Ok, came to Canada, which is the first thing to do?
first thing to do is get your Social Security Number, Social Insurance Number (SIN) in English and of Assurance Sociale Numéro (NAS) in French. This is obtained from the Federal Government, Office of Human Resources and Social Development (http://www.hrsdc.gc.ca). We need a destination address for sending the card, if you do not have permanent residence I recommend you give someone the confidence while definitively established.
Once done so, immediately after, if possible, be recorded in the medical assistance program of his province of choice in the case of Quebec is the Assurance Maladie (http://www.ramq.gouv.qc.ca/) for the other provinces do not, so if you is that they should register as soon as possible and there is a time delay between the moment you enter and when you start to be covered, and is so in almost all provinces except Alberta and another that escapes me right now, but at least in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia that time is waiting there. In Quebec, the waiting time is 3 months, which is advisable to have private insurance.
OK, they have their INS and applied for maladie (or medicare if they are where Anglophones), it's time to go to service to help immigrants. I'll talk about the case of Quebec which is what I know. The Ministre de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC, http://www.micc.gouv.qc.ca) is the place where he should go, they have several sites in the city to which they can go. If you came to Canada from any airport in Quebec and had a first contact with them, if they came through Toronto like me, this will be the first to have. Here I will make appointments for the various courses of cultural adaptation, we recommend that you go they are pretty good. They also will give information on how to apply for French courses given by the state, which, if done full time, pay about $ 125 per week, something good for savings do not eat very quickly.
After these two steps the following is the employment agency in the province, Emploi Québec (http://emploiquebec.net), there are going to make a record and will help them find work if they are university graduates most likely is that referring to an NGO to help them in this task, my friends recommended me several L'Hirondelle (http://www.hirondelle.qc.ca), so I asked them to send me there. It is important to this proceeding fast, because once you're officially looking for work, and if they fail in three months they begin to collect the lockout which is $ 500 per month.
It's good to take the courses they offer on how to make the curriculum, it helps to understand how they are looking for work in these latitudes. These are offered at various sites, their NGOs, Emploi Québec, support centers for youth, their neighborhood library, etc.
Well, these are the three most important things to do. Try to make fast, the first week after Take care of the rest. À bientôt!
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