Does anyone have any experience aquiring a permit to work from within Canada? I would very much appreciate your advice if you have!
We have status of Provincial Nominees(BC) and official paperwork to that effect but all the government info suggests that we must gain Permanent Resident status from the Canadian High Commisssion in London before we can work? This means waiting ages(6months!) and the jobs may not still be open by the time PR is approved. Seems daft! The employers are convinced we can just pitch up in Canada, pop over the border to the US with our docs and get the permits on re-entering. I'm confused by all this and it's giving me a big headache

We have status of Provincial Nominees(BC) and official paperwork to that effect but all the government info suggests that we must gain Permanent Resident status from the Canadian High Commisssion in London before we can work? This means waiting ages(6months!) and the jobs may not still be open by the time PR is approved. Seems daft! The employers are convinced we can just pitch up in Canada, pop over the border to the US with our docs and get the permits on re-entering. I'm confused by all this and it's giving me a big headache

Cheers for the info Snodog, since posting stuff has happened and I think it's all falling into place now