Get a notarized background check with your fingers print cards from the Oregon state police, this is going to take a couple weeks. After your preliminary offer ask HR to send you the medical form by email so you can complete it before your visa paper work arrives to save time, if you do not have a passport and need one ASAP buy a 28$ greyhound ticket 1 way to Vancouver BC then make an appointment to the regional passport center in seattle. Get your passport photos taken to bring with you, bring your bus tickets to the passport appointment showing international travel in less than 2 weeks and they give you a passport same day for $170ish or instead of the Canada routine you can ask the SRCA for a letter stating you need one right away for your visa and your accepted to arrive immediately. get color copys of all your documents including employer letters and notarize everything, if your in doubt notarize it.
Here is my time line for an example of how long things take:
I started communication in November with the SRCA, I Applied first week of December got my preliminary offer 3 weeks ago, accepted that and now am waiting for my visa paper work to arrive so I can send off for that. I already know whats in the packet so I completed my medical form, background check, notary, and official documents already. My passport and HS diploma slowed me down some, prob by a couple weeks to sort that all out.
Armor applied less than a week before me, he got a call today saying his visa is approved...
In closing you need the below, start on everything now to save time.
1. Notarized letters from all employers you want to use as experience.
2. Three professional letters of reference
3. Official sealed college transcripts from all colleges
4. Official sealed Paramedic program transcripts if not from a college I.E. fire dept, hospital, vocational training.
5. Notarized color copys of, ACLS, PALS, PHTLS, ect... and your National and State Paramedic certification with the raised seals, high school diploma, and any other official documents that pertain.
6. The originals of your Diploma, Paramedic Cert, Passport, all your certs, and College degree if you have one. ( I would get your birth certificate and SSN card just in case also)
7. If you do have a college degree you need to get it verified by a 3rd party online, you can ask the visa handler for more info.
8. Medical form completed in triple all signed by hand by the doctor and completed to include chest xrays with disc, fecal labs, urine labs, blood labs, physical exam, and 3 passport photos of you
9. Completed SRCA application and experience form in your own hand writing
10. 10 passport photos of you
11. 2 finger prints cards sent in to your local law enforcement agency (OSP for us) that are returned with a clean background check attached that is notarized by the police.
FINAL STEPS: 12. Receive your Final contract with Visa paper work in the mail. Complete this with everything above and send it to the visa handler in DC.
13. Get your work visa in the mail call Gabby and get your plane tickets.
I think thats everything, feel free to chime in anyone if I missed something.
I have completed everything and am on step 12 about to move to step 13 hopefully.
