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Huh. No real problems the couple of winters that I lived up there. I was always prepared with a recent bank account statement so they knew I wouldn't go broke and try to steal a job from a Canadian. They did pick my car apart on the way to Rossland- but my year in Pemberton was probably no more than 60 seconds at the border.Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
I moved to Germany about 5 years ago. It helps I know the town but language and that where all a bit rough. Found work whenever I needed to and currently on a five year Visa. Not making a killing but hey, I never really did. I have skiing out the door and that’s always been priority 1. Miss the openness of the west sometimes, but hey. Covid has been interesting but it’s good to know the state has your back when shits weird, the high taxes don’t seem so bad🤣 Short of it is, get work, you’ll get a visa, and they don’t start out lifetime homie!
A bit over ten years ago I was detained at the border on a weekend trip to whistler and my car searched and me interviewed because and I quote from memory “you might be moving here for healthcare”. They let me in after wasting an hour or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by goldenboy
theres a few country’s that are looking for old(er) immigrants - Thailand, Indonesia - but none of them snowy & mountainous that I can think of.
at least for the two of us. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by riser3
I once went on a Whistler trip in two cars with several roommates and some of my roommate's friends. I was in a car with our Japanese roommate (H1B) and one of my roommate's friend's (Mexican citizen with a green card). We got some pointed questions when entering Canada. It didn't help that all the boards and gear were in the other vehicle, prompting them to call bullshit on us when we told them "we're headed to Whistler to go snowboarding." We all got in eventually though the H1B guy had to go into their office for a longer conversation before they decided he was not an Islamic terrorist working in deep cover.
My parents are US citizens but live most of the year in Mexico (and are also Mexican permanent residents). The town they live in has tons of retired Canadians in it. While medicare reimburses them for some of their medical care they receive in Mexico, they say Canada reimburses the Canadians 100%. So there is that advantage to moving to Canada. Of course, Canada taxes those retiree's income, pension, ect. at a much higher rate so not sure who wins in the end.
I have read that when comparing tech wages and real estate in San Francisco, Seattle, and Vancouver, San Francisco pays the best but also has the highest real estate prices. Seattle pays second and is third in real estate. Vancouver pays the least by a substantial amount yet has real estate prices nearly as high as San Francisco. Tech companies have booming satellite offices in Vancouver because it is easier for them to import labor from Asia but pay them much less than in the US (yet the employees have to deal with higher cost of living there).
Vancouver is a beautiful city, but seems like just as big of a cluster fuck as Seattle. I would only move to Canada if I could make good money but live in one of the ski towns.
I once went to Whistler and thought I was in Australia.Quote:
Originally Posted by dan_pdx
Btw, I've never had good pizza in Canada and I've tried it in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. I never had it in Saskatoon or Calgary so there's still hope.
I had a respectable pie in Montreal about 15 years ago. The Village Idiot in Revelstoke also makes a passable pizza.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
Best of luck to all. Not really up on the subject but i do see a fair amount of immigration related start up businesses in ski towns. Seems like a win win if you have some dough. Its an added difficulty trying to live in banff if youre not a canadian resident. Even as a canadian you have to have a job there to live in the park. Theres a number of people there that have started a business to allow them to not only live in canada but live in banff. It helps to have that captive tourist patrons to have the business pay for itself and then some. Id pick a different ski town but the only headache i can think of is staffing the business. Just using banff as an example because there is an extra stumbling block(national park) but its a fairly common method in bc ski towns as well. Lots of usd floating around here. Buy a nice home and the home pays for itself while you live in the detached residence/shop/garage/2nd home is popular too
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Noted on the pizza, glade.
I have observed the Quebecois seem to love Florida. There's a steady parade of salt encrusted motorhomes towing cars behind them from Thanksgiving thru Christmas heading down the Northway and I-95 to the Sunshine State.
Was the Loaf ever over here? Did he get banned for being a twat here? :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Danno
Swing for the fences, I'd rather see a maggot here than some of the people that are showing up.
Here is some more input: The best way might be to get a job and a working visa first, and then after two years residence, apply for PR. Even as English as first language, you will need to do multiple reading and listening comprehension tests administered by non-english speakers. Your score translates into more points on your overall application score. You need to get your points high enough to be in a bracket/tier that is likely to always be accepted. Often the top tier and part of the second tier will be accepted. They post the passing score every quarter and then you hope you made it. Sometimes there are a lot of high scores and you will be waiting a long time. Often they only accept a few hundred applicants per quarter, but it depends on the program you are using. One of my former employees did it this way and it took about a year of waiting to get accepted. There is a time limit as well and he only had one more quarter of results before he would have to apply under a different program. He is from England (posh, not low/middle) and still did not get top marks in the language tests. He did redo them a couple times to improve his marks.
So one of the interesting things about the Express Entry system is you get a score with a maximum value of 1200 points. You can get 600 points from being nominated by a province, so that's clearly the #1 way to almost guarantee entry. https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration...stem/grid.html
Jumping ship guys?..
AFAIK he was not a member here, but maybe he came here years ago to attack Tracy and got smacked down here too? Dunno.Quote:
Originally Posted by skaredshtles
Ha, I mentioned to my wife when were were looking at our options that I would only move to Canada as a PR after establishing residency in a swing state, and then I would vote absentee for the rest of my life. Due to recent developments, the whole "vote absentee" thing might not be as effective as I had imagined.Quote:
Originally Posted by beer30
I lived around the corner from this place in Vancouver for a couple years. https://zaccaryspizza.com/ It still is the best pizza I've ever had. Run by one guy who's been there forever. Cash only, and only open evenings.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timberridge
I can confirm wages in Vancouver aren't great. I make around 40-50% more in San Diego than I would up there once exchange rates are factored in. Real estate prices are maybe 75% or less of what they are in Vancouver and pretty much everything else is less expensive too.Quote:
Originally Posted by altasnob
Most people can't afford a house in Vancouver that does not have a couple rental suites. Live on the main floor, rent out the upper floor and basement suite. Or move to Surrey, Langley, Maple Ridge or beyond. One thing that's nice about Vancouver is the public transit system is awesome. A lot of people can easily live there without owning a car. That's harder if you go out of town a lot for outdoor activities.
Rental suites do seem to be a much more common thing in B.C. compared to the U.S. from the real estate listings I've seen.
If you are going to pass the English test, be sure to pronounce it properly - “Saw-ree”.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevo
That sounds aboot right.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peruvian
So I understand Detroit has been given the nix, did we ever get a ruling on Buffalo?
Fort Erie might possibly be worse than Buffalo.Quote:
Originally Posted by BmillsSkier
I think thats how we attract dr.s to rural areas in the prairies. Many of them rented skis in banff. For a number of years , possibly still, if they had a s african accent and lived in sask or manitoba they were doctorsQuote:
Originally Posted by The AD
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