Another useful website

I have found another useful website (and I have discovered how to attach a link properly)

This is a website giving information on Canadian law. It covers all provences and territories.

Canadian law

Another thing that I have decided is that I really am not that fussed about moving to Australia. I would love to visit there but I am not sure about the idea of living there. It was something that I saw which confirmed my feeling that it is a country that is sadly too isolated.

If my partner insists on moving there and will not hear anything about moving to Canada then I will move there and see how it goes. I do not know a lot about Australia at all so what I think about the place could be wrong.

But until that happens I will keep working away and finding a way to make it work. I know this will sound bad but I do hope that my partner changes his mind. It will be possible to visit Australia from Canada and we will hopefully be able to stay with his relatives, which will help a lot.

Another link and a blog

I have been looking at some of my old posts that I made on the British expats site. I found a useful link and through the articles section I found a blog about moving to Canada and in that blog there is a link to their blog.

This is a quick guide to Canadian Immegration:

Guide to Canadian Immigration

This is about opportunities to move to New Brunswick:

Opportunities in New Brunswick

This is a link to Jan and Eam's blog:

Jan and Eam's Blog

I think it will be interesting seeing what their experience was like and what it is like for them settling in. I know that things will not be the same for me, but it would be good for me to see as many different experiences as possible so that I am mentally prepared for what could happen.

Useful websites

I have found some websites that should be able to help me find any information that I need to help me in my quest to move to Canada.

This is the Canadian immigration website, there seems to be a lot of useful information there that will hopefully help us.

Official Canadian website

This is a website for British people planning on moving abroad. There is useful information there as well as a forum. The forum is a good place to ask questions and get answers from people who have been through the process of moving themselves. It is also good for seeing what other peoples experiences of moving has been and see what difficulties that they have faced.

British expats

Though I must confess that I am bit nervous about checking the first site for information in case I find out that it is going to be impossible for us to be able to move across. I would like to think that I am going to make this possible by hard word and tenacity. Though I do need to look at that at some point so that I know of any possible problems and work out a way to get around them.

I now have a map of Canada

I ordered a map of Canada the other day and it arrived today. I love looking at maps and this is a huge map. I think I will have to get the map in book form so it will make it a little bit easier to look through. The map I have got is huge.

It is funky though and it will just be good to look at. It might even help us settle on an area that we can move to as we are not sure where we want to move to.

Challenges for 2010

It is that time of the year when I like to set challenges. I have been getting better and I have been achieving them, rather than setting them and then forgetting about them.

So here are my challenges for 2010:

1. Work out different ways in which I will be able to make it across to Canada.
2. Research how my partner will be able to get a job as a ranger and if there is anything else that he will need to get.
3. Find out any useful information about Canada such as Education system, health system, taxes, utilities, recycling schemes, public transport etc
4. Find out what kinds of visas are available and how to apply for a permanent visa.
5. find out how self employment affects my chances of getting across.
6. Find out how I can continue to pay outstanding bills once I have moved across.
7. Find out how moving affects any long term insurance that I have got.
   

I think that should be enough to keep me busy. I know that we will not be leaving until my partner has finished his college courses but it will be good to be prepared so that when he has finished there will not be as much time before we then leave.

I wonder how many...

Hogmanay's I will be spending in the UK.

I think I will have to start thinking about what I will need to find out about and what I can do about moving to Canada. I am not sure how it will sound but if my partner really does want to move to Australia then he can find out the relevant information about how to move there, as while I do not object to moving there, I am not that enthusiastic about it either.

I was reading something that made me realize that I really have to start getting something done so that we can move soon after my partner finishes his courses. While I know that I have a lot of exploring of Scotland before we leave I really have had my fill of the UK. Hopefully I will be staying long enough so that I can vote for Scottish independence.

We can do it

I was looking through my tarot cards today and one of them I felt was quite significant.

It made me realize that while things will be tough and I am not sure how we are going to do this I must keep remembering that...

We can do this.