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Thank you companisbiki and silverdragon. Sorry I haven't had time to respond recently. Completely swamped with work at the moment. But I wanted to say thank you - your advice is very helpful and will guide my husband and I in our decision to make a go of it or not :)

Thanks for the tip about my husband í ½í± Generally speaking would he need to be sponsored to be employed at a program for the developmentally disabled? We just have no idea where to start in terms of figuring out how he can legally work in this line of work in Canada. We are also wondering if it would be prohibitively hard for him to go through all the separate hoops to be employed working with people with developmental disabilities. Any advice for my husband?

I would be the only income earner at first. So that is a concern. I am now the only income earner as my husband is a stay-at-home-dad for our 2 year old son. The big question though is if my husband could get sponsored to work also. He volunteered at a organization that helps people with developmental disabilities in Abbotsford, BC - and he's reasonably confident that he could get sponsored again by them or their parent organization which is rather large - for salaried work, not volunteer - the only problem is that this limits us to Abbotsford. If we landed outside of this city (which is likely), then I might need to be the only income earner for awhile. Would you have any idea how hard it would be for my husband to obtain work (outside of Abbotsford)? Would my anticipated work status as an IEN help him in any way obtain work? Or would he need to be sponsored or get a work permit for himself in another way? This would be our major concern if we moved. Thx for the advice everyone - it's very helpful! Ps. My husband and I love rural, more remote areas. So I think we could adapt to a move to this type of place at first. But the school systems there would maybe be an issue if they are not great for our 2 year old son.

I am aware that there are a lot of hoops to jump through before becoming a licensed RN in BC. Before I go down the long road of figuring out the licensing process requirements I just wanted to get a ballpark idea of if it was even financially feasible for our family to live off of a BC RN salary. For reference, I am working as an RN in Dialysis nursing in Phoenix, AZ.

Hi everyone, I am interested in moving to BC to live and work with my American husband. I am a South Korean (SK) native who has worked as an RN in SK for over 6 yrs in a large hospital cancer unit before immigrating to the USA with my American husband. I have been currently working as an RN for 4 years in the USA in rehab and dialysis nursing and our family is considering to move to BC - partially because my husband had lived there for 2 years in the past. But before I start diving into researching how to make this possible, I was just wondering if there are any experienced RN's out there who have experience working in both the USA and Canada and how salaries compare? I know from my husband that I would be looking at higher taxes probably. The specific RN areas I would be looking into would be dialysis nursing and rehab center nursing. I have read other postings on this board and I am aware that the current BC RN job market is quite tight and that I might need to try a rural remote location first if we did try and make a go of this move. What we first need to figure out is if financially it would be possible to make a living. And a second question would be about my current immigration status as a permanent resident green card holder in the USA. Would it be better to attain USA citizenship first before trying to move to BC? If we did move to BC and my green card were to expire (in 2023), I could be in trouble as I need to be residing in the USA to renew it. Does that sound like enough time to firmly establish permanent residence in Canada before my US green card expires? We are looking to move permanently to BC if we did in fact make this move. Thanks in advance for any advice!

Thanks for your responses! That will be very helpful in making my final decision about this position.

Hi all! I was recently offered a position to work at a Fresenius chronic clinic in the greater Phoenix area as an RN. I am potentially interested in transferring to an acute setting at Fresenius whenever possible, but I heard that I need to have experience in the chronic setting before transferring to acute. Do any Fresenius RN's out there know how long Fresenius requires a new chronic RN to work in this setting before switching to the acute setting? Thanks in advance for any advice!