I believe that there’s also a way to enter if you have a load of money; something about creating a corporation with a certain capitalization, which creates jobs, purportedly.
Ah, here it is: http://www.cic.gc.ca/ENGLISH/immigrate/business/investors/index.asp Seems to have been cancelled recently, though.
Me: I’ve only got one gun, and it’s not for shootin’, it’s for fun.
Alone among provinces, Quebec is allowed to choose its own Canadian immigrants. If you can speak French (or are willing to learn) that’s worth more points here. Current rules and procedures.
How many points do you need?
Things must have been different when we moved to Montreal in 1972 from the U.S. I don’t remember it being a big deal. We went up there so my dad could take over management of my uncle’s lumberyard. My uncle had a stroke and could no longer do it himself.
Not surprisingly, yes, things are indeed rather different than they were in 1972. Few things aren’t.
protoboard, in your other thread about Portland, you state that you are receiving some sort of government assistance?
I would guess that would be a sizable barrier to relocating to a different country -
Yeah, ya see, there are some people who go to school to get what they call “educated.” College, despite what you hear, isn’t just a trade school where they train you for a job. It’s a place where you learn lots of things that make you smarter, and smarter is generally considered good. (And, in the bargain, it can also make you a potentially more valuable employee, wherever you get hired.) You might want to open your mind to that way of thinking about it.
Just curious…
What is the US criteria for immigration?
Aside from a pulse…
Actually, this gives me hope for Canada.
Supply and demand. Society needs more plumbers than physicists.
To hedge your bets, go work your way through college & grad school as a plumber. Once you have a PhD in physics combined with ten years’ experience as a plumber, no country in the world will close its doors to you.
That works if you are a engineer or other non union worker. The Big 3 plants there are Canadian Auto Workers Union. I think it would be rather difficult to get hired in there as a hourly employee. The canucks require the companies show that they cannot find a Canadian to fill the job. That would be pretty difficult to do.
67.
Canadian Studies programs have been foundering for years, and the ones that have survived aren’t hiring.
What if I get straight ehs?
From that it looks like you have to have some kind of training. It can be college, trade school or apprenticeship and about 3 to 4 years of work experience to get above 67.
It’s a start. More important, how is your slapshot? After 12 beers?
Hmm I just totaled up my points and Canada would take me and my family without needing to show any intention of getting a job :). Masters degrees help 
A certain score means you can be considered. It isn’t a ticket, and they can reject you for basically any reason they feel like. If you’re chronically ill, for example, you’ll probably be rejected out of hand.