There has been a slight complication with Canadian Immigration. When I was offered the job in Calgary, I was told that my work permit application would take 4 to 6 weeks to approve. Based on that, we have organised all our plans around the first week in May as the leaving date from Perth.

This week I received information that is is now going to take 10-12 weeks! Minor panic. It won't change our plans, but it may result in us entering Canada as tourists but having to leave and re-enter when we have the paperwork. Its a bit of a hassle, but not a show stopper. Hopefully the approval will come when we are in Hawaii or San Francisco.