Path: utzoo!mnetor!lsuc!clewis
From: clewis@lsuc.uucp (Chris Lewis)
Newsgroups: ont.jobs
Subject: Re: Job Hunting in Ontario: looking for advice
Message-ID: <1988Feb28.223251.25666@lsuc.uucp>
Date: 29 Feb 88 03:32:50 GMT
References: <8701@sunybcs.UUCP> <463@spectrix.UUCP> <90@sickkids.UUCP>
Reply-To: clewis@lsuc.UUCP (Chris Lewis)
Distribution: ont
Organization: Spectrix Microsystems Inc.
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Summary: Whoopsie.

In article <90@sickkids.UUCP> mark@sickkids.UUCP (Mark Bartelt) writes:
>In article <8701@sunybcs.UUCP> ugpoltr1@sunybcs.UUCP (Jim Poltrone) writes:
>
>In article <463@spectrix.UUCP> clewis@spectrix.UUCP (Chris R. Lewis) writes:
>
>>                                                                   You have
>> to decide whether you are contemplating becoming a Canadian Citizen or
>> not.  If not, it's probably not worth the bother.
>
>Definitely not correct.  See below.

What I was driving at was that the difficulty in obtaining landed-immigrant
status is such that you should treat it as an irrevocable commitment to move
here permanently (or at least 5-10 years).  Work permits are far easier to get
and are more appropriate if you intend to go back to the US when a job
opportunity arises.  (In other words, do you want to be a Canadian or just
work here?)

>
>>                                                    Work Permits have
>> further restrictions - for example, I'm pretty sure that you cannot get
>> a CDN driver's license while on a Work Permit (though your US one will
>> be honoured for a while).
>
>This isn't the comment that I thought needed correction, but as long as
>I'm being picky (:-) ...  Actually, the province *requires* that you get
>an Ontario driving license within some period of time after moving here
>(I forget how long; it's been nearly six years since I moved here, and
>besides, I don't drive anyway!).

Isn't that what I said?  I hedged a little ("I'm pretty sure").  I know
that you can't get a driver's license on a Work Permit.  With all the
Chinese visitors we got we tried to get some of them licenses (after
the training and so on) so they could drive to and from work for the
12-18 months they'd be here.  The province wouldn't allow it.

>> While under the permit, you can take just about any job you want.
>
>This is the major misstatement.  

I stand corrected.  Thanks.
-- 
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