I am an Austrian girl in my 20s wanting to permanently move to Canada.
I have lived in Canada for about four years with my family at the age of 14-18.
I graduated from a High School with all my Provincial Exams in B.C.
Sadly, my dad never wanted to apply for a permanent residence (which we would've gotten).
I want to move to Canada so badly, but I hardly get any points on the entry test. Why do I have to take a language test when I graduated High School in Canada and got a B on my English Provincial Exam?
I have been working as a store manager for the past 2 years and getting my masters in October in English and Geography to become a teacher.
There are no exceptions, even native speakers must take the English or French tests in order to create a profile.
You'll need a year of skilled work experience in order to be eligible under the FSW program, after that you can max your score by getting 3 years of foreign work experience.
Your masters will also increase your score once you graduate.
Thank you for your reply! Do you happen to know if it is smart to use a work and travel visa in order to being able to work in Canada. Or will that harm my application process once I want to apply for a real visa such as skilled worker?
There's no issue in coming to Canada on a working holiday visa. Once you're here, you'll want to aim to get work experience in an occupation that is skill level A, B or 0 so that applying for PR will be possible.
Note that working as a teacher in Canada won't be possible without completing additional education and/or certification.
Simply it's a "dumb" system, it doesn't "can't" know how good your English is till you take a test.
Being native English speaker I think it will not be a problem for you at all just go and get your exam so that you can apply,
This info is related to FSW "Federal Skilled Worker"
I think using a "working holiday visa" will not be a problem as long as you are not breaking any rules "overstaying".
Definitely take a language test and use the online resources that come with IELTS to prepare thoroughly and this should help you, a working visa will also help as long as you work in a skilled occupation as scylla said above.
If you can get above CLB9 on your IELTS test score then this will open you up to more points in the section CRS - C too. Presuming your English is good from living in Canada and studying I would suggest CLB9+ (score of 7 or more on each section in IELTS) is attainable.
