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From: tjsmedley@watmum.waterloo.edu (Trevor J Smedley)
Newsgroups: ont.jobs
Subject: Re: Job Hunting in Ontario: looking for advice
Keywords: job search, citizenship, questions
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Date: 22 Feb 88 14:26:57 GMT
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In article <5285@watdragon.waterloo.edu> (Gordon V. Cormack) writes:
>
>Landed Immigrant status is the equivalent of a "green card".  You
>get it for your job, and once you get it, you can change jobs or
>whatever with no problems.  There is no time limit - you can be
>a Landed Immigrant forever and it is for all intents and purposes
>the same as being a Canadian Citizen.

Most people don't get Landed Immigrant Status right away.  In fact,
because it gives you almost all the rights of a citizen, it is quite
hard to get.  What you can get fairly easily (if you are looking for a
job where there are more positions than qualified people, as is the
case with computer science) is a work visa.  Quite often, although not
always, this is job specific, and you need permission to change jobs.
After working for some period of time (two years, in most cases) you
can then apply for Landed Immigrant Status (which, by the way, is now
called Permanent Resident Status, I think).

Trevor J. Smedley                    University of Waterloo

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