CAF now re-open to Permanent Residents

[dimsum]

From the CAF Recruiting page:

Apply Now | Canadian Armed Forces

The eligibility requirements and application process of enrolling in the Canadian Armed Forces.

forces.ca

 

[ModlrMike]

Good move. I will be reminding my recruiter to encourage PR applicants to continue to pursue citizenship, as PR status may prevent them from deploying to certain locations.

 

[Remius]

Long overdue but a good step.

 

[KevinB]

So what the USA, and others have done for eons.
Usually Security Clearance limitations will limit certain trades.

 

[dimsum]

Ok - maybe I'm misremembering but PRs were allowed in the CAF before, right?

I swear this isn't a new thing (hence my title as "re-open").

 

[ModlrMike]

Yes, PRs were permitted to join previously, but IIRC, that stopped after 9/11.

 

[Quirky]

Now PRs can experience the year-long recruiting process and postings to insanely high COL areas.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Now PRs can experience the year-long recruiting process and postings to insanely high COL areas.

#TheCanadianExperience

 

[Kilted]

What about opening it to Commonwealth Realm citizens with prior service?

 

[markppcli]

What about opening it to Commonwealth Realm citizens with prior service?

Like the Aussies and Kiwis? Maybe one day

 

[MilEME09]

What about opening it to Commonwealth Realm citizens with prior service?

Not recognizing foreign service in an allied state is something we need to fix. I have a private thats an ex IDF Airborne combat engineer, should be warrant with his experience, but here he is waiting for DP1....

 

[Ostrozac]

What about opening it to Commonwealth Realm citizens with prior service?

That’s the next step isn’t it? Permanent residents are already quite far along on a path to citizenship, so enrolling them expands the potential recruiting pool, but not drastically. But enrolling non-residents or those on tourist visas? Potential game changer.

 

[MilEME09]

That’s the next step isn’t it? Permanent residents are already quite far along on a path to citizenship, so enrolling them expands the potential recruiting pool, but not drastically. But enrolling non-residents or those on tourist visas? Potential game changer.

Many other countries use military service as a path to citizenship, why not us?

 

[Kat Stevens]

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[H11F]

Not recognizing foreign service in an allied state is something we need to fix. I have a private thats an ex IDF Airborne combat engineer, should be warrant with his experience, but here he is waiting for DP1....

You're not serious are you? I know we can PLAR certain stuff, though admittedly I usually see a list of CAF courses recognized when someone commissions, etc. But given the process should be (... dangerous term) able to look at a TP, curriculum, etc., and do a proper comparison, can they not PLAR non-CAF service?

 

[Remius]

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You're not serious are you? I know we can PLAR certain stuff, though admittedly I usually see a list of CAF courses recognized when someone commissions, etc. But given the process should be (... dangerous term) able to look at a TP, curriculum, etc., and do a proper comparison, can they not PLAR non-CAF service?

yes they can. But for some reason it takes forever.

 

[Quirky]

I have a private thats an ex IDF Airborne combat engineer

Interesting career change.

 

[dapaterson]

Non CAF service is routinely PLAR'd.

Self-announced service vs actual service may vary.

 

[Navy_Pete]

Non CAF service is routinely PLAR'd.

Self-announced service vs actual service may vary.

YMMV, but have seen both good and bad PLARs for non-CAF service. In some cases, we've gotten great folks get slotted in with a bit of delta training (mostly to get some experience with the differences between navies) in others zero delta training for folks that turned out to be useless.

I think if we screen candidates properly though that should be a good way to immigrate into permanent resident status/citizenship. Lot of trades where there is a high degree of similarity by design so we can operate together/use similar gear. It's a lot easier to take someone skilled with similar equipment/tactics to adapt to the CAF than train someone from scratch (for the most part).

 

[MilEME09]

Interesting career change.

To put it simply, too many brushes with death that general spouse stepped in.