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Oct 14, 2005, 03:37 PM
 Re: US nurses moving/moved to Canada
If you have an offer and Canadian license, and if you are a US citizen, you can get TN visa right on the border, Very simple.
First thing is get your license. Unfortunately I saw in Ontario, they only give people RN license if they are Canadian citizens or Permanent Resident!
I think Canada is much stricter than US on the license side.
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Oct 14, 2005, 04:26 PM
Re: US nurses moving/moved to Canada Originally Posted by rhp123 If you have an offer and Canadian license, and if you are a US citizen, you can get TN visa right on the border, Very simple.
First thing is get your license. Unfortunately I saw in Ontario, they only give people RN license if they are Canadian citizens or Permanent Resident!
I think Canada is much stricter than US on the license side.
I'm confused because I was told by Healthmatch BC that I have to have a job offer to get a work permit and a work permit before I can actually work - and the work permits take approx. 3-5 months to process. I don't know about Ontario, but in BC you submit an application for registration to the CRNBC and they assess your education, experience etc and see if you are qualified to take the boards there. If you are approved to test you can get a temp. license, but I think you still need a work permit. I have been approved to test, and I think I will have a job offer next week.
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Oct 14, 2005, 05:42 PM
Re: US nurses moving/moved to Canada
You can obtain a TN Visa, the same way that a Canadian can obtain one at the obrder, this is different than a landed resident.
Not sure why they are telling you that you would not be covered by a TN Visa, since it is immediately available to you..............
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Oct 14, 2005, 10:17 PM
Re: US nurses moving/moved to Canada Originally Posted by ghostcat I'm confused because I was told by Healthmatch BC that I have to have a job offer to get a work permit and a work permit before I can actually work - and the work permits take approx. 3-5 months to process. I don't know about Ontario, but in BC you submit an application for registration to the CRNBC and they assess your education, experience etc and see if you are qualified to take the boards there. If you are approved to test you can get a temp. license, but I think you still need a work permit. I have been approved to test, and I think I will have a job offer next week.
If you can pass the test and get Canadian License, there is no problem to find a job. If you are a US citizen, you can get TN visa at the border with your US license, Canadian license, your job offer, and your US passport.
If you are not a US citizen, then you need to apply for work permit, it is like H-1 non-immigrant worker visa in the US. And you can apply for Canadian immigration later on if you wish, the immigration process will be very easy for you.
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Oct 15, 2005, 05:58 PM
Re: US nurses moving/moved to Canada Originally Posted by rhp123 If you can pass the test and get Canadian License, there is no problem to find a job. If you are a US citizen, you can get TN visa at the border with your US license, Canadian license, your job offer, and your US passport.
If you are not a US citizen, then you need to apply for work permit, it is like H-1 non-immigrant worker visa in the US. And you can apply for Canadian immigration later on if you wish, the immigration process will be very easy for you.
Actually I just found out this is true ONLY if you are coming from Canada or Mexico to the US to work. If you care going to Canada from the US working as what they consider a "professional" you don't have to have the job approved by the HRDC (verifying that there is no qualified person in the country to fill the position) but you do need a work permit. I found this here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/you...ection-18.html It's strange how different countries can have different rules under one trade agreement.
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Oct 16, 2005, 12:54 AM
Re: US nurses moving/moved to Canada Originally Posted by ghostcat Actually I just found out this is true ONLY if you are coming from Canada or Mexico to the US to work. If you care going to Canada from the US working as what they consider a "professional" you don't have to have the job approved by the HRDC (verifying that there is no qualified person in the country to fill the position) but you do need a work permit. I found this here http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pub/you...ection-18.html It's strange how different countries can have different rules under one trade agreement.
Sometimes it is surprising to see that how people with different citizenship or differnt birthplaces are treated dramatically different on work permit, visa, immigration matters.
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Oct 20, 2005, 11:37 PM
Re: US nurses moving/moved to Canada Originally Posted by spots I'm from the USA, registered in Alberta and have multiple job offers, the problem is the medical required of all foreign nurses working in the Canadian health system It takes up to 3 months for processing.
spots
Do you know how they define foreign nurses? Does that include nurses educated outside Canada, or just include nurses who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents?
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