@Anders greetings. Please can you assist me with firms i could attach with in Norway. I have my degree in Architecture. Thank you. My e-mail is: stirlingegwu@gmail.com

This is so going to work...

Mo, cost of application is $1200 USD. Please forward the fee to me and I'll make sure your name is first on the list.

kan du norsk?

$70000 is not going to get you very far though, going out for a simple beer sets you back a whopping $10 per pint.

One, you should be making $70K CAD as a licensed architect already...

But you do need some proper qualifications if you want to join their "AIA", and without such membership it is very hard landing clients, you'll always be someone else's employee with a glass ceiling way below that of qualified/real architects...

No average Joe client from Norway will hire a foreign architect not living in Norway to do average Joe architecture. You're not going to be competitive, don't know local customs, materials, climate , builders, language, advisers, regulations, where to find additional staff, etc. times infinity, not to mention the metric system...so you don't need a license to practise there, try getting into the country and get a working visa first.

Ever been to Norway Rick?

Since I'm getting pinged by this necropost, ricky, for the record, you would not last 2min trying to get work done in canada... and we're just a teeny-tiney bit away from you. I can't imagine the difficulty getting something done in Norway. Maybe we can suggest this to the next "help me do my thesis please" post.

Ricky, you can't just walk into British Columbia and offer building design services... even if you can weasel into the excluded building types, the AHJ can (and will) request a architect or p.eng stamp if they feel it appropriate regardless of the AIBC link.

Rick, you are talking about working abroad, yet never left the States(is what I distill from the passport talk)maybe focus on your local market first before you are even considering expanding your one man show abroad :)

Actually Ricky, the local AHJ and municipalities can impose their own restrictions. Regardless of how much you argue, it’s just not something you can walk in on especially with your excessive lack of knowledge.

"British Canada"? You've built a time machine?

Ricky, have you ever stopped to consider that some of us might know a thing or two about this? Trying hard here to educate you that not everything is black and white with an easy balkins clause.

Rick, are you happy with posting long comments (that are usually factually incorrect) constantly as your life's work?

I’m probably getting more entertainment than is healthy out of this new Balkins hole. Ricky, the first code is the NBC (where part 3 and 9 originated from) which was modified to the BC code. Each municipality has its modification and supplemental conditions, both code wise and architect reqs + AHJ. It get more complicated than that, obviously, but that’s clearly above your pay level. Point is, you’ve generalized and assumed on a subject you have no practical experience in... and failed gloriously at Learning something. For the record, exempt buildings in my province still require a registered professional C/w exams and local training. So take a step back and trust that we know a thing or two more than you.

Ricky, regarding British Columbia, several municipalities clearly state in their building permit departments that the property owner must provide sealed drawings at the request of the AHJ even if the project itself typically falls within your precious exempt category. I won't read the rest of your rant.

This is hilarious. Watching an unqualified somebody who's never been to a country, "educating" those of us who live and work there as licensed professionals.

Ricky, if some random wanker came in for a permit submission and gave the plans examiner a work-around legal weaseling show like you're doing here, they would immediately reject the application on the basis that the designer/applicant is unqualified. And before you rant-off, I've seen it happen numerous times. Take your own advice here and actually do real research if you want to play in this field.

Rick imagine how much you could have learned over the course of this decade, if even 10% of the time you spent here had been spent asking questions.

^Imagine how much he could have learned over the course of the last 12hrs just on this one reply thread. 

Ricky, the BC codes are a known clusterfuck. There is no way an un-experienced foreigner can successfully complete design docs in a quality way that would compete with local junior college level staff.

which would get you no-where. How hard is it for you to understand this?  It's like you've never done this before.

Yes I am, and I am correct with that. Live with it.

It protects the public from weasels like yourself.

A lot has happened since 12:15 too. I sent a bid set to the printers, had two web meetings w/consultants, and picked up my car from the shop. What have you done Rick? (and yes I know there's a 3-hour time difference, so don't give me "it's only 12:21".  What have you done with the last 3 hours besides post here?)

You're really trying hard to keep your delusions alive here Ricky. If the Plans Examiner, or even the building inspector deems it necessary, they can request any additional documentation including seals at their discretion if it impacts building code or building performance (seismic & thermal). You would know this if you had even completed one project here, but you have not. Count yourself lucky BC still has a small avenue for unlicensed folks to wiggle around. Where I practice (Ontario), you can't even offer an opinion on the building code unless you have a stamp or BCIN registration. BC will catch up soon enough.

JB, I replied to one of Ricky's posts while waiting in my bank's lobby. In less time than he's taken to reply with his nonsense, I made a significant contribution to my son's education investment fund.

Ricky, a plans examiner is within their right to request anything be stamped if it falls too far outside of the typical realm... exempt building or not. In many instances, say with the dumb folks buying stock plans online, this will likely involve plans and elevations at a minimum. It is also very likely that if the documents appear to be produced professionally (vs by a homeowner or hired highschool student), the plans examiner will request the identification of the draftsman or source. This is because when dealing with exempt projects (in BC or elsewhere in canada), the final responsibility falls on the building owner as they complete the job ie. If it looks like the docs were outsourced to a 3rd party, the city will want to know who and may seek that party to take responsibility in addition to the owner. Again, I'm speaking from experience, while you're rambling off misinformed assumptions and generic legalspeak. It's far more complicated than you think it is.

"This isn't a Banana republic/dictatorship that we are talking about. "

I dunno, Ontario is about to possibly elect a populist businessman who doesn't appear to understand what a budget is, may have embezzled millions from his only profitable company (which he inherited), and was possibly a drug dealer in high school.

Sounds like the start of a banana republic to me!

^ Certainly makes your cosy NY digs sound better.... we'll see what happens on thursday. eugh.

Why are you summarizing laws of a place where you don't work, don't live, and is not the subject of the thread?  Who is it supposed to be useful to?

On the flip side, I am reminded who the supreme leader is on this side every time I run through Central Park and get visually assaulted by his name-emblazoned hotel. Sigh.

"Because I can read laws and understand them better than ALL of you combined even if you all lived to be a billion years old, each."   Really?  Got any evidence?  I mean, we're the ones getting the projects built, and...

Something about pots and kettles?

Ricky, you have not demonstrated that you understand the law better than anyone here. Case in point, everything everyone has written in response.  

We've actually stopped chasing some projects in BC because of the difficulties with the arch association. Can't imagine how someone with zero experience can do better simply because they can google.

Ricky, advertising regicide are we now?

Balkins, this licensing issue is completely beside the point. Whether you're a licensed architect or an unlicensed designer, without a work permit from Canada you can't visit Canada for any length of time for the purpose of work if you're being paid by someone in Canada. You can only visit Canada as a "work visitor" without a permit if the work you're doing is both primarily conducted from outside of Canada AND your pay comes from outside of Canada.

Ricky, with your last (and edited) post, it's clear you don't know much about the architect's role either.

Spontaneous, you know he's furiously googling away and is going to come back with his superior interpretation as to why you're wrong. You could link him right to the statute on a government site and he's still going to come back with something "more correct" from Wikipedia.

This whole thread is amazing. I've gone from thinking that Balkins is a well-intended autistic 14 year old, to actually feeling sad for him because he's so clearly uninformed.

I say this with hesitation because I'm genuinely scared that Rick might be the sort to take up arms and start shooting motherfuckers out of frustration. I'm not joking. 

As someone who has actually lived and worked in both countries - just because you say you have the correct documentation, doesn't mean squat. Any boarder guard can (and will) deny you entry if they have any whim that you may be looking for work in the other country.They do not need tangible proof, just probable cause - which includes their intuition.

Read: they can deny you entry based on a hunch. Considering you've noted here that you've never actually had a paying client, ever, it would be hard to prove that your US-based business was "real" in any sense of the term.

...and that you weren't making money while inside the country. Basically the legislation that Rick references above, refers to couriers picking up goods in Canada for sale in the US, more or less. It has NOTHING to do with performing work as we're discussing. It scares me that he doesn't know the difference. Holy fuck.

... even if someone is going across the boarder for meetings on a regular basis (in a totally legitimate, B-visa manner) - I personally know people who have been denied entry after doing it too many times in a compressed timeframe, just because it looked odd. They ended up having to get TN visas to continue the work.

I would have thought, with all your superior legal interpretation skills, that you would have noticed the placement of the comma. It's not that your primary source of income needs to be outside of Canada. It's that you cannot be coming into the country and earning any income within Canada without a work permit. It doesn't make any difference if you're an employee or an independent contractor - you can't be a "business visitor" if your activity earns any income from a Canadian source. There's no minimum number of days for that. But hey, don't believe me - go do it, and see what happens. Oh wait, what am I saying. You never go and DO anything - you just pontificate about it.

Exactly. The actual regulation states that the primary source of remuneration for the business activities must be outside Canada. If you enter Canada to meet about or work on a building design project for a Canadian client then the primary source of remuneration for that business is within Canada - hence you need a work permit.  Again:  just do it.  We're all better off with you detained in Canada.

Just leave all your guns at home before attempting to cross.

He stated in another thread that he locks up his guns when he's angry. Doesn't that make everybody feel safer?