Warm welcome to everyone - just joined Toronto Forum

Well, the process is definitely very tedious and laborious to fill out all the forms.

Since I was born in Canada, I never personally filled them out for myself. However, I should still know since I applied for my wife's immigration when I got married overseas and bring her here. I did the entire process myself and only got a consultant to give me some advice on things. The result of being thorough was that my wife's sponsorship was approved in only 6 months.

Having said that, if you really are pressed for time and want to move to Canada more quickly then using a lawyer/consultant would be the better way to go. If you have enough spare time and are willing to study, collect information and then fill out all the forms then that will be the better option. You will be saving money that you will pay to the lawyer otherwise.

If there are any specific questions regarding filling out the form, try putting them down here and I will try and answer them for you?

Thanks for the advice. I obviously need to weigh up whether its worth asking a 3rd party to support me compared to doing it myself. I sometimes think the time it takes to brief a representation could be time I could use myself to do some of the tasks. I'll let you know. Appreciate the help. by the way is my age at 47 still fine in Canada to apply for jobs. I am not sure how some employers feel about, how should I put it, mature workers applying for work.