Brandon716
Senior Member
Many of you on this forum I've met in real life, and right now all I can say is that I'm exhausted.
What the heck am I talking about? Well I first came to Toronto in May 2002 on a tour of the city and since then have spent many weeks in the city (all of which add up to many months of time) in the years since.
Recently I submitted application for lateral transfer with the company I work for here in the US, and they rejected it. I had patiently waited half a year before the submission, and the locations I can transfer to in Canada have the exact same 100% identical job waiting. I'd be fully prepared and ready to go, but no dice.
I decided to do this little job specifically because they had locations in Canada, plus it builds good experience. I had been in staffing firms and offices in the GTA before just independently looking for work, yet everytime I get a "no" and that they'd be glad to hire me... Once I got the work permit pre-planned.
Catch 22: you cannot get a work permit and thus a SIN # unless an employer sponsors the application with an official HRSDC opinion paper. A standard work offer letter won't do. I know, I've had applications turned down before and at $150 a pop I'm tired of the non-sense.
I desperately want to live in Canada, not the US, and there's little I can do.
While in the long term I think it'll work out because there are some friends helping me, its still hard. After 6 years my passion is still alive as it was on my first visit.
Life can suck, native Canadians should be proud. You're lucky to be part of a society like Canada.
How the heck can so many non-native English or French speaking people without any education come en masse to the GTA yet I cannot? Is it because I'm actually trying to do it legally first?
Does anything make sense in life? Heh.
What the heck am I talking about? Well I first came to Toronto in May 2002 on a tour of the city and since then have spent many weeks in the city (all of which add up to many months of time) in the years since.
Recently I submitted application for lateral transfer with the company I work for here in the US, and they rejected it. I had patiently waited half a year before the submission, and the locations I can transfer to in Canada have the exact same 100% identical job waiting. I'd be fully prepared and ready to go, but no dice.
I decided to do this little job specifically because they had locations in Canada, plus it builds good experience. I had been in staffing firms and offices in the GTA before just independently looking for work, yet everytime I get a "no" and that they'd be glad to hire me... Once I got the work permit pre-planned.
Catch 22: you cannot get a work permit and thus a SIN # unless an employer sponsors the application with an official HRSDC opinion paper. A standard work offer letter won't do. I know, I've had applications turned down before and at $150 a pop I'm tired of the non-sense.
I desperately want to live in Canada, not the US, and there's little I can do.
While in the long term I think it'll work out because there are some friends helping me, its still hard. After 6 years my passion is still alive as it was on my first visit.
Life can suck, native Canadians should be proud. You're lucky to be part of a society like Canada.
How the heck can so many non-native English or French speaking people without any education come en masse to the GTA yet I cannot? Is it because I'm actually trying to do it legally first?
Does anything make sense in life? Heh.
