Canada 2010-2011?

kautostar

Hickster,

You can apply here, scroll down to the bottom and register:

http://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/ireland-irlande/experience_canada_experience/index.aspx?lang=eng

You will need:

1) Garda letter. Someone can get this for you at home easily enough and post it to you as you need the original, a scanned copy won't do.

2) Proof of funds. You need a letter from your bank stating you have at least $3k Canadian. Or you can get a friend or someone from home to sign on your behalf saying they will support you. Download the form and bring it to the bank.

Wait time for visas as of today is estimated at 6 weeks but have heard of longer so get cracking.

That's all you need really if you want to know anything else just ask

Lenmeister

ciaran67 wrote: »

Dundarave and Ambleside are great beaches. Spent many an hour or four on them.

Ahh don't get me wrong the beaches there are fine, just that imo there's better craic at the others and alot of stuff nearby like pubs and beergardens etc.

hickster2011

Kautostar,thanks for the info, very helpful. Do you have any idea if the application changes because im outside ireland? and is there a limited amount of spaces left?! thanks again for your help!!

jjbrien

im going though the application for the IEC programme myself atm im a little confused im hoping someone can help me out going trough the checklist it referes to a imm 1295 is that the form that comes as part of the kit or is it something else?

DazzlerIE

Flying to Vancouver tomorrow

So excited!

JohnMearsheimer

DazzlerIE wrote: »

Flying to Vancouver tomorrow

So excited!

Make a dash to Canadian immigration...you could be there a while.

DazzlerIE

Not going to activate my visa for as long as possible, so hopefully they'll just let me go in on a tourist visa

cybrandian

Hey All,
So I have the visa got, and planning on moving to Vancouver in January.
Will only be debt free, next month, so then begins the saving to have some few quid in January!
I don't know anybody there, and won't have a job lined up in advance, nor a place to live, so i guess it's gonna be a bit daunting!
Can anyone advise how much money I will need realistically, based on the above?
Anyone else travelling there, or already travelled who are/were in the same boat?

onemorechance

DazzlerIE wrote: »

Not going to activate my visa for as long as possible, so hopefully they'll just let me go in on a tourist visa

That's a pretty clever idea!

beano345

does anybody know who's the cheapest to fly with? also is it ok to book a one-way flight? definetly booking my ticket tomorrow :D

uncleoswald

cybrandian wrote: »

Hey All,
So I have the visa got, and planning on moving to Vancouver in January.
Will only be debt free, next month, so then begins the saving to have some few quid in January!
I don't know anybody there, and won't have a job lined up in advance, nor a place to live, so i guess it's gonna be a bit daunting!
Can anyone advise how much money I will need realistically, based on the above?
Anyone else travelling there, or already travelled who are/were in the same boat?

It really depends on how long it takes you to get settled. Some get sorted in a few weeks with jobs and an apartment but others struggle for a few months. Just get socialisng with people in hostels as soon as possible and you should get some leads.

I'd say the average is about 3grand, even if you do get sorted quickly there are so many expenses to consider. I spent a lot more then that but was happy to arse about for a few months.

DazzlerIE

onemorechance wrote: »

That's a pretty clever idea!

Just on this

They let me through without activating my work permit, but I had to show them evidence of a return flight, and also show the guy how much I had in the bank

So they aren't too keen on the idea I don't think

JohnMearsheimer

cybrandian wrote: »

Hey All,
So I have the visa got, and planning on moving to Vancouver in January.
Will only be debt free, next month, so then begins the saving to have some few quid in January!
I don't know anybody there, and won't have a job lined up in advance, nor a place to live, so i guess it's gonna be a bit daunting!
Can anyone advise how much money I will need realistically, based on the above?
Anyone else travelling there, or already travelled who are/were in the same boat?

I moved to Vancouver in January with 5000 euro. I wasn't long going through it. It was costing me over 1000 dollars a month just to exist in Vancouver.

ciaran67

Lenmeister wrote: »

Ahh don't get me wrong the beaches there are fine, just that imo there's better craic at the others and alot of stuff nearby like pubs and beergardens etc.

I was, errr, relaxing with the local cigarettes

zizuzid

cybrandian wrote: »

Hey All,
So I have the visa got, and planning on moving to Vancouver in January.
Will only be debt free, next month, so then begins the saving to have some few quid in January!
I don't know anybody there, and won't have a job lined up in advance, nor a place to live, so i guess it's gonna be a bit daunting!
Can anyone advise how much money I will need realistically, based on the above?
Anyone else travelling there, or already travelled who are/were in the same boat?

Hey,

Check out 'Moving to Vancouver' on Facebook for lots of useful information on planning your trip. We're working on a website with discussion forums etc so by the time January comes you'll know lots of people arriving around the same time

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002072539861

Ruairi
P.s. I moved from Killarney 3.5years ago and set this up as there isn;t much information to help people!

ciaran67

cybrandian wrote: »

Hey All,
So I have the visa got, and planning on moving to Vancouver in January.
Will only be debt free, next month, so then begins the saving to have some few quid in January!
I don't know anybody there, and won't have a job lined up in advance, nor a place to live, so i guess it's gonna be a bit daunting!
Can anyone advise how much money I will need realistically, based on the above?
Anyone else travelling there, or already travelled who are/were in the same boat?

Vancouver is in BC and BC stands for Bring Cash.

As much as possible mate. It is a very expensive place to live.

cybrandian

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

I moved to Vancouver in January with 5000 euro. I wasn't long going through it. It was costing me over 1000 dollars a month just to exist in Vancouver.

Sound, thanks for that. Did you go over on your own though? Move in with strangers? Would have thought it would cost nearly a grand on rent, bills, and food alone!

cybrandian

zizuzid wrote: »

Hey,

Check out 'Moving to Vancouver' on Facebook for lots of useful information on planning your trip. We're working on a website with discussion forums etc so by the time January comes you'll know lots of people arriving around the same time

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002072539861

Ruairi
P.s. I moved from Killarney 3.5years ago and set this up as there isn;t much information to help people!

Thanks for that Ruairi, have added your site on Facebook, and it is very helpful. I think once I have found a decent place to live, at a reasonable enough price, I'll be ok.

cybrandian

ciaran67 wrote: »

Vancouver is in BC and BC stands for Bring Cash.

As much as possible mate. It is a very expensive place to live.

Thanks man. Would you recommend somewhere other than Vancouver then?

OneColdHand

Recently sent in my application. The confirmation e-mail said a 10 week processing time. I presume this is in no way accuarate?!?

Does anyone know what the average processing time is? There seems to be a lot of 14/16 week cases. Are these worst case scenarios, or are most cases taking this long?

JohnMearsheimer

cybrandian wrote: »

Sound, thanks for that. Did you go over on your own though? Move in with strangers? Would have thought it would cost nearly a grand on rent, bills, and food alone!

Yep, I came over on my own. I met a great bunch of people in my hostel, mostly Irish and British and I met a lot of Canadians when I started working. If you're coming over on your own, don't worry about meeting people. I moved into a basement in Kitsilano with a University of British Columbia student. He was ok, kept to himself a lot. Your bare essentials every month, food, rent, bills, transport etc will prob come in at over a grand. All this is outside of any social activities you may want to do...of which there are plenty to do in Vancouver.

ennisd

anybody thats already over there know if area around Dufferin / Little Portugal a good area? heading over soon and would like to ideally get the ball rolling with a gaf

Galwaaygirl

nahuvy wrote: »

This is ridiculous in my 19th week since original appling and i still havent got my LOI.:(:( may just go and try crossing the border when i hopefully do receive it.

Hey Nahuvy,
I know you posted this a while ago but just wondering did you get your LOI or are you still planning on going without it?

I'm starting to think my boyfriends LOI is missing in action. We applied in January!!!

Galwaaygirl

OneColdHand wrote: »

Recently sent in my application. The confirmation e-mail said a 10 week processing time. I presume this is in no way accuarate?!?

Does anyone know what the average processing time is? There seems to be a lot of 14/16 week cases. Are these worst case scenarios, or are most cases taking this long?

Ours said 8 weeks processing time when we got our conditional acceptance letters. I did get a letter re my medical around week 8 and got my LOI around 3-4 weeks later.
My boyfriend is still waiting for any response that was 16 weeks ago

jessible

Galwaaygirl wrote: »

Hey Nahuvy,
I know you posted this a while ago but just wondering did you get your LOI or are you still planning on going without it?

I'm starting to think my boyfriends LOI is missing in action. We applied in January!!!

im in the same boat sent mine in Feb sent countless emails still nothing:mad:

dave_brent

typically how long would you expect to wait after you done a medical for the IEC visa?

I did my Medical on the 20th April and still no word! Is this normal?

JONJO THE MISER

How much did ye guys put for the proof of funds, it says 775x3 is that enough?

kennyboy25

OneColdHand wrote: »

Recently sent in my application. The confirmation e-mail said a 10 week processing time. I presume this is in no way accuarate?!?

Does anyone know what the average processing time is? There seems to be a lot of 14/16 week cases. Are these worst case scenarios, or are most cases taking this long?

hi
i got my loi about 2 weeks ago. i was told that it would take up to 10 weeks to process when they recieved it in france..
it took 17 days...:D.
all roads lead to alberta..

vanhereicome

OneColdHand wrote: »

Recently sent in my application. The confirmation e-mail said a 10 week processing time. I presume this is in no way accuarate?!?

Does anyone know what the average processing time is? There seems to be a lot of 14/16 week cases. Are these worst case scenarios, or are most cases taking this long?

Hi OneCold Hand.
Received my LOI today June 24th.
On June 6th was given processing time of 10 weeks.
They were out by about 7.5 weeks
Best of luck

RyanNolan

Im in vancouver now and am looking to play soccer over the summer? Anyone know of any good sites to look up for any summer soccer leagues or anything?