Nanaimo Infusion starting to attract U.S. health-care workers to Canada

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https://www.nanaimobulletin.com/local-news/nanaimo-infusion-starting-to-attract-us-health-care-workers-to-canada-8028841

Unofficial community network seeks to help American health care workers immigrate

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I love Vancouver Island and Nanaimo. If I had the youth I would make that area my choice destination.

Hundreds of Americans vacationed this spring on Vancouver Island for Nanaimo Infusion, and now the event's creator is using that network to support American health care workers immigrating to Canada.

Tod Maffin told the News Bulletin that during Infusion weekend in April, many visiting Americans were health-care workers and some were looking for a safe country to move to.

"In the original Discord there were channels for general talk, there's channels for people who had pets, who were staying in Living Forest…" he said. "We had a channel for 'Move to Canada' and that become one of our most busy channels."

Following the event, he opened a new Discord called 'Tod Maffin - From Far and Wide,' which became the new host to a series of channels dedicated for those interested in moving, and he said the interest is there – particularly in the health-care sector.

"We need school teachers up here, there's a lot of people we need, we need some trades up here as well. I think it just happens to have focused on health care."

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[Fiendish Thingy]

1. Come on up- it's beautiful here!

Nanaimo is my adopted hometown, been here since 2019, and love it!

The province is providing expedited credentialing for US nurses (113 credentialed since April!), but not sure if there’s an expedited immigration process, which is federal. Recruitment of US docs has also begun, with similar reports of an expedited credentialing process.

Nurses and doctors are identified as high priority professions, and so as long as the applicant has a clean criminal record check (no DUI’s or drug offences) then approval for either a work visa (quicker) or PR visa (longer, but permanent) should be smooth.

Come on up!