Hello all good people from CANADA!
Me and my girlfriend finally made a serious decision to permanently move and work in Canada.
What led us to that decision?
We are originally from Czech Republic, but from the age of 24 to 34 we lived in USA.
After 10 years we decided to move back to our "birth country" Czech Republic (the main reason was the family and also unfortunately we were not able to get legal status in USA).
After 6 years of living in Czech we are 100% sure that we should had never came back!! We are not able to live here and we only live from our memories from USA!
At this point we would appreciate very much some kind of help from people already living in Canada.
I'll try to describe our "not easy" situation in terms of obtaining the legal status in Canada :
I am at age of 40 and my girlfriend is 37. Together we have a great 2 daughters at age of 1 and 4,5 y.o
Neither of us have a college degree, but only high school so there is no chance to qualify through the Skilled Worker program?
My question is - Do I have a chance to apply as a "Self-Employed Persons Program" as that is exactly what I am doing right now over here?
1. I am professional photographer and videographer and my aim would be doing wedding videos in Vancouver. I have all professional equipment and skills to do the job the right way.
2. I am also very skilled carpenter. In USA I worked 9 years in a construction business. I specialised in concrete work, but I am able to do all kind of other carpentry work.
What my girlfriend can do?
She worked in USA in cleaning service and later established and operated a small cleaning service in Wisconsin-Madison. People loved her work and her personality very much and for some of them she was like a family member!
Before that she also took a care of a children in Switzerland and later in USA.
Her dream is to manage a small Creperie & Coffee House at some tourist destination in Canada. She has a great experience in this field from Switzerland ( Zermatt-Matterhorn). Off course that does not qualify her to apply for permanent resident status:) She also speaks French language very well.
We both have a great personality and believe in our dream to legally enter and work in Canada. Any help from you guys is very appreciated. I know it is not going to be easy, but maybe with some of the help from you we will be on the right track:)
With all the best
Roman&Monica