), then permanent residency, and now I'm a citizen.
Getting a work permit at the time was pretty easy - all I needed was an official offer letter, my resume and a few government forms. The permit arrived in a few weeks.
I applied for residency from within Canada and it only took 6 months. From what I hear, it's much faster if you apply once you're here, so your best bet might be to find a job first and get a work permit, then move to Canada, then apply for residency once you're here.
Getting a work permit at the time was pretty easy - all I needed was an official offer letter, my resume and a few government forms. The permit arrived in a few weeks.
I applied for residency from within Canada and it only took 6 months. From what I hear, it's much faster if you apply once you're here, so your best bet might be to find a job first and get a work permit, then move to Canada, then apply for residency once you're here.
So basically you can get PR after just 2 years? That's amazing!
Not sure if this still applies, but there was an article a few years ago [1] that talked about some areas of Canada having more relaxed requirements than the popular MTV (Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver) cities.
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/world/americas/13immig.htm...
1. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/13/world/americas/13immig.htm...
We'd like to know more about what the process is like in Canada, and how it compares to the H-1B system in the US. Also, is obtaining permanent residency as daunting as it is in the US?