Hi everyone 
I'm a 26 (soon to be 27 
) year old aussie who is really keen to work and possibly, in the future, move to Canada. Big problem I'm having is that from 16 to 25 I was tied up in the family farming business and now I'm looking at heading back to university to get a degree.....but if I do that I'll run out of time to head to Canada on a 2 year working visa (damn Australia's 30 year age limit!) so I'm in a bit of a bind. I have no idea how else I could get a work visa in Canada, I don't really want to put off my education any longer lest I never get round to it (and I have no idea if the degree I choose will be on the skilled jobs list in 3 years......and without access to the 2 year visa no chance of applying under the experience class either), I know there were some farm related shortages but I have no idea about farming in Canada.......
I guess I could get a student visa but I have no idea how hard it is to get into a Canadian college, I'm an average student no 4 GPA here 
Anyway it'll nice to be a part of a community who don't think I'm crazy for wanting to move to Canada 
Vanessa from Aus
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Hello Vanessa,
Welcome to Expat.com
I think that you may find some information in our Canada Expat Guide.
all the best,
Priscilla
Expat.com team
Hi Vanessa and welcome to expatBlog,
First start by applying since today for the permanent resident visa. As the processing times for Permanent Residence — Economic classes is 25 month (for the Visa office in Sydney, Australia) you would get it around April 2016.
A short way is by applying through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). Most cases are finalized within 16 months in this program ( the office Sidney-Australia allow in average you to receive your visa in around 12 months).
please find here the web site for more details about this program: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/ … ly-who.asp
If you feel it's a very long process, try then to contact Canadian employer in Farming field (especially Saskatchewan, Alberta) to get a job. And when you will be able to get a appositive answer from an employer, start your application for Work permit visa. . Processing times for temporary work permit applications processed by visa offices of Sidney is around 3 months.
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Hope my answer is helping you a little bit,
Good luck.
Abdel
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