Sam;

Too bad! As a United States Citizen I might find it impossible to get a visa or work permit to work in Canada. And I was ready to go! My second occupation is flamenco guitar and I just gave a performance last Saturday in San Jose with singers and dancers from Spain. Now that was fun!

The guy that sits diagonally across from me is from Vancouver B.C., and is working here with a work permit. He goes home every few weeks and is buying a house in Vancouver. It is a little more affordable there then here in Silicon Valley! :)

Tom


>Hi Sergey,
>as I was saying in a previous post - getting the visa is a big part of the challenge. The government don't make it easy because AFAIK you cannot legally take a job in Canada before you get "landed immigrant" status.
>This means that we have lots of people who arrive with no job and spend many frustrating months/years looking for a good job.
>Unless I could prove that there were no FoxPro programmers already in Canada I wouldn't be able to offer anyone support in immigrating.
>I think it would be much better to say that, if you have a job offer and you pass all other acceptability criteria, you should be allowed to come - but that would make too much sense for the politicians to buy into!