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Living in one country makes the background and security checks in principal smoother/ faster since there are less governmental bodies involved.- I have lived in the UK all my life
- My wife has lived in the Ukraine until she came here in 2001
- Neither of us have any criminal records as shown by the police certs from UK and Ukraine
Good for the spouse. IELTS is the only objective indicator of language ability. If I was in your shoes I would take it - I appreciate its a slap in the face but bureacracy is a pain.....if it helps applicants for British naturalisation must take an english/ welsh etc type test...Ozzies, Kiwis, US, Canadians and others who have lived in the UK for years have to do it...understandably they are not amused. The visa officer has to go through a circa 100 page book to equate your given documents to the IELTS.....if you were in his/her shoes what would you think about an applicant who has saved you all that trouble.- We submitted an IELTS test certificate for my wife
- No IELTS cert for me, but a letter saying why not i.e. BA Honours degree, All GCSE's in English, Professional Qualification in Accountancy
Your funds are o.k. - I would suggest when landing only taking the required amount.- Letter from Solicitor saying what equity was in my property i.e. 90% equity, 10% loan plus statements from bank. In excess of $300000
Doesn't categorically rule out the other parent's legal rights which the visa office want to ensure have been considered by competent authorities. Was he under his mother's sole responsibility as evidenced by a court order when he left Ukraine. If not I would get this resolved or it will come to bite you in the proverbials.Son has taken my surname by deed poll and also statement saying we have joint responsibility
Good in so far as adding to bonafide aspect of application.- Reference from last employer on headed paper with business card submitted
See my comments on IELTS. French requires TFE results so it will be a cse of nil points I suspect.- I claimed full points for English Language but only basic knowledge of french
Accounting regulated profession so you will have soem challenges I'm afraid. Check out the Canadian Accounting bodies and specifically those for Ontario. I believe some used to have a recipricol agreements with their UK equivalents (ICAEW, CIMA etc) to recognise UK qualifications but last I remember they had scrapped this and there was a huge bruha about this. IIRC Canadian titles are Certified General Accountant (CGA), Chartered Accountant (CA) - deemed to be the most prestigious and Certified Management Accountant (CMA). Either way be prepared to likely do some (expensive and maybe even needless) exams (could be done whilst waiting for your visa) and likely take a back step in your career. If you are willing to do this and stick it out in the long term you no doubt will find the quality of life you are seeking.- We stated an intention to move to the Niagara Region (maybe Niagara on the Lake or St Caths in reality)
- I am a Qualified Accountant and my wife is a Care Assistant
And you are right, it is not right to go head on into emigration without researching why you are doing it, I could give you a long list of reasons but I won't in this post. I have a cousin who has lived near Toronto for over 20 years so I will be able to find out a lot of information off him.
Thanks for your replies.
Sorry no.Do you know how many English applicants atually take IELTS tests ?
Indeed an iexplicable status - issue is that there is a disjoint between federal immigration targets and canadian labour market...same thing with the UK's HSMP. Canada needs plumbers, electricians, lorry drivers, bakers but the points matrix is skewed in favour of degree holders. Also Canadian labour market heavily unionised which doesn't help newcomers. IIRC CIMA one of the non equivalency bodies but double check on this. Self employment is often a way round this frustration but again may not be straightforward depending on the nature e.g. will you be a financial advisor...you need to take tests. Note its not all doom and gloom...there are lots of successful Brits in Canada. Often those who hang on (5 years plus) end up good.My Accounting body is CIMA and has a Canadian Arm of it called CIMA Canada based in Toronto, they provide mentoring services for British Immigrants so I hope this will help but I do know that the Canadians are a little funny over accepting Foreign Quals, rather strange when their Government seem to want to attract so many people to the country I think. Might be better to set up my own business in the light of this.
Your initial response was not categorical on this - sorry no offence was meant.As regards custody and so on, my wife had a sole responsibility order legally signed off from Ukraine when leaving otherwise they would never have been able to leave the country.
Do the following things:sj1202 wrote:Thanks Garfield, I realise that any children have to be added to an application I was wondering:
1, How easy it is to add children
2, Does the application go to the back of the queue again once they are added
cheers
Scott