A Paperwork Update

As I am sure you are aware the date on which we move is completely reliant on the date on which our paperwork is all completed.

As far a Nige's goes, he is just waiting for the formal job offer in writing to come through, then he will formally accept it (much like the UK), the company will then sort out the Labour Market Opinion (LMO - basically meaning there are no Canadians available to fulfil the position) and only then can the application for a work permit begin. He spoke to the company earlier in the week who informed him that his details had been given to HR for them to complete the job offer, then send out to Nige. Well, we still haven't heard anything but we'll keep you posted.

As far as I go, before I can be offered a job formally I have to gain nurse registration with CARNA, Alberta's regulating body. In order to get this I had to gather obscene amounts of paperwork from my own governing body, university and previous employers. I have now received confirmation either written or verbal that this has all now been sent off. It takes around 2 months (hopefully no more) for all of this to be processed before getting the job offer, then they will apply for a work permit on my behalf (hopefully, from what we can gather, this will be quicker than doing it personally).

So we are still on track if not as quickly as we would like!