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  • 10-04-2016 10:49am
    #1
    d5hibwvu7re29g
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi,

    I am considering going to Canada to find long term employment and ideally gain permanent residency. I'm 23 with a bachelors degree and two years experience as an 'Administrative Assistant', I guess you could say, which seems to qualify as a skilled worker class B. I'm wondering though if it's best to get on the IEC working holiday visa first and just head over to try and find work, or try and apply for express entry from outside Canada? Is it possible to apply for Express Entry while on the working holiday visa? Or does this have to be done outside the country? Say for example I get a job on the working holiday visa and then want to stay on, is it difficult to gain permanent residency without having to leave the country?

    Any information or advise you could give me on this would be greatly appreciated.


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  • #2
    circular flexing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,589 ✭✭✭circular flexing


    IEC is the best way for you to go over. Express Entry is a long (will take about 9-12 months total) and expensive process (figure about CAD$2500). IEC can be processed in a matter of weeks and will only cost $255 (+ medical but you might not need that). So a lower investment and gives you a chance to figure out if Canada is for you. The other advantage is it's possible to find an employer who will pay for your EE application.

    You can apply for EE while in Canada while on the WHV - loads of people do this. You do have to leave the country to activate PR, but you only have to go to one of the land borders, you don't have to fly back to Ireland.


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