Moving to canada wat do I need to do before I go?

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You won't be working in Canada in May.

Irish citizens may visit Canada for a maximum of 180 days at the sole discretion of Canadian Border Services Agency. It is illegal for a visitor to attend school, work, or look for work while in Canada, nor can they obtain driver's licenses, obtain a social insurance number, apply for health insurance, open a bank account, etc. If caught attempting to enter Canada for the purposes of working, or found within Canada attempting to work, you'll be deported, banned from entering Canada for a year, and unable to enter Canada again without a visa -- which you will likely never receive. It may also prevent entry into most western countries.

In order to work in Canada you must have a work permit before entering the country. In order to apply for a work permit you must have an approved job offer from a Canadian company which has permission to hire foreign workers. That company must have applied for and received a labour market opinion (LMO) report which shows a shortage of Canadians in that profession along with proof that company advertised within Canada and no Canadian applied for the position. That company must send you a job offer letter and the original LMO. You must submit both with your work permit application. You must also pass background, medical, and financial checks (minimum $13,000 in savings).

Positive LMOs are only issued for certain highly skilled professions (doctors, engineers, nurses, specialized trades) or highly temporary jobs (seasonal farm workers, off season hotel workers, some ski resorts). Finding a job offer, even for highly skilled professionals, can take years or decades. No company in Canada is going to bother going through the process of getting permission to hire a foreign worker for only a few months, nor would any company in Canada have any problems finding unskilled workers during the summer -- millions of high school and university students would be flooding the job market.

Irish young people may also apply for a work permit through the International Experience Canada (IEC) program. This is commonly known as a working holiday visa. However, this is essentially an exchange program and the number of visas issued is based on the number of similar visas issued to Canadians. Unfortunately, due to the massively high youth unemployment in Ireland... few Canadians want to work there and the number of visas issued to Irish citizens is extremely limited. The program is also not currently open and only a few thousand visas will be issued when it is... the chance of getting one is remote. Further, they don't issues visas for three months. These are one year visas.