Moving to Calgary!... finally

[dobbles]

Originally Posted by nickerjones

Well Im too excited not to post here...

I am actually in Oklahoma visiting my parents for the week but I logged on to view the status on my Permanent Residency status tonight ( no it's still not done). I have to check this a couple times a week but nothing ever changes... UNTIL TONIGHT. STOKED!


We received your application for permanent residence on June 28, 2013.

We started processing your application on March 12, 2014.

Medical results have been received.

A decision has been made on your application. The office will contact you concerning this decision."


I have been told to temper my excitement as sometimes it takes a few weeks to a couple months before movement past this but I have heard of people getting their stuff in a week after they got this. I am stoked at the new information anyway.... AHHH YEAHH!

you picked a good week to be back. its been a pretty crap winter. then again i am sure your winter was still a million times worse!

[nickerjones]

Originally Posted by HockeyIlliterate

Congratulations.

From what I have been able to gather (primarily from the CanVisa forum), your processing went pretty quickly, at least compared to others.

I wish you luck.

[Sidebar: I seriously considered applying for permanent residency, and had the application ready to go and send off, until I realized that (i) the IRS-CRA tax burden and interplay (or lack thereof) would become pretty onerous; and (2) Canada puts up some significant roadblocks for professionals (from the US and elsewhere) to have their qualifications recognized here, which would effectively mean (in my case) that I could not be employed here in my current career* without undergoing a lot of testing and possible classwork, among other things. I'm just too old for that stuff right now, and it honestly seems to me that the younger and poorer you are, the easier it is to immigrate to Canada. Once you have a lot of attachments to your home country (i.e., the US, with say, IRAs, taxable investment accounts, and the like), it becomes a lot harder to migrate all of that over to Canada, even if you want to, simply because of how the government bureaucracy and tax rules work. I hope that is not the case for you and that your move here works well for you....]


* Think of someone who deals with a lot of paper, advises you of your legal obligations under and in respect of said paper, and drafts a lot of paper.

Luckily Oklahoma has the same economy as Calgary in it's driven by the Oil and Gas industry. I'm a landman and it looks like they are a bit different in each country. To do exactly what I was doing in the states I'd have to take a test and get licensed. Not a huge deal. Luckily, I have talked to a few places up in Calgary who seems genuinely interested in me being a part of their company. We will see how it plays out.

[nickerjones]

Well it's now officially official. My wife just called and said my paperwork came in the mail. She is over-nighting it and I can land on my return from Oklahoma!!! I am jacked!

[jayswin]

Congrats Nicker!

Now we just need to convert PIMKing to Canadian.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by flameswin

Congrats Nicker!

Now we just need to convert PIMKing to Canadian.

At gunpoint?

[Northendzone]

Originally Posted by nickerjones

!! I am jacked!

I guess she did not mention anything about the weather.......

[nickerjones]

Originally Posted by Northendzone

I guess she did not mention anything about the weather.......

Well I have heard but remember in 2 short weeks it will be tornado season here. Would you rather be cold or ducking in a storm shelter every other day?

[nickerjones]

Originally Posted by fotze

You knew you were going to move here eventually didn't you? and you've been using us all this time to ease the eventual transition? Haven't you?

Well I guess I did use CP as a pre-assimilation vehicle. I have at least made a couple friends so I am not doomed to have to spend every free moment with my wife in Calgary.

[nickerjones]

Well I am done with the process and now officially "one of ya'll". Thanks to everyone for the PM's and posts of support! I look forward to a day when there is no snow on the ground.

[MacDaddy77]

That's awesome nick. Congrats! Might be worth call the contacts at my work to see if there is any hiring happening. If your still looking for work

[killer_carlson]

congratulations