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Experienced web designer who studied in Vancouver at 38 and completed family immigration

Prior web-design experience across Japan/China; WHV unavailable; college plus BC PNP path while supporting a family.

Webデザイナー · Vancouver

Profile

Experienced web designer (prior experience) who entered Vancouver study at age 38 and pursued family immigration with spouse and daughter. City: Vancouver. Months to offer: 1 (per attributes). Speaks Chinese in addition to Japanese; English was a stated concern pre-departure.

Current role

Web designer in Vancouver. Employer legal name is not stated in the provided text. Earlier Canada employers referenced include a firm that could not support immigration (labeled A in the interview) and a Chinese-speaking event-planning company (labeled C) where work included web plus stage video/audio control.

Japan experience

Priority timeline (stated): 2000 joined a non-web company in Japan; 2003 language study in Beijing and began self-taught web study; 2005 worked as a web designer in Japan and China; 2007 married and relocated to Beijing, moving to a non-web Beijing employer; 2011 began freelance web design in Beijing; 2014 planned and executed move to Vancouver. Before committing to Canada he also received a strong offer from a Tokyo company while testing global options (Singapore, US, Japan), which boosted confidence—employer name not stated.

Path to Canada / North America

WHV not available (age / status discussed as a common constraint). Motivated by Beijing air quality and children’s education; friends suggested Canada. Consulted Frog and an ICCRC while still in Beijing (2014). Studied at a Vancouver vocational/college option in a year with fewer Coop-heavy choices than later eras; balanced school with freelance income to support family remaining in Beijing. After discovering employer A could not support immigration, he restarted job search quickly. Later used BC PNP: entered January 2017, invitation letter in about a week, nomination about a month later without interview; LMIA-based work permit context and bridge work-permit letter discussed while waiting for PR.

Outcome

Achieved family immigration / PR pathway via BC PNP after employer and points constraints. Advises mature applicants with dependents to decide ownership of the risk themselves rather than outsourcing the go/no-go call.

Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)

Canadian employers anonymized as A/C in source; legal names not stated.

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