Some questions about going to Canada

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Ruben1984 Member

Member since 10 April 2013

Ruben1984Member10 April 2013 11:43:16

Hello, I want to know some questions about going to Canada.
I want to go to live in Toronto, to find a job a live there, and my question, or my questions are:

Waht is the best solution for me? Going to visit the country and then try to find a job? Is that possible? Or, it´s better to try to obtain the visa first and then go to Canada?
Is it illegal to try to find a job if we are visiting the country?

Best regards,
Ruben Caldeira

Aurélie ViP

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AurélieViP10 April 2013 13:21:16

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Hello Ruben Caldeira.

Welcome to Expat.com!

A new thread has been created from your message on the Canada forum.

Hope you'll get some advices from other members soon.

Thank you,
Aurélie

James ViP

Member since 20 June 2010

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JamesViP11 April 2013 13:58:50

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Hi Ruben,

While nothing prevents you from coming to Canada on a Tourist Visa and looking for a job you are not permitted to work if you only have a toursit visa.

Obtaining a Work Visa is much easier if you already have a firm job offer; easier still if you fit into the Skilled Worker category.

As far as finding work in Canada goes, it is also recommended that you start with contacting multinational companies in your own country which also have operations in Canada. You can either find out from them if they have vacancies in Canada and can help fit you into one of them. At the very least they can probably put you in touch with the right people in their Human Resources Department of their Canadian operation.

Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil Animator, Expat-blog Team

James ViP

Member since 20 June 2010

Brazil & Canada Expert

JamesViP15 April 2013 09:51:40

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Hi again Ruben,

Just to add that every major Canadian city has a fairly good sized Portuguese speaking community. You'll find lots of Portuguese, Acorianos and Brazilians in the biggest cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver especially.

When I was learning the Portuguese language in Vancouver back in 2001 I jumped into the Luso-Brasileiro community with both feet. I was simply amazed how many new friends I was making. Kind of made me stop seeing Vancouver as being mostly Chinese, but rather really more multicultural than I had ever seen it to be in the twenty-eight years that I'd been living there.

Cheers,
William James Woodward - Brazil Animator, Expat-blog Team

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