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Compare international movers that can help you move from Ottawa to another country or city. Request free moving quotes from up to 6 international movers. It's easy and with no obligation! All you have to do, is to follow these simple steps:

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  2. Select the listed international movers and click on the button.
  3. Complete your online quotation request.
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Are you making your move from Ottawa to a new destination abroad? This can be very exciting and but also a stressful period, but what do you do next? Your next step is to find international moving companies who can help you with your international move from Ottawa to a new destination abroad! Making a request for free moving quotes on international-movers-ottawa.com is very easy, and better yet, the service is completely free.

There is no obligation to accept for any of the moving quotes that you will receive. You can request up to 6 moving quotes directly from professional moving companies with a lot of experience within a few days.

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Popular destinations to move to from Ottawa

  1. Moving from Ottawa to Washington
  2. Moving from Ottawa to Canberra
  3. Moving from Ottawa to London

Moving from Ottawa to the USA

The requirements for Canadians who want to move from Ottawa to the USA are simpler in comparison to other countries. To enter the country, Canadians only need a valid passport. However, there are some exemptions for:
  • Treaty traders;
  • Treaty investors;
  • Foreign citizen fiancé, as well as the fiancé's children;
  • Non-immigrants travelling to the United States for work
If you are going to the USA with the purpose of work, you need to apply for a work visa. There is a special type of US work visa for Canadians called TN Visa. This visa is valid for one year and it is renewable indefinitely. You can get this visa in the port of entry, for this you should provide:
  • Canadian citizenship;
  • A request for TN status;
  • Copy of applicant’s degrees, transcripts, diplomas, or certificates
  • Informational literature on prospective employer, offering you a job within the NAFTA profession requirements
  • A fee of $50

Living in the USA

The USA is known to be the country with one of the strongest economies in the world. The most popular sectors of the economy are energy, retail, finance and manufacturing. Most of international are concentrated in the following cities: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, Dallas, Miami and others. If you are going to the USA and haven’t found a job yet, the easiest way to find a job is via internet or work agency. USA is a knowledge-intensive country. There are some occupations for which the demand is high. Amongst them: professions of IT specialists, financial managers, medical workers and engineers. If you have one of the mentioned occupations, it shouldn’t be that difficult to find a job here.

Moving from Ottawa to Australia

If you go to Australia without the purpose of working there, you can apply for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) Tourist visa. It is valid for one year. With this visa you can stay in the country for maximum 90 days. Going to Australia for touristic purposes you can apply for an ETA subclass 976, for short term business trip the subclass 977 is required.

If you are going to move to Australia and work there one of the following visas are required:
  • Skilled Independent visa
  • Skilled Regional Sponsored visa
  • Skilled Sponsored visa
  • Skilled regional visa

The most popular visa type is Employer Sponsorship visa, subclass 457. This work visa is issued from three months to four years. If you want to apply for skilled visa, your profession should be one of the listed in SOL (Skilled Occupation List). This list is renewed every year. The occupations there are from the following fields: accounting, law, finance, agriculture, engineering, shipping, communications, information technology, health care & medical industry, education and some others.  Before applying to one, please check the suitability of your profession. Also at age of 18 to 30 you can apply for a working holiday visa.

Living in Australia

When you are thinking about cities to Live in Australia, you would probably choose one of these: Sidney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth or Adelaide. In mentioned cities most of enterprises are located. Therefore, in comparison with small cities, there are more opportunities to find an interesting work there. Overall life in Australia is one of the highest standards. In 2011 in rating of world's most livable cities, Melbourne takes the first place. While Sydney is on the sixth place and Perth and Adelaide are on the eighth and ninth place correspondingly.

Moving from Ottawa to the UK

Canadian citizens do not require a visa when they are going to England for the period up to three months. All they need is a valid passport or ID. If you want to visit the country for a longer period, then you have to apply for one of these visas:
  • T1: Visa for investors and recent UK graduates;
  • T2: Visa for skilled workers who are offered a permanent job;
  • T3: Visa for temporary low skilled work;
  • T4: Visa for students;
  • T5: Visa for temporary workers and for people aged between 18 and 30.

Living in the UK

In the UK the standard of living is really high. However, the costs of living are high as well.  London is the major financial center and therefore the living costs are quite high.

After you moved to the UK, you have to apply for a National Insurance Number (NIN). This number helps the UK tax office to relate all tax issues to each person. To get this number you have to arrange an appointment with the “Jobcentre Plus”.

Be well prepared for your international move from Ottawa

Below are some important tips that will make your packing much easier:

  • Plan how you will pack. Pack the items first that you do not use often.
  • Start packing as soon as you know when your moving date is.
  • Separate breakables and non-breakables.
  • Never pack flammable items or non-allowable items.
  • Use generous amounts of paper inside the box on the top and bottom to provide good cushion.
  • List contents and room on the outside of the box.
  • Clearly mark “Fragile” on the outside of boxes.
  • Write “Open First” on boxes containing essential items such as toiletries, cooking utensils, etc.
  • Pack all boxes tightly.
  • Use professional packing tape. Masking tape isn’t strong enough to support fully packed cartons.


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My expatriate move to Washington
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Moved from Ottawa to Washington
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My move to Canberra
Reviewed by: M. Doile at 28-01-2012
Moved from Ottawa to Canberra
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