Q: Hi. My dad holds a HVG 2 Drivers License, so that means he can drive with Heavy Goods Vehicles, and my mum is a high level teaching assistant. Even though there jobs are not on the skilled occupations list, is there still a chance of us being granted a permanent visa to work and live in the country. We have been considering moving to canada and we are looking to move maybe next year. I know that they can get a job with there skills at the moment but wanted to know if it was still possible to be granted a visa. And btw, isit hot in the summer over there? or just god damn cold all the time :D thank!
A: Have BOTH Mum and Dad take this self assessment immigration test, to see if they can make the minimum 67 points to be considered as potential applicants.. The one that scores the highest should be the "principle applicant ". Go here : http://www.cic.gc.ca/EnGLIsh/immigrate/skilled/assess/index.asp Truck drivers in Canada make an average living, but school assistants can do better, depending on her skills and years of experience at it. The process will take a couple of years, and remember that it is a competition, and they will be competing with hundreds of thousands of others, from all over the world. Tell them to at least take the online test and see what they score. Then decide if they want to go further with this idea. And finally, the temperature in Toronto today is 27 Celsius, with clear blue skies and a slight breeze of 10 kph. Jim B. Toronto.